Sure, dianthus can be pinched and they will rebloom, but easier is to shear them. Grab a handful of stems and snip them off about halfway down their stems. Afterwards, give them a drink with 10-10-0 fertilizer and thew'll come back nicely and rebloom by mid-summer. Dought tolerant plants are ones that can survive prolonged dry spells. They have vascular or root systems that are capable of storing water, often they'll coated leaves that retai moisture too. Being drought tolerant means also that the storage capacity for water is there to take in as much water as is possible when that water is available. These plants will become very lush and plump when there is heavy rain or flooding. I mention flooding because floodplains are a natural environment and there you will find many drought-tolerant plants. They get wet feet in spring from snow-melt or seasonal spring showers and then when summer comes on it brings heat and little relief from rain. Ponds and brooks dry to puddles and trickles and the plants along them are now encased in drying mud, and that mud can become dry and hard as brick. These plants use their reserve water to survive and resprout, sometimes they ma completely wither above ground, but below their roots are dormant and will live long enough to come out of stasis with the next deep watering from rain or flood. Impatiens will enjoy a few hours of sun each day, do give them watering during dry periods and mulch the soil around the plants with a couple of inches of grass clippings or other organic matter. On the link belore please scroll down below "TIP" to read about Xeriscaping and Dry Climate Gardens. The linsk have info about drought-tolerant plants. T Here is a link that might be useful: Flats Too Dry

Sunni Forum is the place to ask questions. It is not wrong to ask forum related question even if similar question has been asked before and there is no wrong question. Forum is for the novice as well as for the experts. Most of the time you will get detail responses from some and short responses from others who have been active in the forum for a longer time and if they know that the subject has been answered in a number of different threads from different perspectives then they may ask you to do a search of the forum using the "Search" capability for the forum to get additional info. Sometimes you can resurrect and old related thread (even from archives) to ask question with a different twist to the same issue. It is OK to be forgiving if a sentence does not sound sweet. You may get much better informed answer from the same person next time. Yes, sometimes I get friendly reminders from my friends in GW and I start thinking 'what did I do again!'. What I mean is that one means well in one's own way but it it may look different from another angle.

Ken, Just about everything was different. This time I grew in containers so I could use potting mix, perlite, and a little sand for better drainage. Also on fertilizing techniques, like adding a little more nitrogen early for growth, then a little less for flowering. What to look for to find deficiencies, and how to correct. Basically, I used to just weed and water the area. Now I am more educated and have better crops to prove it. So thanks to everyone for your help. Keep the good info coming.

I think he's kidding us. He can id the leaves as maple and oak, so he can't be a total newbie. He know the term "chimera" as well. And watch the background, there are more oak leaves there. If he snapped a pic from a different angel I think it would be very obvious that there are two different trees.