flower seed sales?

Does anyone know where they are sold? (margaritas y
maravillas)

Limited seeds at Bodega Aurerra and at the two "poison" stores on los Ciruelos.

THANK YOU.

Aside from each other, our dogs and the ocean, plants are our passion. It's been and still is a learning experience here. We lived in a tropical beach location in southern California and really thought we had the climate here figured out and what we could grow. When we moved we smuggled a number of plant cuttings that we knew would thrive here.

Very minimal joy. Everything that we had read about extensively died. After 8 years we still have three things hanging on, but barely. We finally figured it out. The plants we wanted to grow need a cooling off period at night. MOST plants at night need a cool period. We don't have that here, and love it.

Phalenopsis orchids were tough in California, we were gone for the winter, they didn't stay warm enough and died. Here, after two years, we learned that they wouldn't bloom in the house. Too hot. Grown outside on the terrace, they bloom beautifully and are weeds.

Give seeds a try, you may be very successful! Even the many large tropicals that we love can have an issue here. Of the 7 heliconias we have grown, only 5 do well here, and several of them are touchy. It's HOT here! We love it.

Please keep us posted as to what you are successful with, we'll try them too.

How about fertilizer?

My property has clay and lava rock, not ideal for growing anything that needs nutrients. (I am amazed that coconut and other palms grow in it.)

I had big holes dug and filled with good soil for my maracuyá, carambola, and carissa, but they will need nutrients added. I’m looking for a balanced fertilizer, like a 10-10-10 or 17-17-17.

As to what grows, both of what I mentioned, margaritas and maravillas do well. I had them before and love them. I have a different problem(s); seven dogs, some who love to dig holes to take a siesta in. For them, it's unimportant that their siesta is in my flowers. For that reason, I haven't had low/close to the ground flowers for years. Thought I might give it another try. There's gotta' be a way. (PS- Do you have a "Malaysia Giant Lily"? You would need space.)

I use to buy "triple 17" at Comer. Don't know about Soriana as I try to avoid them.////////Do you know how the maracuya plant grows? It's a climbing vine and WILL take over, quickly.(but I love the fruit)

I use to buy "triple 17" at Comer. Don't know about Soriana as I try to avoid them.////////Do you know how the maracuya plant grows? It's a climbing vine and WILL take over, quickly.(but I love the fruit)

I thought the Soriana would have it, but I haven’t seen it. It seems to me that the gardening-type stuff area has been lessened since the renovations last year. I’ll try again although I don’t like going there now.

I had a pergola built a couple of years ago and needed a vine to give me shade. I tried “teléfono” (potros), but it burned in the sun. My first try at maracuyá was a failure because the holes that were dug were not big enough to provide enough nutrient-rich soil. (Digging in clay/lava is no fun. I’m glad I didn’t try to do it myself.)

Now the maracuyá is thriving, giving shade and fruit. And yes, I have to keep it trimmed back so that it doesn’t damage the roof.

As much as we wanted one, it was either a lap pool or a giant lily pond. We settled for the lap pool and two smaller lily ponds.

The poison store mentioned above has fertilizers. We use either a 14 14 14 o4 17 17 17, They sell them by the kilo, but we just buy the 50 kilo bag and save big. We feed every two weeks, and the plants show it. The smaller poison store has the best selections of fertilizers. We get a pink one, don't remember the numbers for our orchids.

Sorianna recently revised their garden section, it is next to the pharmacy. They had bags of 17/17/17 fertillizer on the shelf the price was around $125 pesos.

It is way cheaper at the poison store.