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My pink Pussy Toes are dying tho

Are they possibly just cool weather plants, Seen2.

A lot of years my bleeding heart goes dormant and dies of for the summer, and then comes up again in the spring. I know other plants do that, too. Perhaps you pussy toes will also.

I just pulled up an article on them that says they are a native wild flower of the North Dakota grasslands. Probably not as long a hot season there!

It said on the tag, full sun and well drained soil. I put them in a container where they have that.
My Bleeding Hearts do good all Summer since they are in the shade. They bloom most of the time during the Summer.

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My Bleeding Hearts do good all Summer since they are in the shade. They bloom most of the time during the Summer.

MIne are in the shade, too. If it gets too hot they just go dormant and i have to put a stake in to tell where they are for next year!

Thanks Gonser, but mine are too far gone to look like those.

Magee, mine do go dormant in late summer, but not to the point that yours do.

seen2 - do you have a pic of your bleeding hearts you can post? I am not sure what those are and i need a new spring time flower for one of my beds. if you dont mind i would love to see a pic of them.

Sorry it took me so long Sportsfan, I've been posting on our board and don't get back here much.
Here's a link to what they look like.

http://www.gardengrapevine.com...dingHeartAlbumC2.jpg

Has anyone had tomatoes this year? My plants are large but have only had a handle full of cherry tomatoes.

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Has anyone had tomatoes this year? My plants are large but have only had a handle full of cherry tomatoes.

My cherry tomatoes rocked this year. Everyone really liked the Chocolate Cherry, but the ILDI (yellow grape) did well, too. I started mine indoors from seed this year, for the first time. I like the varieties you can order, instead of what's in the local stores. I'm getting a decent amount of big tomatoes. I think next year I might do romas instead of large tomatoes, we really don't eat a whole lot of the slicing tomatoes, and I'd like to can some. (i think...lol)

Just starting to get bell pepper and acorn squash.
Wish I had more time to have a larger garden.

i had more time this year because my hours got cut, don't know about next year. I have 2 4x8 raised beds, and then another garden that is probably about 6x12. So not a huge operation. I tried a lot of different things this year.

Has anyone else noticed that " mums " are starting to make an appearance !

My mums popped up and are just gorgeous! Bright yellow and lavender colored. I planted them last year, but they look way better this year.

Local garden shops are stocking large beautiful selections of mums !

Our fall crocus are up and blooming. Always forget about them until we see the color.

Isn't it about time for turnips !