What are some good flowers to plant that need a lot of water and sunlight?
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at
3:42 pm
I want to plant a flower garden in the front of my house. My problem is that the spot that I want to garden gets a lot of rain because of the run-off from the roof. This is the only spot that I can put a flower bed for the front of my house. Any ideas on some flowers that are easy to grow?
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How about above the ground gardening? Also called raised gardening beds:
http://www.eartheasy.com/grow_raised_beds.htm
Look up http://www.yardplants.com
I have the same situation. I dont have gutters and I get a lot of run off. What I do is notice the line where the water hits the ground and I plant flowers a good foot in front of that water line. Under the waterline I pile mulch as deep as I can make it. I use shredded leaves that I rake up from the yard. I use pine needles and I use sticks. This mulch soaks up the water but keeps the water from battering the plants. The plants that are in front of this mulch benefit from having the ground under the mulch be nice and wet but diverting all the direct hits from the roof. You can plant just about anything if you have a lot of sun. What I have put in this spot is Epimedium which has great foliage, spreads out and can get hit occasionally with hard rain and have no problem. I also have Angels Trumpets and Missouri Primrose.
Kingcups can grow in a spot with a lot of water, we’ve got a huge one growing where the roof run-off pours and it sucks all the water up like a sponge. The leaves are rounded, standing up to 3′ tall and it has some really funky yellow flowers toward the end of summer.
where do you live i need to get some seeds from you.