my patio flowers!!!

[tianna]

are dying.. ??? maybe too much rain, I'm not sure.. anybody else having this problem..

 

[WestVanMan]

Just waking up with coffee in hand....

My garden is the opposite...

As I look out the window this morning....wow what a show of colour everywhere...

California poppies (orange) everywhere in bloom....lots of lavander and white coloured spring drippy-looking thingies growing almost wild everywhere on the property (have no idea what 80% of the plants in my garden are called)....the apple tree I planted last year has flowers on it for the first time (it has 4 different types of apples grafted onto one tree and the blooms on each branch are actually different colours - very cool looking)...the azalea is starting to show its hot-pink blooms....even the old dogwood looks great......its going to be a good day!

 

[jjinvan]

A lot of the stuff in my gardens came out early this year and is now dying down. Did they come to full bloom and then gradually die or are they dying before coming to full bloom?

 

[Very Veronica]

probably climate denial

Garden centres often put bedding plants out too early & as they are grown in warm greenhouse conditions, it can be quite a shock to tender plants when they have to withstand the still cool temp's at nite. Imagine if you came back from a sunny climate & sat outside at nite in your bikini..you'd turn blue too! Having said that, beginning of May is usually a safe time to start patio balconies if you have south facing sheltered conditions.

 

[tianna]

oh

thanks.. maybe I started too early.. the green house thing makes sense.. sad to see them suffering.... guess Ill make another trip to the garden center..