Phloxx

I have never used mulch chips but everyone does here in Ohio. The young man who mowed my yard-and disappeared, much to my disappointment, when I advanced him $10-turned the mulch over a month ago and I didn't know this needed to be done. I can see that it does the plants good and need to add it to my little flower bed out back. I would prefer a natural color, though.

I just left my sprinkler on all night lol. I did but it was cause i turned it on and fell asleep opps. So they got plenty of water.

it is now winter here grandpa bob and it is getting really cold here... you have such a nice picture of the phloxx plant... as i always say, it is too bad that i don't have such a green hand like you and i don't know much about gardening... so my backyard is really abandoned and i don't plant anything there... it is such a waste... may be you can teach me some useful tips in gardening for beginners??? :-) take care and have a nice day...

We have the normal brown mulch in our flower bed. I do think the colors do add a lot when it can be seen, some people have things around their flowers or trees and you can barely see anything.

singapore has strange weather now. warm humid days... and some nights are humid as well, some nights refreshingly cool. so i think my plant is going haywire. when i water it regularly, it shows signs of root rot. when i don't the leaves start looking dry and burnt. my hubby asked me why i have a plant if it's one more thing to worry about. i said i bought it cos it was supposed to be one more thing that brightens up my day! anyway, to answer your question, i don't use coloured wood chips for mulch but they do look pretty.

I use brown mulch because most of my plants are "colorful" or varigated and the brown makes them seem so much brighter. My son uses "red" mulch because his house is grey and seems so dull. The color really makes a statement! (A positive one, of course. LOL) When you mentioned "dry weather", I laughed. We haven't reached that point yet in the mountains of Virginia! Send some my way! Please!!! Too much rain here!!!

Well I am glad to hear about your gardening. I don't use decorations on my garden since it is just a very small area on the front of my house. It is rainy season here so no luck in planting something new. Good luck with your gardening gramps. Take care.

Hi Grandpa. Interesting that you showed the phloxx plants. Until this year, I only knew about the phloxx plant that is a creeping ground cover. Hubby and I were at a local nursery and discovered the phlox plant like you show in your picture. I was so excited! I am wondering how big it will get. We planted it in a small area beside the garage door. We first had to take out a HUGE bush that the previous owner had put there. We attempted to prune it back but it was scalped and ugly after that. The info on the plant stick in the plant stated that the phloxx would bloom until September. I sure hope so as it is beautiful! It is a deep rosy-purple color. We too have had to make a mulch run. We had to mulch the garden plants that we planted and a lot of our bedding plants. (and of course the phloxx!) We brought quite a few plants from our previous home and put them in the ground here. Those need lots of water for sure being as how they are in shock from being moved! Your landscaping around your deck is beautiful!

No I do not add mulch to my area because when it dries out the pool will call to it and it will come. If you call it it will come well the mulch cannot resist the call of the pool. Like most of the neighbors leaves, bushes and dirt my pool calls to them and they obey and I have to clean it out. My pool even begs my gardner to use the leaf blower to blow all the crap from the yard and everybody else's yard into my pool. I swear.