Hi all, just wondering how your osteos thrive. I read that they like poor sandy soil and others say to add fertilizer and compost. Mine are not thriving (in a pot, in full sun). I am feeling a bit weary of them. Any creative thoughts welcome. 🌱
Try planting them in the garden, if you have a dry sunny spot, they don't need much else, rubbly, sandy - fine... like my two below bottom of pic... easy come, easy go... I find them cheerful plants.. I have given them a bit of water lately as it's been very dry here..
Fire... thank you... The pink rose is 'Cambridgeshire' a ground cover rose.. The small blue flowers are Hebe 'Porlock' a very good plant, hardy. I also have a white one called I think 'Avalanche'.. The yellow flowers with a maroon blotch are Halimium 'Sandling'...
Yes dry and sunny, mine were thriving in enriched clay soil in the ground with a few handfuls of grit added, but now look thoroughly miserable having been battered (again) by fierce rain storms and hail yesterday (don’t want to even think about my poor roses). Summer came early as usual here, but it has now gone on an extended vacation
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Yes, they are in a sad state Fire, I deadhead the battered blooms, we have a lull, they start to bloom again, then we have another storm...in summer last year we had hail the size of gobstoppers that smashed car windscreens so at least it hasn’t been that bad yet!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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The pink rose is 'Cambridgeshire' a ground cover rose..
The small blue flowers are Hebe 'Porlock' a very good plant, hardy. I also have a white one called I think 'Avalanche'..
The yellow flowers with a maroon blotch are Halimium 'Sandling'...
All these are drought tolerant..