Comments on: In Search of the Drought-Tolerant Hanging Basket http://www.oakleafgreen.com/2009/06/15/in-search-of-the-drought-tolerant-hanging-basket/ Oakleaf Green Landscape Design is a boutique organic landscaping firm specializing in design for lower maintenance, drought tolerance, and native plants. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:29:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.oakleafgreen.com/2009/06/15/in-search-of-the-drought-tolerant-hanging-basket/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Andrew Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:33:39 +0000 http://www.oakleafgreen.com/?p=851#comment-32 Thanks, guys, for the comments! Pomona: You're right, I've been surprised at some drought tolerant plants. I'll check out your series. Kerry: Bigger image on the way! I do have to get my act together with perennials too. I like the way some people will use them in containers through the season and plant in fall. My choices were a bit limited since I wanted to do organic from Goose Cove, but it's in the cards. mss @ Zanthan: Ha! You are SO correct -- drought tolerant in Massachusetts is different than drought tolerant in Texas. I am fascinated with some plants you guys can grow that we can't because of winter moisture and cold. But yeah, this was a rainy, cloudy month too. July and August really will be the true tests. Still, I'm SOOOOO glad not to be watering thirsty, store-bought, overfertilized hanging baskets like last year. Sheesh. Thanks, guys, for the comments!

Pomona: You’re right, I’ve been surprised at some drought tolerant plants. I’ll check out your series.

Kerry: Bigger image on the way! I do have to get my act together with perennials too. I like the way some people will use them in containers through the season and plant in fall. My choices were a bit limited since I wanted to do organic from Goose Cove, but it’s in the cards.

mss @ Zanthan: Ha! You are SO correct — drought tolerant in Massachusetts is different than drought tolerant in Texas. I am fascinated with some plants you guys can grow that we can’t because of winter moisture and cold. But yeah, this was a rainy, cloudy month too. July and August really will be the true tests. Still, I’m SOOOOO glad not to be watering thirsty, store-bought, overfertilized hanging baskets like last year. Sheesh.

]]> By: mss @ Zanthan Gardens (Texas) http://www.oakleafgreen.com/2009/06/15/in-search-of-the-drought-tolerant-hanging-basket/comment-page-1/#comment-31 mss @ Zanthan Gardens (Texas) Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:09:59 +0000 http://www.oakleafgreen.com/?p=851#comment-31 I jumped over here from Twitter when I saw "drought tolerant". Then I read the line that you hadn't watered the pots in a month, letting Mother Nature take it from there. A month! And I thought, "Where are gardening!?!" Oh. Massachusetts. I guess Mother Nature does a little more work up your way. Down here it's the devil's own country. I jumped over here from Twitter when I saw “drought tolerant”. Then I read the line that you hadn’t watered the pots in a month, letting Mother Nature take it from there. A month! And I thought, “Where are gardening!?!”

Oh. Massachusetts. I guess Mother Nature does a little more work up your way. Down here it’s the devil’s own country.

]]> By: Kerry http://www.oakleafgreen.com/2009/06/15/in-search-of-the-drought-tolerant-hanging-basket/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Kerry Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:34:44 +0000 http://www.oakleafgreen.com/?p=851#comment-30 P.S. No reason to only use annuals. I often go shopping in my gardens for perennials for containers. P.S. No reason to only use annuals. I often go shopping in my gardens for perennials for containers.

]]> By: Kerry http://www.oakleafgreen.com/2009/06/15/in-search-of-the-drought-tolerant-hanging-basket/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Kerry Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:32:02 +0000 http://www.oakleafgreen.com/?p=851#comment-29 They are absolutely beautiful. Would love to see bigger images. I sometimes put a little plastic on the inside, bottom of hanging baskets to help with water retention. That said, I've never gone for a month between waterings! Great work! They are absolutely beautiful. Would love to see bigger images. I sometimes put a little plastic on the inside, bottom of hanging baskets to help with water retention. That said, I’ve never gone for a month between waterings!

Great work!

]]> By: Pomona Belvedere http://www.oakleafgreen.com/2009/06/15/in-search-of-the-drought-tolerant-hanging-basket/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Pomona Belvedere Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:09:53 +0000 http://www.oakleafgreen.com/?p=851#comment-28 I'm impressed at your innovation with hanging baskets, possibly the hardest containers to get into low-water-land. I'm currently running a series on water-saving container gardens; I had to work this out because I was living on a low well with ten other people. A hanging planter could use all of my main points: bottom watering, special soil preparation, mulching, and how and where you place them. And of course you're right: knowing water-saving plants is key! But sometimes there are surprises in that department... I’m impressed at your innovation with hanging baskets, possibly the hardest containers to get into low-water-land. I’m currently running a series on water-saving container gardens; I had to work this out because I was living on a low well with ten other people. A hanging planter could use all of my main points: bottom watering, special soil preparation, mulching, and how and where you place them.

And of course you’re right: knowing water-saving plants is key! But sometimes there are surprises in that department…

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