Originally aired on Fox 5 as part of the series, "Gardening Tips With Derek Thomas."
Plants that you can still get in the ground, and enjoy for the rest of the summer:
Geranium: very drought tolerant, water every day for the first two weeks then water once or twice a week for 20 minutes, keep water off of the flower.
Vinca: "sun hogs," like it dry, will rot if they are over-watered.
Begonia: dual purpose plant, they grow well in sun and shade, drought tolerant
Carex ("care-ex"): extremely large family of low growing grass plants. Suited for soil that drain quickly and dry out because they have fibrous roots, loves well drained soil
Day Lily (he's bringing a re-blooming Stella): grows well in moist, dry, compacted, dense soil
More tips:
Watering tip for plants #2-5 plants: water them regularly for the first two weeks, then once or twice a week if we don't get an inch of rain.
All of these plants are low maintenance; good for the summer since most people travel
It's always good to use a gentle stream of water, so that it soaks in
