Miamiu said:Since the end of May I have lost two agastaches. Now it keeps raining in the afternoon and I am losing two penstemon. Also I have three gallardias not looking so well either. Also three Mexican sunflower plants looking bad. All my plants are in pots so I can't figure out why they are dieing and not drying out enough to prevent root rot. Anyone else's plants looking bad from too much water? What type of plants?
I've never had luck with agastaches in FL, they always die out when the summer rains come. As far as Gaillardia, the pretty store hybrids never last too long, you need to plant the FL native Gaillardia pulchella in a nice sunny sandy soil spot, preferably no irrigation and it will spread like wildfire. I also have lost every Tithonia (Mexican sunflower) I"ve ever tried, but for me I think I have too much shade, some have great luck with them. The box stores sell some pretty hybrids that do great in the spring, but once the heat, humidity and rains come, they will die out.
This is a good website to help with plants that do well in your zone and your type of soil....
http://floridayards.org/fyplan...
