{"id":9267,"date":"2017-04-27T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=9267"},"modified":"2017-04-25T21:15:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T01:15:40","slug":"summer-heat-and-drought-tolerant-annuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2017\/04\/27\/summer-heat-and-drought-tolerant-annuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Heat And Drought Tolerant Annuals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Petunias and Calibrachoas are moderately drought tolerant<\/p><\/div>\n

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Globe amaranth – Very drought tolerant<\/p><\/div>\n

Annuals (bedding plants) provide many more weeks of colorful flowers and\/or foliage than perennials and woody landscape plants. Planting a fabulous flower garden does involve lots of initial preparation, including adding lots of organic matter (compost) to the ground and tilling it in.<\/p>\n

First, plan<\/strong> your \u00a0summer flower garden before you plant<\/strong>. Choose those that are heat and drought tolerant. Many regions of the U.S. continue to suffer through drought. Many urban areas are either\u00a0limiting or\u00a0have totally banned watering of flower gardens.<\/p>\n

Specific\u00a0drought tolerant annuals are the ones to choose (see list below). They ask for very\u00a0little maintenance other than planting into an organically rich\u00a0well-drained soil and in full or partial sun. Most promise\u00a0good summer heat and drought resistance provided they have been “babied” or cared for during\u00a0their first 4-6 weeks after spring planting. April and May rainfall is generally plentiful. Primary care is weekly watering, bi-weekly feeding with a water soluble fertilizer (such as Miracle-Gro\u2122, Daniels\u2122, or Espoma\u2122). You may substitute feeding with a slow release fertilizer such as Osmocote\u2122 or Nutrikote\u2122 applied at planting time. All flowers should be mulched with 3-4 inches of an organic mulch such as wood bark or pine needles.<\/p>\n

These 10<\/strong>\u00a0annuals are exceptionally\u00a0drought tolerant:<\/p>\n

Vinca (Catharanthus roseus<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Spider flower (Cleome hyb.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Mexican heather (Cuphea hyssopifolia<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Silver Nickel Vine (Dichondra argentea<\/em> ‘Silver Falls’)<\/p>\n

Euphorbias (Euphorbia<\/em> x)<\/p>\n

Globe amaranth (Gomphrena globosa<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Lantana (Lantana<\/em> x)<\/p>\n

Moss Rose (Portulaca grandiflora<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Lemon Coral Sedum (Sedum rupestre<\/em>\u00a0Lemon Coral\u2122)<\/p>\n

Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia<\/em>)<\/p>\n

These 12<\/strong> annuals also tolerate very hot summers, but demand moderate 1 to 1 \u00bd inches of water every 10-12 days if natural rainfall is absent.<\/p>\n

Joseph’s Coat (Alternanthera spp.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Summer snapdragons (Angelonia<\/em>)
\nOrnamental Pepper (Capsicum annuum<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Cockscomb (Celosia argentea<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Marigold (Tagetes spp.<\/em>) \u2018
\nStarflower (Pentas lanceolata<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Fountain grasses (Pennisetum spp<\/em>.)
\nSalvia (Salvia<\/em>\u00a0spp.)<\/p>\n

Mexican Bush Sage (Salvia leucantha<\/em>)
\nFan Flower (Scaevola aemula<\/em>) – Surdiva\u00ae or Bombay\u00ae series<\/p>\n

Wax Begonia Big\u00ae and Whopper\u00ae<\/p>\n

Star zinnia (Zinnia angustifolia<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Annuals (bedding plants) provide many more weeks of colorful flowers and\/or foliage than perennials and woody landscape plants. Planting a fabulous flower garden does involve lots of initial preparation, including adding lots of organic matter (compost) to the ground and tilling it in. First, plan your \u00a0summer flower garden before you plant. Choose those that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1313,1319,985,605,1037,1395,806,1312,1009,665,602,1042,774,745,853,804,1148,1003,1041,551,627,983,1118,907,843,729,1039,1314,1396,777,630,919,705,918,706,646,1,113,1100],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9267"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9632,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9267\/revisions\/9632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}