Comments on: Heat-loving Flowers and Foliage https://www.floretflowers.com/heat-loving-flowers-and-foliage/ Sat, 01 Jun 2024 21:19:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Maria https://www.floretflowers.com/heat-loving-flowers-and-foliage/#comment-556277 Sat, 01 Jun 2024 21:19:16 +0000 http://www.floretflowers.com/?p=56566#comment-556277 aloha! should you pinch the blooms if they’re larger than 12 inches?

I just read up on cultivating hot weather flowers & some of mine have grown just past that!!

]]> By: SassyInSweden https://www.floretflowers.com/heat-loving-flowers-and-foliage/#comment-507145 Tue, 09 May 2023 20:17:01 +0000 http://www.floretflowers.com/?p=56566#comment-507145 , Ive gotten The “White Nite”🌻sunflower seeds as a gift from family in the states. Just wondering how to make them the happiest? We still get cool nights, right now in beginning of May, had hail a week ago. So I have planted them indoors but they are already 4cm. Long ! What do you suggest is best to do, now to keep them strong? I’m bringing them out in the sun day time and water on saucer at night, they are in a 6x6 plasticato each. Thank you for your time and waiting eagerly for your response ((-: 🔆Californias in Stockholm🇸🇪]]> Hello from Sweden🇸🇪,
Ive gotten The “White Nite”🌻sunflower seeds as a gift from family in the states.
Just wondering how to make them the happiest? We still get cool nights, right now in beginning of May, had hail a week ago. So I have planted them indoors but they are already 4cm. Long !
What do you suggest is best to do, now to keep them strong? I’m bringing them out in the sun day time and water on saucer at night, they are in a 6×6 plasticato each.
Thank you for your time and waiting eagerly for your response ((-:
🔆Californias in Stockholm🇸🇪

]]> By: LeAnne https://www.floretflowers.com/heat-loving-flowers-and-foliage/#comment-507062 Sun, 07 May 2023 20:48:31 +0000 http://www.floretflowers.com/?p=56566#comment-507062 Thank you! I live in the low desert of Arizona, zone 9b. Right now (May) I have Sunflowers, Zinnias, and Comos growing well from seed in my garden. I’m always looking for more heat loving flowers. Another great resource for gardening in intense heat climates is Growing in the Garden. She gives specific information for the low desert. I love finding ideas here at Floret and then finding out how to grow it in my area from local gardeners. Thanks for this incredible resource!

]]> By: Tracy https://www.floretflowers.com/heat-loving-flowers-and-foliage/#comment-506515 Fri, 21 Apr 2023 19:36:52 +0000 http://www.floretflowers.com/?p=56566#comment-506515 ]]> I’m in Texas and found the best success when I plant seeds or seedlings around Labor Day for a fall, winter and early spring garden. If I want a late spring and summer garden to flourish, I need to plan on having time to baby my plants during the extreme heat. Otherwise, it’s a waste of money and time as they will die before there’s anything to harvest.

If I know I have a busy summer planned, I will stick with native perennials I’ve already planted plus possibly add okra, sunflowers, zinnias or cosmos. Okra flowers have a hibiscus-look to them are quite pretty. Even tomatoes and basil will struggle to produce in the heat; the pollen on the tomatoes flowers sticks to itself and isn’t transferred by pollinators, and basil will get yellow and leggy.

It’s tempting to want to jump into gardening when spring weather is gorgeous, but one must really consider if the plants will be established enough to handle triple-digit temperatures and/or extreme humidity. I learned this lesson the hard way!

Happy gardening everyone! 🌞

]]> By: Lannie Thorn https://www.floretflowers.com/heat-loving-flowers-and-foliage/#comment-496329 Fri, 23 Dec 2022 20:55:13 +0000 http://www.floretflowers.com/?p=56566#comment-496329 I grow coreopsis with great luck. The short and tall varieties do very well in my zone 8b bordering on 9a borders and beds. SW Louisiana.

]]> By: Victoria trank https://www.floretflowers.com/heat-loving-flowers-and-foliage/#comment-493686 Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:56:26 +0000 http://www.floretflowers.com/?p=56566#comment-493686 This is the best hot climate cut flower garden info I’ve read . I’m in zone 9b. I am just starting a new cut flower garden and one of your pictures looked like a plant that I picked up at a private nursery. The gardener spoke a different language so couldn’t get the info. But immediately saw it on your information here. It’s the celosia. I was so excited to see it.
I see it comes in different colors.
So my question is…Where do you recommend getting these seeds from. Or pre started plants from?
I’m in Florida zone 9b
Thank you

]]> By: BriAnn Boots https://www.floretflowers.com/heat-loving-flowers-and-foliage/#comment-487436 Mon, 15 Aug 2022 17:10:50 +0000 http://www.floretflowers.com/?p=56566#comment-487436 In reply to Julie.

When growing in pots and containers, I’d suggest taking out the plant’s roots and adding new soil for a new crop to be planted into.

]]> By: Julie https://www.floretflowers.com/heat-loving-flowers-and-foliage/#comment-487392 Sun, 14 Aug 2022 19:36:01 +0000 http://www.floretflowers.com/?p=56566#comment-487392 I am a novice at growing sunflowers. They are so beautiful and grow so fast! I have them in pots and containers. After I cut them, how can I reuse the potted soil? Do I take out all of the rest of the stock and roots? Can I leave the roots as compost and plant new seeds? I would love anyone’s suggestions. Thanks!

]]> By: BriAnn Boots https://www.floretflowers.com/heat-loving-flowers-and-foliage/#comment-482093 Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:28:14 +0000 http://www.floretflowers.com/?p=56566#comment-482093 In reply to Julie.

Cress will grow best in the cooler part of your growing season, but it doesn’t hurt to try and see how it handles Mississippi heat!

]]> By: Julie https://www.floretflowers.com/heat-loving-flowers-and-foliage/#comment-481908 Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:30:47 +0000 http://www.floretflowers.com/?p=56566#comment-481908 Will cress grow in the heat? I fall plant but did not realize I could plant throughout the summer. I’m zone8 Mississippi. Has anyone near me had success planting cress in summer months? I love it and would be excited to know if it will take our heat!!

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