Drought Smart Plants Blog

Feb 4, chicken manure in potted plants

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:30:51 GMT

How much chicken manure can I mix in potting soil for potted plants. I want to grow tomatoes in a large pot but don't want to burn their roots. Thank

Feb 4, Trendspotting in the Garden - what's new for 2012?

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:54:38 GMT

Trendspotting new and interesting Garden Trends for 2012, I have come up with some exciting and new things to watch

Feb 4, Succulent Wedding Gallery - pictures & images of everything succulent wedding

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:32:06 GMT

Here's a Succulent Wedding Gallery for everything succulent wedding; boutonnieres, wedding bouquets, succulent wedding favors and more...

Feb 4, Succulent Balls - moss baskets with a twist - topiary spheres & globes

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:20:42 GMT

Topiary or wire succulent balls planted with the many varieties and species of succulent plants are drought tolerant, care free and require almost no maintenance

Feb 3, Succulent Sphere - use this tutorial to make your own topiary succulent globe

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:46:07 GMT

Use this easy to follow tutorial to make your own succulent sphere for a unique garden craft

Feb 3, Twig Craft Techniques - learn how to make your own rustic garden crafts

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:22:17 GMT

I have developed manyTwig Craft Techniques after building rustic items and twig crafts for many years

Feb 3, How to Grow Lithops - cultivating pebble plants and living stones

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:03:18 GMT

Learn how to grow Lithops, they will not disappoint you. These interesting living stone plants have adapted to living under cultivation very well

Feb 3, Shabby Chic - old is new again

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:31:23 GMT

Shabby Chic may be a household word thanks to interior designers and decorating mavens, but the lifestyle of refurbishing is nothing new;

Feb 2, Kalanchoe species - the more the merrier

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:34:02 GMT

There are many Kalanchoe species that show up in gardens, as gifts, and in swaps of houseplant cuttings

Feb 2, A Thyme Lawn...What Bliss!

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:35:00 GMT

Wiggle your toes in a thyme lawn this summer. Irrigation? Forget about it! These great little plants ignore drought, heat and most other challenges. Follow the guidelines for planting, don't overwater, and your thyme lawn will be the envy of the neighborhood. The bees like the flowers too...

Feb 2, Low Maintenance Landscaping - my garden ideas

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:13:58 GMT

Low Maintenance Landscaping might just be the one thing that saves your sanity; and your back

Feb 2, what is this beauty called?

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:31:53 GMT

Hello, So I picked up my first succulent ever while out grocery shopping this weekend. The pot did not have any markings and no directions for care.

Feb 1, Lucky Bamboo!

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:00:09 GMT

Hello, Quick question...what is the difference between growing a Lucky Bamboo plant in water vs soil? I have an extra pot and would like to use it but

Feb 1, Garden Mulch - save your back, and your sanity

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:30:58 GMT

Using Garden Mulch to suppress weeds, prevent moisture loss from the soil, and save your back and your sanity; sound too good to be true?

Feb 1, Green Roof Plants - best plants for green roofs - hardy and drought tolerant

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:49:00 GMT

Of course, I am partial to Sedum to plant on green roofs, along with many green roof professionals, but there are many other green roof plants that are now more commonly planted.

Jan 31, How to Grow Echeveria - a few simple rules for the most gorgeous Echeveria ever

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:45:58 GMT

Here are a few tips on How to Grow Echeveria successfully. In many places in Canada, it is too cold for the winter months to keep Echeveria outside, as they originate in Mexico.

Jan 31, Containers for Succulents - classic or rustic, Drought Smart Plants love pots

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:33:40 GMT

Containers for succulents can range from the unique to the common. No matter what you choose, your succulents will look fabulous on your deck or patio in groups as an accent or focal point.

Jan 31, Succulent Plant Identification - find out what you have and solve the mystery

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:20:37 GMT

There are many box stores and chain stores that carry unidentified succulent plants which just seem to leap into your shopping cart and beg for a new home. I can't resist them!

Jan 31, succulant that has new growth from tips of leaves and flowers

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:28:39 GMT

This succulant grows large, it has long oblong leaves that grow small plants from the tips, with little pink flowers underneath. It grows a flower cluster

Jan 31, Tall and spikey, not doing well

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:11:07 GMT

I received this plant from a local store and they didn't now know the specific name of it. Since bringing it home though, it has not done well. The

Jan 30, Cactus Plants - prickly, spiny, drought loving plants

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:06:05 GMT

Cactus Plants in a sunny window or planted in a group in a cactus dish are so interesting and unique

Jan 30, Yet another Unknown plant

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:31:56 GMT

We would like to know what this plant is but none of us have any idea. I have been told that when it flowers, the flower is dark red. I know very little

Jan 30, Legacy Succulent

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:25:33 GMT

Small chunky very old succulent passed from my grandmother (and possibly my great grandmother)to my father and now to me. Goes red when the flowers come

Jan 30, Sedum - an infinite variety of textures & colours for your xeric garden

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:16:57 GMT

Sedum;one of the best known and most loved genera of drought tolerant plants in xeriscaping, xeric gardens & commercial landscaping

Jan 30, Livingstone Daisy

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:01:44 GMT

Family Name: Aizoaceae Region of Origin: South Africa Scientific Name: Lampranthus Glaucus It is a succulent. Drought Smart Plants reply: Mesembryanthemum,

Jan 30, Sempervivum - hardy and beautiful - bejewel and bedazzle your Xeric Garden

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:47:49 GMT

Sempervivum have been known for centuries as hens and chicks, and houseleeks.

Jan 30, Tree like with pink flowers

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:25:23 GMT

Pink flowers with tiny seed like things in them. The stem of the plant is tree like Drought Smart Plants reply: Hi Jillian, your plant looks like either

Jan 30, Urban Gardening - city farming at its finest

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:46:43 GMT

Urban Gardening is the hottest trend of the decade; find out more about city farming in your town

Jan 30, Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:15:51 GMT

With visitors like this, who needs flowers? Oh, they do of course! Great Spangled Fritillaries are very fond of Sedum, and will visit other xeric plants

Jan 30, Hanging Succulent with Orange foul smelling flower

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:26:44 GMT

It is a hanging succulent that grows downward, it has orange foul smelling flowers that smell like rotten feet. Eww, how delightful! Rotten feet smelling

Jan 29, looks like English ivy seedling

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:52:11 GMT

Scallop shaped and waxy leaves with purple stem Drought Smart Plants reply: Hi Sarah, this plant looks really familiar, so I'm going out on a limb and

Jan 29, Why is my succulent so droopy?

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:43:53 GMT

I repotted this succulent in October and seemed to be doing fine until I had to move it (only about 6 feet) to fit my Christmas tree and then back after

Jan 29, Red Leaf Plant in Puerto Rico

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:30:10 GMT

I have attached a picture of the plant I am interested in. Can you tell me what it is, what zones it will grow in and where I can purchase it as bulb,

Jan 29, Succulent Plant Propagation - make more Drought Smart Plants - learn how here

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:38:53 GMT

Succulent Plant Propagation; learn how to make more plants from a leaf, stem or seeds

Jan 29, Succulent Wedding Bouquet - those special flowers for the bride

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:59:08 GMT

Making the special flowers for the bride a succulent wedding bouquet

Jan 29, Twigs, Moss and Ivory Rosebuds...and Succulents

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:23:15 GMT

This will make a person swoon with delight - moss, a few subtly colored succulents tucked in amongst ivory rosebuds, and other interesting textures.

Jan 29, spikey green foliage, tiny pink flowers

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:10:20 GMT

This flower came in a planter and someone wants to know if it can be transplanted outside. It almost looks like a Christmas cactus leaf. The flowers have

Jan 29, tall succulent with honey suckle looking flowers at top

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:03:04 GMT

I have many of these. I have a 6ft. tall thin succulent with long thin leaves up the base. At the top there is reddish honey suckle flowers. Drought

Jan 29, Purple and Magenta Wedding 'Flowers'

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:36:46 GMT

This picture tells a story - the girls all glow with eagerness and happiness on this big day - even though you can't see their faces! The gorgeous flowers

Jan 28, Peperomia - a houseplant classic

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:14:48 GMT

Peperomia are one of the most used plants for terrariums, combined with ferns, African violets and Streptocarpus

Jan 28, Pretty succulent with woody stems

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:35:04 GMT

Hello. This succulent belongs to a friend -- I love it and am trying to figure out what it is, so I can locate one for myself or figure out how to grow

Jan 28, Need help identifying this plant

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:30:46 GMT

Has very sharp pointed ends. Drought Smart Plants reply: Hi Roxanne, it looks like what you have based on the description of the sharp pointed ends

Jan 27, Looks just like red leaf lettuce...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:30:04 GMT

I wish I had a picture of this plant to share but I only saw it while visiting a friend in San Pedro, CA at night in poor lighting and didn't have a camera

Jan 27, Agave - the long lived and architectural Century Plant

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:12:49 GMT

Agave are one of the most architectural and textural plants for desert conditions

Jan 27, Rhipsalis - unusual plants that mimic others

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:53:45 GMT

Rhipsalis are one of those misunderstood plants that resemble plants in other genera, leading to misunderstandings

Jan 27, what are these and how do i get rid of them?

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:52:04 GMT

these things in teh picture are all over my house and plants in the alfresco what are they and how do i get rid of them?? thank you very much :D Drought

Jan 26, Kalanchoe delagoensis - Chandelier Plant

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:42:08 GMT

Kalanchoe delagoensis goes by the other names of Kalanchoe tubiflora and a few others, like noxious weed, chandelier plant and a few more

Jan 26, Sanseveria - Mother-in-Laws Tongue or Snake Plant

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:16:34 GMT

Sanseveria are an old houseplant that fell out of favor in the 1980s, but now they are back with a vengeance

Jan 26, Euphorbia - strange, beautiful and poisonous succulent plants

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:33:22 GMT

If you have a Euphorbia in your houseplant collection, you'll be amazed at the wide range and scope of this huge genus

Jan 26, Aloe Plants - quirky, spiky, splashed and speckled

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:30:41 GMT

Aloe plants are some of the most well known of all succulent house plants, recognized for their splashed,speckled and quirky foliage