tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post114928206564113616..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: Dry-country gardeningChas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1149781388374958472006-06-08T09:43:00.000-06:002006-06-08T09:43:00.000-06:00I appreciate this, Chas, as my conditions are simi...I appreciate this, Chas, as my conditions are similar to yours. I inherited peonies which are not doing well this year and wild geranium which is rampant. But I may have managed to established some hollyhocks and the Explorer series Canadian rose looks good this time. It's still pretty much only a sprig.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to try checkerboarding cement stepping stones with random small bulbs like the glacier lilies and frittilaries that are native and a big patch of camas.<BR/><BR/>This total variability in weather patterns from one year to the next rather confounds me. One year (this one) May is bright and wet while June is dark and dry -- the next year the opposite.<BR/><BR/>My overall principle is to eliminate grass and straight lines -- which is the exact opposite of the goals of my neighbors! But the other day someone said it looked like an English garden, sort of, which made me very happy.<BR/><BR/>Prairie MaryMary Strachan Scriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00538160009129822362noreply@blogger.com