I'm trying to avoid new plants that need wet or semi-moist soil, especially if we get a water conservation advisory or if I have to leave home for a few days (rip nursery Joe Pye Weed). Looking into mulch for soil temp regulation but I'm concerned about how it would impact my annual's self seeding. Whatcha y'all doing?
I have rose bare roots in there, so I really need to get my flowerbed closer to a 7-6.5!
The roses in question: Perfume Delight and True Blooms' True Serenity bare roots (not pictured). Bonemeal added liberally a few weeks back.
Tl;Dr: looking for something that tolerates full sun, fits in a 1×8 flowerbed, blooms all/most summer, provides vertical contrast to reds/oranges/yellows against a red brick wall, preferably in the blues/violets, foliage doesn't take up more space than its worth. Zone 5. Natives welcome.
Hello everyone,
I seeded Flander Poppies that I was SO excited to plant with blue cornflowers in my flowerbed due to how cobalt blue makes the red pop, which is important as my flowerbed is against a red brick wall and most of my other flowers are red/pink/orange/yellow. Cornflowers are, in fact, highly invasive so I am in the market for ecosystem-friendly alternatives. Do you have any suggestions that meets a similar criteria or would still work? If you have a better/different idea, I'll hear you out!
Baseline criteria: something that tolerates full afternoon sun and occasional drought that makes red shades pop out, like blue/violet hues. Fits in a flowerbed. I could have flowers this year, either bought flowering or from seed. Blooms all/most of summer. Self-seeding annual, annual, perennial, whatever. Open to growers/trellis ideas. Non-natives and natives welcome, even natives not usually grown for ornamental reasons. Bonus points: if native and/or beloved by pollinators, non-fatal to children + local cats, doesn't require constant deadheading to bloom. Zone 5.
What's already in the flowerbed: echinacea (in a patch), black eyed susans (in a patch), calendula, catmint, two pink hybrid tea bare roots, cosmos, will receive marigolds, nasturium and mission bells California poppies. Most of these are warm colours against a red brick wall, I need some contrast!
I'm researching blue flax, false Indigo, chicory, very intrigued at how I could try to make tricolour Royal Ensign dwarf morning glories or lobelia (RE colours are perfect but I'm concerned it would take up useful space as a groundcover, is there a climbing variety?), campanula, stuff like that. Borage seems too shrubby for leaf/flower ratio. I suck at keeping petunias and lavender flowering. Periwinkle is invasive. Help me out!
I literally just saw a video of a French vetenarian explain how endometriosis is well-documented in female macaques as we're watching him give a routine ultrasound to a macaque under anesthesia and explain how this young female has asymtomatic lesions that were discovered during the routine checkup and how it's important to treat those lesions before symtoms appear, what's their treatment plan for her and how she already has a follow-up scheduled for her asymptomatic endo to check the progression of the disease. I looked it up and there are actually multple professional scientific reasearch papers on endometriosis in Rhesus macaques. This is real. Monkeys get endometriosis too.
THERE ARE FEMALE MONKEYS WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS. AND THEY'RE GIVING THE MONKEYS. ENDOMETRIOSIS DIAGNOSES. AND TREATMENT. BEFORE THEY'RE EVEN SYMPTOMATIC. WHY DO MONKEYS GET BETTER ENDOMETRIOSIS HEALTHCARE THAN US AND WHY ISN'T IT TALKED ABOUT THAT ENDOMETRIOSIS IS NOT ONLY FOUND IN HUMANS, OR EVEN ONLY MATURE ANIMALS. YOUNG!!! MONKEYS!!!! GET!!! ENDOMETRIOSIS!!!!!