Comments on: MAY GARDENING AND LAWNCARE TIPS

By: Louise Day

Louise Day — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 19:11:55 +0000

I am looking for the Hibiscus plant that has all 3 colors (pink, yellow and orange) on same plant. I bought one 2 years ago at Home Depot and have never seen another one. The paper on it says the color is “Tropical Breeze” and the blooms are beautiful and the plant is hardy. Can I order 3 more of these and can you get them?

By: milbergers

milbergers — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 19:12:55 +0000

In reply to Dolly Galbreath. Dolly, Thank you for your comment. For many plants and roses are one of them, high temperatures particularly high night time temperatures actually retard blooming. As the night temperatures cool you should see more vigorous growth, blooms and color. Also, Knockouts have the habit of cycling bloom period. Deadheading helps shorten the cycle, but it still takes a little time. Fall is the time to re-mulch roses, prune out any dead wood and continue feeding for about the next 30 days. I would not be surprised if you wind happy with your roses later this fall. I hope this helps. Please let us know how it works out.

By: Dolly Galbreath

Dolly Galbreath — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:57:14 +0000

My “knock out roses have really disappointed. I have fertilized and watered weekly throughtout the summer,but the blooms are small and very limited. They have direct sunlight all day,they were planted in April and started off looking very healthy and the plants look healthy they just aren’t bloming like I had hoped. The fertilizer was for flowering plants and roses were listed it is a granular type that I sprinkle on the ground and water in each time. Maybe a fertilizer just for roses. I have been putting banana,coffee grounds,and Epsom salt in the ground and I m still not seeing many blooms and they are very small when I do get any booms. I have four vinca. That lines the front of the bed that have been BEAUTIFUL all summer long. These roses are planted in a bed that we dug out and replaced the existing soil with topsoil and miracle grow soil and we topped the soil with wood mulch.
Do you have any suggestions or does it sound like we did something wrong to cause any reason for the lack of blooms?