What are Bozeman's best perennials for dry direct sun areas?

Tia
by Tia

I am planning new raised beds for next year. (I got no help from a consultant I used last summer. I might as well have burned the $50 it cost me.) The bed I am most concerned about is on the south side of my home that gets full sun and high temperatures throughout the summer. Besides perennials, I want to disperse small footprint vegetables in between. Any suggestions? I can have separate sections for acidic or alkaline.

  5 answers
  • Oliva Oliva on Dec 07, 2018

    Tomatoes and peppers can take your heat, and more acidic soil conditions.


  • Rebecca Taylor Rebecca Taylor on Dec 07, 2018

    Hello Tia, here is a site that has plants that are heat and cold tolerant. Happy planting.

    https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/59677594/list/10-cold-and-heat-tolerant-perennials-and-shrubs-for-the-arid-west

  • Mogie Mogie on Dec 08, 2018

    Sorry but I don't know who or what Bozeman is.

  • Nancy Turner Nancy Turner on Dec 08, 2018

    You could disperse carrots throughout one of the beds, they don't get very wide or high. Just make sure you get seeds that don't get longer than your soil is deep, there are many varieties that aren't real long. The tops of the carrots would look good in a bed. Peppers and tomatoes can get taller and wider than you may want. If you have the room, bush beans may work, they don't get real tall. Onions or garlic would work real well. A lot of herbs can get bushy and there are some like mint, oregano and chives can get invasive (all three are perennials, though). Leaf lettuce in the early spring may be a good choice, also, but it can get pretty tall before it bolts if it isn't in direct sun all day, so it may work for you. Have fun deciding what to put in your raised beds, Tia!

  • Linda Keser Linda Keser on Dec 13, 2018

    Sedum telephium and Sedum Autumn Joy will grow anywhere. Sun, shade, wet dry.