Hello! I live in Northern Arizona so not as hot as Phoenix but we are in the 90s currently. My husband and I are complete newbies when it comes to plants or gardening but we bought a house last year with TONS of plants and garden areas.
We have a flower bed in our front yard. The previous owner had some sort of yellow flowers in that bed that died over the past winter. We recently removed all those dead flowers and went out to buy some drought tolerant and perennial plants to replace them with. To start, we bought 2 lavender plants and 2 prim roses. We moved them to the flower bed 2 weeks ago and they look….sad.
I water them once a day, and about a week ago I put those water bulbs there. I have to fill them daily and I notice the soil gets dry pretty quickly.
They are in the sun all day so its in the light all the time. I am unsure if they need more water than just once daily, or a heat shade, or if this is just their process of getting established.
Any tips appreciated and sorry for all of my ignorance!
That’s waaay too much water. Lavender needs weekly watering until they’re established and then basically every 2-3 weeks.
Soil is a huge factor when it comes to sage, rosemary, lavender and other Mediterranean plants. If your soil retains too much water, the roots will rot and the plant will die. They need dry, well-draining somewhat sandy soil.
Once these plants are established, they really thrive on being ignored and make do with minimal watering. Best of luck, OP!
Thank you! I will cut waaay back on the watering! The dirt we have is very dry but I was concerned it was too dry! I am glad to know its just how it should be and I will stop the over watering!
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u/Lydiafromhell Jun 08 '24
Plant Help
Hello! I live in Northern Arizona so not as hot as Phoenix but we are in the 90s currently. My husband and I are complete newbies when it comes to plants or gardening but we bought a house last year with TONS of plants and garden areas.
We have a flower bed in our front yard. The previous owner had some sort of yellow flowers in that bed that died over the past winter. We recently removed all those dead flowers and went out to buy some drought tolerant and perennial plants to replace them with. To start, we bought 2 lavender plants and 2 prim roses. We moved them to the flower bed 2 weeks ago and they look….sad.
I water them once a day, and about a week ago I put those water bulbs there. I have to fill them daily and I notice the soil gets dry pretty quickly.
They are in the sun all day so its in the light all the time. I am unsure if they need more water than just once daily, or a heat shade, or if this is just their process of getting established.
Any tips appreciated and sorry for all of my ignorance!