Need Help with outside flowers...

emb_78 · Oct 10, 2005

I have no clue what I am doing.... I hope someone can help me. I am wondering if any of my flowers will come back next year or if I have to pull them out?
Here is a list of what I have!!
Zinna (peter pan) ( profusion cherry)Annual
Dahlia mix Annual
Dianthus
Vista Lavender (salvia)
Lavender provence
Alyssum
Thanks for your help!!!

blueberrybeth · Oct 10, 2005

Originally Posted by emb_78

I have no clue what I am doing.... I hope someone can help me. I am wondering if any of my flowers will come back next year or if I have to pull them out?
Here is a list of what I have!!
Zinna (peter pan) ( profusion cherry)Annual
Dahlia mix Annual
Dianthus
Vista Lavender (salvia)
Lavender provence
Alyssum
Thanks for your help!!!

The Dianthus, salvia, and lavender may come back next year - the lavender is tough, and the salvia maybe too. The Dianthus may return by self-seeding; so may the alyssum. I always wait until the following spring to pull my annuals, just because you never know what might make it! It looks a little messy, though.
hope this helps!

sharky · Oct 10, 2005

Originally Posted by blueberrybeth

The Dianthus, salvia, and lavender may come back next year - the lavender is tough, and the salvia maybe too. The Dianthus may return by self-seeding; so may the alyssum. I always wait until the following spring to pull my annuals, just because you never know what might make it! It looks a little messy, though.
hope this helps!

stampit3d · Oct 10, 2005

The Zinnas....if you have dried flowers still left, and you hang them upside down in a paper bag ,you can save the seed and plant next year.
The Dahlia bulbs you will have to dig up, shake off the excess dirt and store in an open cardboard box (seperate them so they are not touching) and store in a darkened , dry place, and replant next spring after all danger of frost. (Or you can plant them earlier in pots and place in a sunny window , then transplant outside after last frost.
I don`t recognize Vista Lavender (Salvia) If it is Lavender then it will probably come back...or if it is a preannual Salvia it will. If it is an annual salvia then it may come back from seed.I`d cut it back to within a few inches from the ground so that if its a preannual that it will be full when it starts growing next spring.
The Dianthus should come back. They are pretty hardy. I`d trim it back to within a few inches too....and be sure you trim the flowers as they die next year to keep the plant blooming all summer.
Lavender provence sounds like Lavender to me...and it is usually fairly hardy too. I don`t know if it is supposedto be trimmed though or not.
The Alyssum will not come back...at least not this last years plants.....but I always have seedlings that come up in the spring....hundreds of them! I have`nt had to buy any since the first year we moved here....and that was 9 years ago. i usually have tons to give away every spring too. They will come up in places where you may not want them, but I always leave them till the tiny plant gets it`s first flowers. they seem to transplant better at this stage.
Happy gardening! Sorry I don`t know anymore about the lavender.

emb_78 · Oct 10, 2005

Originally Posted by stampit3d

The Zinnas....if you have dried flowers still left, and you hang them upside down in a paper bag ,you can save the seed and plant next year.
The Dahlia bulbs you will have to dig up, shake off the excess dirt and store in an open cardboard box (seperate them so they are not touching) and store in a darkened , dry place, and replant next spring after all danger of frost. (Or you can plant them earlier in pots and place in a sunny window , then transplant outside after last frost.
I don`t recognize Vista Lavender (Salvia) If it is Lavender then it will probably come back...or if it is a preannual Salvia it will. If it is an annual salvia then it may come back from seed.I`d cut it back to within a few inches from the ground so that if its a preannual that it will be full when it starts growing next spring.
The Dianthus should come back. They are pretty hardy. I`d trim it back to within a few inches too....and be sure you trim the flowers as they die next year to keep the plant blooming all summer.
Lavender provence sounds like Lavender to me...and it is usually fairly hardy too. I don`t know if it is supposedto be trimmed though or not.
The Alyssum will not come back...at least not this last years plants.....but I always have seedlings that come up in the spring....hundreds of them! I have`nt had to buy any since the first year we moved here....and that was 9 years ago. i usually have tons to give away every spring too. They will come up in places where you may not want them, but I always leave them till the tiny plant gets it`s first flowers. they seem to transplant better at this stage.
Happy gardening! Sorry I don`t know anymore about the lavender.

WOW!

That's a lot of work!!!

lndscpsam · Oct 10, 2005

Do you know what zone you're in? I live in Minnesota and I bet you're a zone 4. If that's the case then you do have to dig the Dahlia bulbs and store them for the winter as said in a previous post. The dianthus you speak of are probably the annual type and may/maynot reseed next spring. Forget the lavender, it's as good as gone. The zinnia's could possibly reseed. If you need any advice just email me. I do landscape design and know my plants really well.

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