Tuesday, November 17, 2009

All my flowers in my yard seem to have died so quickly this year. Suggestions?

I bought my house last year and the landscaping was terrific. The tulips, roses and other flowers lasted all spring and summer long. I don't know what happened this year. Is there more I should've done besides watering them once a week? Now that there dead is there something I can do to get them back to life? or Do I have to plant all new ones?

All my flowers in my yard seem to have died so quickly this year. Suggestions?
Depends on where you live and what kind of plants these are (and if you are talking about just the flowers, or the plants as well).





The tulips should have died back about a month ago (again, depending on where you live). Cut back all the foliage to the ground. They will be back next year.





If the roses have simply stopped blooming, then fertilize and water more frequently. If they have died altogether, then replant. Same with other plants that have died.





During the summer, you will need to water at least 3-4 times a week depending on the temperature and precipitation amounts. Fertilize everything about once a month.








EDIT: There are several different types of fertilizers out there. Some you mix with water, like Miracle Grow, (which are a one time fertilizer dose), and others that are in pellet form which you sprinkle around the plants and mix into the soil like Osmocote (continuous feeding for a few months, depending on the type you get). Fertilize the roses with a product specifically designed for them. There are many types out there. For the others, a general purpose fertilizer would be fine.
Reply:Need more talkin' to them flowers....
Reply:likely you didnt water often enough. try every 2 or 3 days. every day if its hot, let them wilt enough times and they will die no matter how much water you try to use to bring them back. fertilizer is important too
Reply:No you can't raise the dead. replant and water \more frequently for the first couple of weeks untill they are well established.Did you have a hot spell when you planted? that could do it too.But having said that, my flowers didn't last long this year either.
Reply:The tulips are bulb plants that flower in early spring and the flowers definitely wilt during hot summer days. The roses and other flowering plants should still be alive even if you water only once a week. Having said that, you really need to water more than once a week during summer. To encourage the roses to produce flowers, clip off all the dead blooms; same with your other flowers which hopefully are perennials. Fertilizers come in many shape. You can either get fertilizers that are in powder form and need to be mixed with water or in pellet form that you can apply around the trunk of of your plants. I use the pellet form myself, and I set my sprinkler system to go on every day early in the morning during summer.

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