What great questions about mulch & xeric soil. We have swapped several varieties to allow for drought tolerance + bunny resistance, & are quite pleased to have a more workable garden bed,which thrives quite happily ! Looking forward to spring with you,Rosie 🌈
If you put the cut down plants in Autumn with seeds on into the compost heap when you mulch with it in Spring the seeds from self seeders germinate. I have amazing results from doing this.
With the xeric gardener in Ohio.... I live in Colorado with clay soil that gets hot and dry, but will also intermittently be soggy. I've tried some xeric plants. Some plants not surviving winter (indian blanket flower, mexican hats, bluebeard, butterfly bush, shasta daisy, and tickseeds) might just be due to the soil. You can look at changing the soil, but also look at plants that tolerate the soil that you have. Asters, heliopsis, and blue flax seem to do very well, and others have good early returns. My advice is to experiement with a lot of different plants that you like and see what sticks. It will get you results, you'll learn something, you'll have some surprises, and it's also a lot of fun.
Great Q and A. You often talk of using grit but I don’t think we get it in USA. If you know what we can use instead, please let us know. The perlite/ vermiculite - are they substitute. Usually they are mixed in and not a layer. The smallest pea gravel I can get does not look as small as your grit.
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Brilliant video Ms. Rosy. I gobbled up all the information as quickly as possible. 😅
I love your Q&A 😍
Rosy, thank you for answering my question. Your videos are extremely helpful!
You are welcome!
Thanks for all the good tips! 💐
Glad they were helpful!
Hi Rosy, thank you so much for answering my question about mulch 🙏 I will follow your precious advice!
Good luck with your garden!
And thank you! Because I was just thinking about what to plant that could self seed in semi shade. Appreciate it! Warm regards from Spain
What great questions about mulch & xeric soil. We have swapped several varieties to allow for drought tolerance + bunny resistance, & are quite pleased to have a more workable garden bed,which thrives quite happily ! Looking forward to spring with you,Rosie 🌈
If you put the cut down plants in Autumn with seeds on into the compost heap when you mulch with it in Spring the seeds from self seeders germinate. I have amazing results from doing this.
Good idea
With the xeric gardener in Ohio.... I live in Colorado with clay soil that gets hot and dry, but will also intermittently be soggy. I've tried some xeric plants. Some plants not surviving winter (indian blanket flower, mexican hats, bluebeard, butterfly bush, shasta daisy, and tickseeds) might just be due to the soil. You can look at changing the soil, but also look at plants that tolerate the soil that you have. Asters, heliopsis, and blue flax seem to do very well, and others have good early returns. My advice is to experiement with a lot of different plants that you like and see what sticks. It will get you results, you'll learn something, you'll have some surprises, and it's also a lot of fun.
Great Q and A. You often talk of using grit but I don’t think we get it in USA. If you know what we can use instead, please let us know. The perlite/ vermiculite - are they substitute. Usually they are mixed in and not a layer. The smallest pea gravel I can get does not look as small as your grit.
I believe it would be chicken grit in the US?
@@RosyHardyGardening I guess one has to look in a cattle feed store. Our garden centers do not have it.
Try chicken grit but without lime . Purchase at farm feed stores
@@debbieripley4790 thank you for that information. I will remember to say this for future reference.