Florida Gardening: Florida Chit-Chat #10 - Summertime, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
I actually bought the last six of the Route 66 coreopsis they had at Lowe's so yea for me! We also went to Home Depot and I picked up some echinacea for the front of the house. We're redoing a section in the front that got kind of overrun by weeds and skunk vine. Here's a picture of my new plants along with the Giant Milkweed that's going to go with them.

Lowe's surprised me by having some interesting orchids - overpriced, but different than the usual phaelenopsis you see all the time. But Home Depot, yeah that was just the same ol', same ol'.

I cleaned out my orchid house today and sprayed everything down with Physan 20 to get rid of a fungus problem I'm having. That's one problem with these torrential rains - the orchids are getting a little wetter than I want them. I've been repotting some of them in these gravel-type rocks (it's acutally superheated shale that's pH neutral and won't react with the plants) that I bought at Worm's Way and that's helping.

I took my shower, now I'm going to kick back and relax with a cold beverage.

Melanie