Wednesday, Feb. 27: Cosmos are sprouting. Some morning glories have been trying to poke through since Monday. New seeds arrived in mail: bunny tails grass, ox eye daisy, blue daisy, and black-eyed susan.
Outdoor plants from last year round-up: the 3 knockout rosebushes are coming back to life. New reddish leaves everywhere! That’s good – I was afraid at least one of them had died on me.
Only 2 of last year’s “perennials” from American Meadows are still alive: the Shasta daisy “crazy daisy” that actually put out a few blooms, and the Shasta daisy “Becky” that survived because the crepe myrtles grew over it and shielded it from the sun. I think the aster plants are dead – they are brown and shriveled, and they seem to pull up out of the ground. Very disappointing.
Last year’s seed perennials/biennials, on the other hand, are doing great! The Shasta daisy is big and dark green, whatever it is next to it is doing great (something from the “Texas wildflower mix”), one of my Texas bluebonnets seems to have survived, and the two hollyhocks are springing back to life. Looking forward to seeing how all of these do this year.
Interesting to note about the tetra snapdragon I grew last year: I started it late in the summer and grew it indoors. It got very leggy but put out a purple flower or two. I moved it outdoors when I put the last set of zinnias outside. “Winter” (or what passes for winter here in Texas) happened. Today I went outside to examine my remaining outdoor plants – lo and behold, the snapdragon is doing great! It’s gotten nice and strong stemmed and is starting to bush out!
So let me get this straight - the "annual" survived the winter, and the "perennials" are dead??
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