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Post by fulenn on Apr 8, 2009 21:30:51 GMT -5
I'm getting a new garden bed put in just for me!! It looks like it will be a bed that is about 4-feet by 8 feet in the front yard by the driveway. We have a dry, weedy spot along that whole strip by the driveway, so I will try to put some drought-tolerant things in there. Definitely some rosemary. Maybe oregano, too.
Any other ideas? I will water, it just gets very hot and has direct sun all day long. I want things that will give nice texture and interest, be edible if possible, and that do not require tons of water.
Fulenn
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 8, 2009 22:06:09 GMT -5
astro turf concrete  I know. I'm loads of help (or manure) I lived on sand for 15 years...anything grew pretty much as long as I kept plants close together to hold the moisture in the ground. |
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Post by grungy on Apr 9, 2009 3:02:52 GMT -5
Also fuleen, use mulch. 3-4" will make a heck of a difference on how much water you need to use and also will expand what kind of plants you can put there. It may sound foolish, but I would be tempted to stagger some corn through out the bed to help cast some shade and also plant a squash or two then mulch between them. When the squash leaves git big enough plant other veggies along side so that the leaves of the squash provide cooler roots and help other things to grow.
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Post by ottawagardener on Apr 9, 2009 10:34:53 GMT -5
I can think of tonnes of stuff from around here but I don't know too much about Texas plants.
Were you looking for edibles?
Thyme, Yucca, Poppy Mallow, Agastache, Salvias - sage
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Post by ceara on Apr 9, 2009 10:39:32 GMT -5
Hens n' Chicks! Neat succulent, comes in all sorts of colors and shapes.
Calendula officinalis - edible (flower petals in salad), medicinal uses and grows just about anywhere.
Different types of Aloe too would be happy there. Lavender too, which is also edible and medicinal.
Maybe you don't have to make an edible garden, but make a medicinal garden instead!
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Post by fulenn on Apr 9, 2009 18:30:56 GMT -5
bluelacedredhead, LOL! While I do what to do some xerescaping, I wasn't thinking about paving over the land. Grungy, I like the corn idea. I'll put in a couple and think I'll try a couple of bush squash, too. I'll make sure to bring the mulch around in the wheelbarrow when I plant.  ottawagardener, the salvia is perennial around here, at the the ones in my garden seem to be. I'll try that for a shot of color. ceara, I really like aloe vera, I'm just afraid that it won't last long before someone pulls it up and takes it with them. Sounds like a good amount of herbs and medicinal plants could work. Thanks for the ideas everyone. They're all good, well, except for the concrete/asphalt thingy.... Fulenn |
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