[afraidfortherepublic]

Well, she’ll have to forgo traditional bulbs, like tulips, in Houston. Those have to be refrigerated and re-planted every year there. I don’t remember if daffodils can be grown there — probably not.

But Day Lilies practically grow wild. And Crepe Myrtles are easy care (that’s a small tree, not a bulb, LOL). But a lot of the plants that we consider standbys in the north just won’t perform in TX. Never fear, there are plenty of other plants to take their places. Roses do well. Tyler, TX is the home of major Rose growers.

[rightly_dividing]

Tulips are juss not heat friendly, dont do well here on the Al. gulf coast. But we do have Crepe Myrtles here, they line both sides of the blvd through our neighborhood, very pretty this time of year. Houston climate is very similar to ours, so we dont expect too much serious differances. We are looking forward to moving, well, not the move itself, but to living there. Moving is a LOT of work at my age, and with so much "stuff"

We enjoy getting away to see other parts of the country, so we will still see God's beautiful creation. FReeper cripplecreek recommended a drive through garden when we went to Mi last Oct. and saw some beautiful plants and trees that we had never seen. Like this conifer collection: or this one: Ya just dont see this stuff in the deep south.