I ordered these sun roses from a mail order nursery in 2018 as part of the memory garden. They struggled the first in that former hell strip and I was afraid it was just too dry and full of roots to accommodate them. However, they are pleasantly surprising me this year with a flush of bright flowers in a burnt orangey-red color that contrasts perfectly with the purple geraniums nearby.
These tough little guys don’t need much to survive. I don’t think they really like the chip mulch that is thick on the memory garden, but they have overcome the mulch and found their way to health and beauty. For 2020, I’ll just make sure they get fed as needed and keep the weeds away from them so they can really spread out and provide an even more amazing show next year.
