Grrrrrrr Verdun. My garden is actually lovely wet loam over clay but you just reminded me about mildewy Monardas! Rudbeckias grow for a while then give up so I don't bother with them any more.
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
My Ricins have been poor this year. Had to plant them out when they were still very small, because we were going away. They never really got going, which is a shame, as they often grow to 4 or 5 feet.
Monardas do well in the damper areas of the garden, but not where it is drier.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Physalis. Never lasts and I blame the wretched slugs. I actually managed to nurse a clump of plants to adulthood last summer but they disappeared over winter. The chance of seeing an orage seed pod seems minimal unless I grow a plant in a sterile environment.
Monarda. Doesn't matter what I do, every seedling looks diseased. Ditto echinacea.
With rudebeckia, I wonder if it's the fact that they're yellow and sunflower-looking, we assume that they like hot, sunny locations. That was certainly the case for me. I suspect that they're happier in damp, dappled shade. It's their own fault really.
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My Ricins have been poor this year. Had to plant them out when they were still very small, because we were going away. They never really got going, which is a shame, as they often grow to 4 or 5 feet.
Monardas do well in the damper areas of the garden, but not where it is drier.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Physalis. Never lasts and I blame the wretched slugs. I actually managed to nurse a clump of plants to adulthood last summer but they disappeared over winter. The chance of seeing an orage seed pod seems minimal unless I grow a plant in a sterile environment.
Monarda. Doesn't matter what I do, every seedling looks diseased. Ditto echinacea.
I guess we could all blame our local climate.
I wondered about this monarda you're all talking about so I googled it and found one had died on me last year
All of the Echinacea hybrids I've tried to grow. Poor flowering, slow growing and munched to nothing by slugs. Give me E Purpurea any day.
Super show KOG! Love your garden.
Another vote for rudbeckias here. Can't keep them alive for more than a few weeks.
With rudebeckia, I wonder if it's the fact that they're yellow and sunflower-looking, we assume that they like hot, sunny locations. That was certainly the case for me. I suspect that they're happier in damp, dappled shade. It's their own fault really.
hardy gerberas... not hardy, died first winter
echinacea... died first winter
rudbeckia... died second winter.
delphiniums .... eaten by slugs
Now delphiniums are happy with me, half-buried in other plants. Slugs seem to ignore or miss them.