iechris's Journal

I think ‘Lavender Perfection’ is almost all the way open now. I’m really pleased that so far my dahlias seem healthier than they did last year. I hope this lasts.

About a month after I bought ‘Great Expectations’ I read that it tends to be a difficult hosta. I loved it so much when I saw it, I might have bought it anyway, even with that warning. I had read that it needs a good amount of sun, which is good, as where it is planted it does get a...

I’m not sure about ‘Orange Marmalade’. It has lost some of the leaves it had when I first bought it, but it is also putting out new growth. I don’t know if it is in too much sun or not getting enough water or just settling in or what. I hope it will be okay.

So far, ‘Purple Ruffles’ does not seem to come too true from seed for me, at least the seed I’ve gotten (Burpee). There seem to be a lot of solid color plants and not much ruffling. I think next year I will need to prick out all the non-purple seedlings and maybe resow a few t...

I noticed that this plant had not been looking well and was making sure that it got some extra water. At first I thought it might be going dormant, so I drove by where I knew there were some pincushion flowers. They were still in full bloom. My plant has up and died and I have no idea what hap...