Comments on: Winter-Blooming Annuals to Help Your Garden Shine

By: Fall Container Planting Idea | North Coast Gardening

Fall Container Planting Idea | North Coast Gardening — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:29:27 +0000

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By: Fern

Fern — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:34:56 +0000

Hmmm, they could have had damaged stems. My neighbors or I could have easily banged against against the plant. You can see a pic of the dead topiary's twin here.

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:49:42 +0000

Bacopa can be vexing that way! They do fabulously well for the most part, but when they go they do it spectacularly! I definitely use them as annuals, though they are rather ambitiously housed in the Premium Perennials section of my local nurseries.

I am betting your bacopa got a stem damaged – your kitties could have done it easily. Bacopa do have brittle stems when they’ve been going for a while, and I’ve inadvertantly broken off stems while trying to do a quick nip and pinch to control size.

That makes the most sense, since if it was water (oh my gosh do they die quick from lack of water!) the whole thing would have shriveled – cold, the same thing – all the outer bits would have gone, not just half.

I’ve never heard of training them on a topiary form! That’s creative! I bet it looked pretty darn cool until that happened.

By: Great Gardening Posts to Ponder Over the Weekend : Life on the Balcony

Great Gardening Posts to Ponder Over the Weekend : Life on the Balcony — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:04:50 +0000

[...] Winter-Blooming Annuals to Help Your Garden Shine: Gen has some great tips for how to use winter-blooming annuals and also some plant recommendations. I think she is right that you can get away with guadier flowers in Winter and early Spring than you can the rest of the year. It’s been so foggy in my neck of the woods, stuff with really bright flowers or foliage really grabs your attention (in a nice way). [...]

By: Fern

Fern — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:33:57 +0000

"they are a lot better than Bacopa or other flowering trailers at this time of year since they don’t implode at the first signs of coolness" Hmm, I wonder if that's what happened to my Bacopa? I had trained it over a sphere topiary form and then one day, half of it just up and died. I didn't do anything different with watering or fertilizing. There was no sign of insects, fungus or anything. Just shriveled up leaves. Fern’s last blog post..Great Herb Window Box Advice

By: ‘Tis the season to – wait, what? Plant? — North Coast Gardening

‘Tis the season to – wait, what? Plant? — North Coast Gardening — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:50:50 +0000

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