Zone 10 Plants… Only One Option?
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I have been *attempting* to take up gardening/landscaping in my yard- a subject I know very little about. Anyway, I know I live in hardiness zone 10 (learned that from BHG…lol) but I am confused as to what I should plant in a front yard with full sun without killing it.
I was looking up plants on this website and according to the search I did, there is only one plant I can put there. I’m confused. http://www.garden.org/zipzone/index.php
Do you have any suggestions for attractive plants to put in my front yard that will be exposed to afternoon sun?
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Lavenders are sun loving, and most are fully hardy. The Hidcote lavender variety is a beautiful blue colour, and would be great. http://www.backyardgardener.com/tmimages…
Day lilies are also easy, and flower for much of the summer, in a wide range of colours. http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/dayli…
Lupins, mixed colours again, are easy from seed, or generally low cost perennial plants, lasting for years. See them here – http://www.tvscoop.tv/lupins.jpg
Winter Jasmine, Jasminum nudiflorum, is a winter flowering trailer/climber, covered in yellow flowers through winter, hardy to -10F. Very easy and low maintenance, plus pretty when not much else is showing colour. http://www.nichegardens.com/images/plant…
For next summer, try growing some annuals from seed, these grow, flower and die that same year. Easy plants include -
sunflowers – http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/pr…
Calendula – http://gstuff.co.nz/shop/garden/images/c…
Californian Poppies – http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/pr…
other annual Poppies- http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/pr…
There are many plants that are hardy for zone 10 and will thrive in sun or sun and partial shade. Planning the colour mixes, getting something for all seasons, where possible, will all help to make your garden more interesting.
Hope this helps. Good luck! Rob
I do have some great ideas for you. In a way I’m a zone 5 and I’m envious of the plants you can grow in zone 10. Here is a link to plants that will work for you and in full sun: http://www.naturehills.com/catalog/peren… A couple of my favorites are Gaillardia ‘Frenzy’http://www.naturehills.com/product/gaill…
Rudibeckia ‘Early Bird gold’http://www.naturehills.com/product/black…
When I first came here I really tried for a cottage garden type feel and wound up spending a ton of money on plants that were inappropriate for this zone. Much depends on the type of soil you have, if you are zone 10 in Hawaii (volcanic ashy soil) that’s different than zone 10 in Florida (alkaline sandy soil)
There are many many plants that will grow in a zone 10 environment. Some of my favorites that are slow growing shrubs (for a landscaped look) are:
arbricola (variegated or plain)
podacarpus
viburnum
cocoa plum
jatropha (mine are tree formed)
I have a huge “firespike” in my yard that is visited by butterflies all day. It’s really lovely to watch them come and go, and I really recommend this plant. While it does best in full sun, it can be nice if it doesnt have that all day sun, and might not get as big.
There are so many beautiful vines that also do extraordinarily well here, but they require much more attention and many of them can take over everything else that you put in. (Almost like Kudzu!) For instance, I have a wonderful Port St. Johns Vine that I love, but I keep it in a pot, trellised against the western wall of my house, otherwise I could not control it at all. Brugmansia is a wonderful plant too, and likes sun if its roots are shaded.
Ive listed some sources here that might help. The third one- Davesgarden.com- is free for “looking up” up to ten plants a day, I think. I pay a small subscription rate there, but it has saved me a lot of money in the long run, as they have forums there for questions that are answered by folks who have been through this problem! They also have a search engine that allows you to look up plants that others have grown successfully in your zip code. To get even more specific about your zone try the link to Sunset climate zones- they take in to consideration the level of humidity and amount of rainfall for your specific area.
I don’t know if you are in Florida, but my favorite plants here are the Jasmines-
And gardening can be really fun here if you love it, but if it’s a “chore” then you want to go with non invasive, slow growing, easy care plants, and there are many.
Good luck!