I loved my cottage garden in Maine, all the colors and textures! Here in Florida (zone 9b) I seem to only have "plants" as my daughter calls them, not "flowers". I miss my peonies, tulips, bearded irises, oriental poppies and lilies.....are there substitutes for these colorful plants I can grow down here?
2007-07-13 03:09:57 · 4 answers · asked by Cara D 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Anyone have any luck with the above named plants in a southern zone?
2007-07-15 03:34:46 · update #1
The first post lists great plants, but they may not like the humidity in Florida. Try other types of lillies: crinum, spider, tiger, etc. Also try cannas, ruellia, knockout roses, and for shady areas, the annual impatiens are beautiful!
2007-07-17 06:34:01 · answer #1 · answered by Leslie K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aloes grow with low light conditions and I even have some lucky bamboo that grows well. Take a regular lamp and put a grow light bulb in it and use it 3-4 times a week for a few hours and just about anything will grow. Good luck try different things and see.
2016-05-21 10:37:17 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the heat and the humidity, you can grow many tropical flowers. Many of these will bloom most of the year!
Good Luck!!
2007-07-13 20:32:51 · answer #3 · answered by Cindy B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I should think these would do well in Florida they are all sun loving plants.
Butterfly bush
Bee Balm
Roses
Gaillardia
Coreopsis
2007-07-13 04:06:51 · answer #4 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋