Hello, Jodi! Great to read your posts :-) Al, thanks for posting up your observations and reflections. This year, my Sun Gold container tomato (15-gallon) seems to be larger than ever. I'm using fresh 5-1-1, of course, so that's no surprise. Lime, generous Osmocote up front, a couple treatments of Foliage Pro, and I haven't done much other than water every 3 - 4 days. With my hot peppers in containers, I haven't gotten the results that I did last year, but I think that is mostly due to the fact that I didn't start my seeds until the third week of March! Thus, my plants are quite a bit smaller in stature, and I expect that production will be lower as well. One other variable, however, is the particular 5-1-1 that I used this year. This year, I used one full part of peat-based potting mix (Foxfarm's Ocean Forest product). Last year, I used one half part of potting mix and one half part of Turface for binding and moisture retention. Anyhow, given the difference in seed-starting dates, I won't be able to solidify any conclusions - but I will be returning to the Turface mix...and starting seeds earlier... next season. Josh

Looks a bit like an incarvillea. There are quite a few with dissect foliage... Maybe I. sinesis.

both are variations on the theme of said given name ... and there always some for sale ... but not necessarily those two ... in my MI ... both are used as annuals... and are killed to the round by frost and freeze ... but both can be rooted.. propagated and potted ... and kept indoors for winter... with varying degrees of success .... ken ps: impatiens flowers sparkle.. if you look close enough ... [is that right??] see variations here: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=impatiens+flowers&t=ffcm&ia=images&iax=images

They looks like typical builder plants to me ==>> i was thinking the same thing ... have your friend join us.. and we can help him directly ... we dont bite.. mostly anyway .. lol ... ken ps: a builder might also be bright enough to think the landscape fabric was a good idea ...