Somehow I completely killed the zinnas, but not the lantana or marigolds.
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Somehow I completely killed the zinnas, but not the lantana or marigolds.
I bought this Painted Lady Hibiscus last year, and it's still in the five-gallon pot I bought it in. It's just about doubled in size from the size I bought it, but during the winter it went dormant and took it's sweet time coming back. The first blooms were misshapen and small, it also dries out really fast which tells me it's probably root bound and needs to be transplanted.
I don't currently have another container to move it into, so I fertilized it with some fish emulsion, and that seems to have brought it back from it's sad state. Next steps with this guy will be to transplant it into a larger container, and maybe try to propagate some new plants from it.
Hibiscus stats:
Full Sun
Blooms continuously
Zone 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b
sunset zones 9, 12-16, 19-24, Hawaii 1-2
needs overhead protection if temps go below 30
grows to 6-10ft
to keep growth vigorous, prune 1/3 of old wood back in spring
requires excellent drainage
I planted this Echinacea purpurea, or purple coneflower, three years ago from a six pack, the two plants in this planter were the only two that survived, and last year they didn't do anything but sit there with two leaves on them. Just as I'd given up hope, this year one of them actually shot up a bloom! Its supposed to bloom all summer so we'll see if it continues...there are no signs of the other plant blooming.
Purple coneflower stats:
sunset zones A2, A3, 1-24
Native to central and east North America
seeds are favorite of finches (there are two finch families nesting at our house)
I've had this plant for a while, the green is new growth, this plant is in need of some major dividing.
The blooms are so pretty but they only last a week or two.
This plant I divided about three years ago, it has finally bloomed. No wonder this stuff is so expensive...
I keep this perennial grass in containers under the canopy of an old deciduous oak tree on our north-facing patio.
The blooms are so pretty but they only last a week or two.
This plant I divided about three years ago, it has finally bloomed. No wonder this stuff is so expensive...
I keep this perennial grass in containers under the canopy of an old deciduous oak tree on our north-facing patio.
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