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Thursday, May 25, 2006
The dought hath struck — the garden’s fried
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The current dry spell is taking its toll on the spring garden. In the Cobb area, we haven’t had a significant rain in roughly a month. (Those of you in North Ga., be thankful you’ve gotten all those storms).
Now I’m paying the price along with a lot of my fellow gardeners having to lug hoses and watering cans around just to save the landscaping. I’m really kicking myself for not paying more attention to choosing plants that thrive in dry, hot weather. We’ve been fortunate over the past couple of years with adequate rain. This season is beginning to remind me of a few years back (2001?) when we had no-watering restrictions and the azaleas all burned up.
How are you coping with the drought? Are your tomatoes and veggies sagging? Are you watering or giving up? Buying replacements? Or, are you gloating because you’re in the part of town that has gotten rain.
UGA recommends the following plants for dry, hot conditions: periwinkle, moss rose, rudbeckia, stonecrop, gazania, globe amaranth, strawflower, cosmos and verbena. Those are all sunlovers.
Here is the full link to the UGA article on buying the right plants for dought conditions .
I’m going to pick up a few replacements for dead petunias. I think I’ll invest in moss roses this time!
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