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Oh, she knows they are there. She just doesn't like them. She made a comment to me a few years ago that her friend so-and-so likes those flowers, with the implication being that she, herself, does not. I tie them back, but they weren't quite tall enough yet to tie. But she is my hubby's...

I found this: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/928/

An idiot mowed down my lovely Maximilian sunflowers that were doing so well and that I had been watering every day. He got almost all of them except for a few coming up on the other side of the fence? How should I proceed? Will they come back this year and bloom late? Will this kill out the...

Smart Red, My Blue Pinks you sent me have gone all leggy. They did not reproduce much at all. Should I pinch off the tops? They haven't bloomed yet this year. They looked dry, and I watered, but they didn't perk up as much as I had hoped and went leggy. I think maybe they need more sun. Is...

Yes, Smart Red, you are right. I watered heavily, and it is looking so much better!

Thanks for all the good tips, everyone.

Yes, irises are to be divided in July and August. I divided mine in August, but the chickens dug some of them up, and I had to replant those in late August/early September. That might have delayed some of them, timing-wise, but it wouldn't account for all of them, or those in the locations...

Black irises sound really pretty!

Thank you. I'll see whether it looks better in the morning, after the cool evening. I have seen bleeding hearts growing here, and the garden worker seemed to think they would do well.

Actually, the Blues and Whites were planted at the same time, years ago, and they are intermingled. The Blues are no more crowded than the Whites. They are equally enmeshed. Last year the Blues were glorious, and so were the Whites. The year before, neither bloomed. The year before that the...

I divided my irises last fall, and I thought they'd do well this Spring, but I have had very few blossoms, compared to past years. Only one set of white irises did well. What do you suppose went wrong? The foliage was puny, and the blossoms (what few I had) were puny (except for the whites...

I planted my first bleeding heart in the shade in late March. It did well and bloomed while I was on a trip. When I got home in mid-May it looked fine, but today I discovered it with both crispy, dried up leaves and some non-dried up yellowing leaves. I assumed it needed water, as nearby...

My husband gave a man who doesn't like flowers permission to do so, without asking me first. He felt the job should be handed over to him, as we care for my roses on a church property. I was really mad. The pruner had asked my husband permission, but my husband told him to go ahead, that I...

Temperatures have been in the 70s this week, awfully warm and nice. I'm afraid they will promote new growth in the roses that will be nipped when it does freeze. No freeze predicted anytime soon.

The Lavender Simplicities are Shrub/Hedge roses. Do you think they will die, since they are supposed to be left alone, not deeply pruned?

I guess I can pray for a mild winter, so lucky?

Did you trim yours before or after the freeze in the fall, so lucky? Thanks for your response.

http://www.cleveland.com/insideout/index.ssf/2013/10/dont_prune_roses_in_fall_and_o.html

The roses are David Austen English varieties, Lavender Simplicities, Mr. Lincoln, Fragrant Cloud, Scent from Above, and Wild Blue Yonder.

Has anyone ever heard of pruning roses this time of year? I got home and found all the beautiful rosebushes out front cut back by 2/3? Won't this encourage them to send up new growth at exactly the wrong time of year? Aren't you supposed to wait until they go dormant in the fall before pruning...