sad, wilting pentas
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9 years ago
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9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (12)Sorry for the lack of info earlier. Here is a link with some pics: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjACBJGd I know that it's not a good time of year to be doing this but I just couldn't pass up on the deal - big, healthy, non-pot grown plants for $3 - $5! I have been watering it pretty well, once a day in the evenings. It actually was looking fine with its rootball sitting in a bag but it got really unhappy once I put it in. Should I really cut it back? Won't that stress it out more? I'm fine with it being done for the season and dying back to the ground for now but I just want to try to make sure that it will come back next year. Thank you all so much for trying to help, Amna...See MorePenta & Lantana
Comments (17)Hi ladywingr, Pentas are one of the staples of my garden. I only plant the tall ones and the midsized starburst ones because they last much longer for me (2-4 years). The dwarf kind lasts less than a year in my hands and doesn't look as good. I think butterflies and hummingbirds prefer the tall ones also. For me they do best in part sun/ to 2/3 day sun. They don't like to get a lot of water. The ones I have that get little to no sprinkler do the best. What eventually gets them is nematodes. A leaf mulch not right up to the stem works great for them as it doesn't keep them too wet. I absolutely love these plants as do the wildlife. Lantanas do just ok in my yard as I don't have as much sun as they like. This is an old photo from 2009. These pentas are still in the same spot and are still doing well. Third year. This photo is from 2008. These are starburst pentas. I just pulled these a month ago. Anna...See MorePenta Cuttings
Comments (13)I'm actually trying something different with my firespike. I got two of them from a recent plant sale and they were already on the small side and I spent a whopping $6 on both of them. So I thought I would experiment a little. I took several cuttings from the two, bringing them down to about 4-6" of growth left. I figured two things: 1) They won't be blooming until late summer anyways, so might as well cut them back now to let them 'bush out'. and 2) If my experiment completely fails, I will be out $6. If it works... well, then I will have multiplied my investment.... After taking the cuttings that are anywhere from 4" to 12" in length, I took some of the shorter ones and started rooting them the way I'm used to: Push them into the soil one node deep and keep moist. But some of the longer 12" pieces I laid horizontally in 12" pot and covered them completely with moist soil. So there are 4 or 5 nodes per horizontal 'cane' in the soil. So far all the vertical ones seem to have survived the cutting and planting, two are showing signs of new growth already. The host plants are definitely coming back much fuller than they were when I got them (after only two weeks). I'm still waiting to see how the horizontal ones do. I imagine it will take longer until I actually see results since they will first have for form roots and then grow new stems or branches to come up through the soil. If I haven't seen anything from them by June, I will pull back the soil and see if there is/was any activity at all (if I can keep my curiosity in check that long). Last year I had a 50-50 success rate trying to root my pentas. But I only did 1 node per cutting. After reading through this Necro'd thread, I think this year I will try the 2 - 3 nodes per cutting and see if my success rate goes up. I might even try doing cuttings of my Trailing Lantana again, which I didn't have any success at all with last year. So thank you for bringing this one back to life, Carol....See MoreWhy is my hydrangea so sad?
Comments (1)ok...you have watered it too much...you have a shady spot with evening sunlight...endless summer do not wilt because of the sun in a spot like that..it will however wilt because the plant's roots being rotted out due to overwintering...do not water anymore, in fact, since this is a new plant, I would dig up, put into a pot with some potting soil straight out from a bag (miracle growth, scotts or whatever brand), put it in a sheltered spot (away from direct hot sun, wind, rain) and see if the plant lives....if you get phytothora wilts - the soil where the plant used to live is infected with the fungus as well, remove them....your veggies getten powdery mildew could be a sign of the conditions of the spot - way too wet, not enough ventilation...and you keep on watering the hydrangea = massive fungal parties there...take the hydrangea out from the soil and see if it revives...my fingers are crossed though...you may also want to add some perlite to the soil water the hydrangea is planted - improve the drainage a bit......See Moremunkeypuzzled_9b
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