On Mar 1, 8:20 am, FragileWarrior
wrote:
"paulfj" wrote in news:1172710918.552868.212980
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On Feb 28, 4:26 pm, FragileWarrior
wrote:
wrote in news:1172694123.986777.38720
@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

Planted many different kinds
of flowers according to instructions on flower pots. Most of the
plants either died or did not come back.

What kind of plants were they?

They are/were all flowering perennials (supposedly) suitable for
partial to full sun. I'll get the full list to you when I get home and
can pull out the cards.

Thanks for the response.

You need to make sure their ideal zone matched your zone, too. And, of
course, the conditions (light, heat, humidity) were appropriate. Failure
sometimes happens for those reasons and sometimes it happens for no
reason at all. For example: last year I planted over 100 sunflower
seeds, in full sun, along a nice windbreak -- a spot where they should
have thrived. Not one grew.

However, I did get a crop of spontaneous pumpkin vines which produced a
dozen nice sized pumpkins. I didn't plant a single seed. They sprouted
in places where my horse enjoyed his pumpkin snacks.

Sometimes the garden just doesn't make sense.

Did you notice the beds were unusually boggy during the year? Was there
any reason to think that all was not well with the drainage? What zone
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The soil just reallly seemed to stay overly damp. Also, most of the
flowers didn't make it to the winter. They died in the summer. We're
in zone 7b - east/central N.C. Of the couple flowers that did survive,
I suspect a couple of them will return this year.

Here's a list of what we've planted, though I think the issue is
inadequate drainage:
Blackeyed Susan
Goblin
Lantana
Columbine (purple & yellow) - 1 of 3 seemed to do ok, and it's on the
outside corner of the bed
Foxglove
Lily of the Nile
Maiden Pink
Red Fox
Rosea
Termari Patio Rose
Wine Periwinkle
Mexican Heather - seemed to do really well; suspect it will come back
Tiger Lilies
"Jim Crockett" Boltonio

Thanks again