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Originally Posted by capt_noonie  Ahh crap! I got celosia and salvia mixed up. I did celosia last year and this year and they are doing well. However, the lighter colored ones seems more delicate and are losing their color big time. The darker burgundy ones are doing just fine and they are planted together in full sun. I didn't have the lighter ones last year. Decided to try those this year, and next year I will go back to the dark ones. Once it got really hot last summer they just exploded and I was able to clip them and bring them inside in a vase and they lasted for more than a week!
The salvia was what didn't work out for us.
But yeah I love all the weird flowers. MIL has a bunch of weird orchids. She got me interested in plants and once bf and I got here we've really been doing a lot of gardening. I'd love to get a tocca plant (black bat flower) and I found one seller on etsy who has them bloomed, and not just the seed but he didn't answer my question if they would do well indoors in Vegas.  Jerk.
But if you choose the right plants they should thrive in our climate. I go to our local nursery. They have more detailed descriptions of the plants and their needs. And if we have questions, the staff is more informed, vs the staff at HD or Lowes. The tradeoff if their return policy, or lack thereof as far as if a plant dies. What other plants do you have? We're actually thinking of getting rid of our succulents bc they don't look good and they only get pretty once a year when they flower. |
Well darn, I don't know what the heck I'm doing wrong w/ this celosia bc they have all faded terribly..I may have overwatered some and underwatered others, I don't even know. Do you water your celosia every day?
We have a lot of plants...on our drip system we have mesquite trees, palo verde trees, fan palms, ocotillo (love!)...one of my faves, bougainvillea (also SO love), hibiscus, lots of grasses - red fountain grass poofs and deer grass, pampas grass, oleander, cat's claw vine on our fence, candelilla (sp?) also LOVE this (attaching picture of candelilla), some cacti.
In pots I have some more bougainvillea and hibiscus, lantana, celosia, pencil plant, and some sedums.