I read Lisa Mason Ziegler's book, "Cool Flowers" this spring which teaches about a method of planting hardy annual seedlings in the fall so they can develop good root systems over the winter. The results are supposedly stronger, more vigorous, hardy annuals that flower earlier than those planted in the spring. Lisianthus is one of the hardy annuals she has used this method with and she is in zone 7, just like me:) Has anyone ever overwintered lisianthus? Or any hardy annual for that matter? I'm planning on starting the seeds by the end of the month to plant out in the fall since they take so damned long. Also...I believe this is the correct definition of overwinter, YES?

sounds like you have many more than one.. if so.. pinch one or two.. and give them a week ... please report back ... ken

I have only guesses. Btw, your plants overall look healthy. I would guess that it's either overwatering or over fertilization. I say that based on seeing the plant in nature growing in the hot, dry, hard South Texas landscape in full sun. This potting mix looks AWFULLY water retentive. Hope someone has better insight.

Hello, we have been successfully growing about 3500 lisianthus in our high tunnel every season for the past 3 years. This season my father let them go a bit longer in the greenhouse and by the time I was able to transplant them into the earth they seemed root bound. It's been about a week or more sense I planted them and they looked good up until today. Almost 80 percent of the flowers are drooping over. Does any have any advice what this could be? We had an intense storm the other night and some water flooded around the flowers, they drained quickly, but the ground was already very moist. Could it be they have too much water or possibly they are shocked from being root bound? It's interesting how it all happened at once, kind of makes me think they have too much water. Any advice or opinions would be greatly appreciated. I can take a photo tomorrow and post it. Thanks:)