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My favorite container of 09

Posted: Jun 10, 2009 12:52 pm
by eastwood2007
I don't know what it is about this one, but I can spend lots of time looking at it. It was actually just a put-together from a few things I had leftover....white double impatiens and purple/blue lobelia

Re: My favorite container of 09

Posted: Jun 11, 2009 4:55 pm
by Midnight Reiter Too
That is very pretty! Maybe I should try that combination between my hydrangeas next year. I only have shade along the north side of the house by the garage so that's where I planted my three hydrangeas.

Re: My favorite container of 09

Posted: Jun 17, 2009 1:00 am
by eastwood2007
Thanks, MR! I have trouble growing lobelia usually...don't know what I do wrong, but I just love the stuff and usually can't keep it going!

Re: My favorite container of 09

Posted: Jun 17, 2009 11:24 am
by John
I'd like to try that in a blue and white porcelain container!

Re: My favorite container of 09

Posted: Jul 01, 2009 12:42 am
by eastwood2007
That would be nice John!

Welll, the lobelia died again... :( Does anyone else grow lobelia??? What's the trick?

Re: My favorite container of 09

Posted: Jul 01, 2009 5:50 pm
by govgirl75
I cant get it to grow right, either. I have substituted Australian Fan Flower (scaveola) for it in containers. The color is pretty good, it is not as dense as lobelia, but it does trail if you want it to.
Glo

Re: My favorite container of 09

Posted: Jul 02, 2009 7:14 am
by viktoria
You may be keeping it too wet.

Re: My favorite container of 09

Posted: Jul 03, 2009 12:04 am
by eastwood2007
viktoria wrote:You may be keeping it too wet.
Thanks, Viktoria. That may be it. I had noticed that after not watering my pots till they were really dry today that one patch of lobelia had perked up...of course, I noticed this while I was giving it a big drink of water!!!! I'll back it off and see if that's it.