drought tolerant plant recommendations (tired of plants dying every summer)

Anonymous
There goes another holly plant. What do I plant that can take a week of forgotten watering? This is especially important since I will be renting my house out in the near future and cannot count on renters to remember to water anything. What do people plant in this area that can take the heat and lack of rain we always have in the summer? Cactus?
Anonymous
Hollies and other perennial shrubs actually do quite well in our area, IF you can really remember to water them in well during their first year of growth. Plant in the fall, water a lot and they should do pretty well next year. Also, talk to knowledgeable plant folks at places like American Plant and Johnson's for specific recommendations.
Anonymous
Uh, have you considered mint? =p
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Uh, have you considered mint? =p


Please explain the mint comment! I ask because we started an herb garden this year and the mint seems to be creeping around the edge of the planter. Is it an invasive plant??
Anonymous
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Uh, have you considered mint? =p


Please explain the mint comment! I ask because we started an herb garden this year and the mint seems to be creeping around the edge of the planter. Is it an invasive plant??


Mint will take over your garden if you let it. A good thing to do if you like mint is plant it in a container and plant the container in the ground. Otherwise it WILL spread and get completely out of hand.

As far as hard to kill.... I have a lavender I bought 3 years ago. It's growing in a large container and thriving, despite my completely ignoring my container garden all last year. It and the rhubarb were the only things to survive. Speaking of the rhubarb, I've really been awful to it this year. I ignore it until it's dried out, I see the leaves browning and the stalks withering, so I cut them all back. And yet, there's little baby stalks poking up through the soil this week. Some plants never learn.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Uh, have you considered mint? =p


Please explain the mint comment! I ask because we started an herb garden this year and the mint seems to be creeping around the edge of the planter. Is it an invasive plant??


Mint will take over your garden if you let it. A good thing to do if you like mint is plant it in a container and plant the container in the ground. Otherwise it WILL spread and get completely out of hand.

As far as hard to kill.... I have a lavender I bought 3 years ago. It's growing in a large container and thriving, despite my completely ignoring my container garden all last year. It and the rhubarb were the only things to survive. Speaking of the rhubarb, I've really been awful to it this year. I ignore it until it's dried out, I see the leaves browning and the stalks withering, so I cut them all back. And yet, there's little baby stalks poking up through the soil this week. Some plants never learn.


You are funny.
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