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Drought tolerants for patio
Question from Tracey: I would like to find out if there are some drought tolerant /native plants that will do well in pots on a patio. The patio is south facing and gets a lot of sun. I’m in the South Pasadena/ Highland Park area of Southern...
Heat and Cold-Resistant Container Plants
Question from Brenda: What are some good container plants for Oklahoma that will make it through our cold winters and hot summers? Thank you! Answer from Pat: The hallmark plants for containers in cold-winter climates are hardy evergreens. Your...
Potted Cape Honeysuckle Patio Tree
Question from Laurie: I just bought a cape honeysuckle patio tree about three weeks ago, when can I expect it to flower or at least show buds? Up until now I check it daily to make sure it doesn’t dry out and it is in full sun from about 1 pm...
Container-grown Cape Honeysuckle with Wet Feet
Q: A couple years ago I bought a 5 foot staked cape cod honeysuckle, (orange trumpet clusters). It is in a 3 foot tall 18 inch wide plastic container on my balcony. I live in P.B. across from the bird sanctuary, southern exposure. It grew and developed...
Climbing Patio Plants
(A “vine” is correctly called a “climber.” The word vine comes from vineyard and actually only applies to grapes. Climbing roses are not vines but when we call all climbing plants climbers, climbing roses can also be lumped in with the group.) Blood...
Patio Plants For Hanging Baskets
Begonias of many types Burro’s tail, Donkey tail (Sedum morganianum), Flowering maple (Abutilon) some lovely new ones are coming out this year. Lotus (Lotus berthelotii) Annual trailing lobelia (Lobelia erinus cultivars.) Perennial basket lobelia (Lobelia...
Patio: BULBS for pots or ground
In fall: Plant daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, ranunculus, cyclamen, and South African spring flowering bulbs like babiana and ixia, watsonia, and others. In spring: Plant gladioli, tuberous begonias, caladium, dahlias, and other warm-season bulbs and tubers.
Patio Annual Color
In fall plant: Iceland poppy, snapdragons, pot marigold, sweet alyssum, fairy primrose, (P. malacoides) and English primroses (P. polyanthus), foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea),and other cool-season flowers. When these have bloomed out, switch the plants...
Patio Plants That Can Climb Up To Sun
Blood red trumpet (Distictis buccinatoria) Bower vine (Pandorea jasminoides.) Cup of Gold (Solandra maxima) Easter lily vine (Beaumontia grandiflora) Eureca Lemon tree, allowed to grow tall Hardenbergia (Hardenbergia ‘Happy Wanderer’) for long winter...
Patio Plants For Partial Shade
Snowbush (Breynia disticha) needs splash of sun for colorful leaves. West facing or east facing is okay, even 2 hours sun in middle of the day. Camellia (Camellia indica , Camellia japonica, and C. sasanqua.) Coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides cultivars.) Cyclamen Cymbidium...
Patio Plants That Can Hang Down Against Bare Ugly Walls
Bougainvillea (planted on the outside of walls) Lady Banks rose (ditto) Moosehorn fern, giant staghorn fern (Platycerium superbum, P. grande) Mistletoe cactus, (Rhipsallis baccifera.) Mop-head cactus (Rhipsallis capilliformis ‘Mophead’.) Ephyphyllums...
Patio Plants That Can Grow Against Walls In Narrow Beds
Cestrum (Cestrum elegans ‘Smithii’and other cestrums) Ribbon plant (Hypoestes aristata) Tree fuchsia (Fuchsia arborescens) Fruit trees as espaliers Pyracantha espalier Lavender star flower (Grewia occidentalis) Pink powder puff (Calliandra haematocephala)
