![]() ![]() …and Summer Wave® Torenia Large Violet in early May. Summer Wave® Amethyst torenia in early May.Īnd today, still green but wilted and hardly blooming, even in day-long dappled shade. Alas, the heat and drought have not been kind to them. Now for the torenias, whose praises I sang in early May as a shade-flowering alternative to ubiquitous impatiens. This plant gets morning and midday sun, and I think that’s OK, but it seems to have suffered roly-poly damage or something.Īgeratum Artist® Blue Violet, same plant, different color, in early May.Īnd today, looking good, growing in morning sun and afternoon shade under a pink crepe myrtle (hence the pink petals). Rest in peace, cuphea.Īgeratum Artist® Purple, or flossflower, in early May.Īnd today, a bit worse for wear. Of the two plants I received, the one in morning and midday sun is doing great.īut the one I planted in afternoon sun is fried and dead. Juncus effusus Quartz Creek in early May.Īnd the Quartz Creek rush today, looking good.Ĭuphea llavea Totally Tempted® in early May.Īnd today. Planted on the sunnier end of the same bed, perhaps the extra sun is not to its liking. I like this plant so much that I bought two more to go with it.Ĭhrysocephalum apiculatum Flambe® Orange in early May.Īnd the Flambe® Orange strawflower today, not as robust as the yellow one. I plan to give it a trim and hope it will rejuvenate flowering.Ĭhrysocephalum apiculatum Flambe® Yellow, commonly known as strawflower, in early May.Īnd the Flambe® Yellow strawflower today, sprawling its wonderful silver leaves and button-like flowers in morning and midday sun. I love them!Īnd the euphorbia today, taller, less flowery, and a bit wilted, but otherwise doing well in late afternoon sun, a challenging condition for any plant. This image is blurry, but the cleomes are tall and bushy in morning and midday sun and blooming their heads off. One of the two Senorita Rosalita® Cleome in early May.Īnd the cleomes today. I thought a papyrus would need to be planted at water’s edge to do well in our hot Zone 8b, but King Tut is growing in the same conditions as the ‘Toffee Twist’ sedge-planted in the dirt, in shade-and doing great. If it performs like this for the rest of the summer, I’ll be buying many more for planting this fall.Īnd King Tut today, taller and more imposing. This sedge enjoys the shade of live oaks all day. Don’t be fooled-it’s supposed to be brown. Here is Carex ‘Toffee Twist’, one of Proven Winners’ Graceful Grasses series, in early May.Īnd here it is today, looking lovelier than ever. I’ll compare each plant two months ago with how it looks today, starting with my favorite performers of the bunch. Some of the plants have fared beautifully under these conditions. ![]() I’ve watered by hand at least once a week and by sprinkler system (on my city-designated watering day) once a week. Since then, two very hot and dry months have taken their toll. Three months ago I received a rainbow assortment of plants to trial from Proven Winners, and I posted my first update on the PW plants in early May. ![]()
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