Question:"Threedodsmom (waht a cute name!), what is the yellow flower in your fist picture? And I love the lush look in your second picture. I see some dark red in there. What are they?" Answer: standard button garden mum planted last fall, blooming now in July. A happy coincidence ! Dark red touches are Jacob Cline monarda, knockout rose new growth showing, and canna "Wyoming" leaves. Second Question: "Threedogsmom, I have those exact daylilies that are in your first picture - rust with bright yellow - a gift with no name tag. I always wondered but assumed they are just a variety of Ditch Lily. Is that right, or do you have some other name for them?" Answer: They are not the common ditch lilies - you can see a ditch lily in my second pic down, to the right, a tall scape towards the front/right of the bed. You can see more pics in the "poised for lily explosion" thread I started. I do not remember the name of the burgundy and yellow daylilies in the first pic, but they have multiplied very well in just 2 years ! Got at Lowe's.

Hi Angela, Try posting on the THML site. I tried attaching link, but it's not allowed. Just Google it. They usually know all names, but if it is a seedling, they may not. Still, post it and try your luck. Good luck, Brian.

You wrote: "2,4-d is probably the culprit." Not so. 2,4-D makes cells grow excessively. See this image from Cornell http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/diagnostickeys/TomWlt/2_4_D_Tom.htm Your description matches glyphosate damage. See this image from Clemson University http://www.clemson.edu/public/regulatory/plant_prob_clinic/fact_sheet_folder/herbicide_damage.html You also wrote: "Lesson learned, keep away from cheap spray-on lawn herbcides ..." Not necessarily so. Any herbicide can drift on the breeze or even just because of the turbulence from the spray. (A breeze is anything that makes the leaves rustle, even the slightest bit.) Here is a link that might be useful: Clemson image glyphosate damage

Once summer temps above 85F occur often or as windy days crop up, they will either need more water each watering or even multiple waterings when planted in pots. Your new plants had their root system pruned to fit into those pots so now they need to make them grow. That way, the roots can replenish the moisture lost by the leaves as fast as the leaves loose moisture in the Summer. If they cannot do that, they will wilt but, as long as the soil is moist, they will fix themselves without your/her help at night. Should they appear wilted in the morning, then I would water them. In future years, this may not be an issue but on Year 1, it will be... specially as temperatures warm up. Feel free to cover the plants with an umbrella or chairs if it gets too bad but since paniculatas as the most sun tolerant, I hope it will not get to that. A soaker hose left on very small drips for ??? an hour maybe... should help rewet things good.