Everything's looking very lush on your patio, GA! Did you plant that sunflower late or just a late bloom?
Yesterday tropical storm Hannah passed by and many of my sunflowers were toppled in two. After an opening deluge very early in the a.m., I went out and staked the PP. A good thing, she's a willowy & frail thing.
Compared to mine, Karma's looks so healthy w/ all her leaves, but the buds look pretty similar!
The storm blew her over a bit, the stake helped no doubt. She's lost all her fan leaves. After seeing Kayaman's post,(congrats Kayaman, how to go! ) I brought my magnifying glass to check the trichs. Mostly cloudy with next to no amber, so I will hopefully be able to let her go 2 more wks, which is when I took my '05 PP down.
Here she is today. Notice the weed seed stuck on bud in the last shot.
PITA, one whole branch is covered! Going to need tweezers to clean them off.
Yesterday tropical storm Hannah passed by and many of my sunflowers were toppled in two. After an opening deluge very early in the a.m., I went out and staked the PP. A good thing, she's a willowy & frail thing.
Compared to mine, Karma's looks so healthy w/ all her leaves, but the buds look pretty similar!
The storm blew her over a bit, the stake helped no doubt. She's lost all her fan leaves. After seeing Kayaman's post,(congrats Kayaman, how to go! ) I brought my magnifying glass to check the trichs. Mostly cloudy with next to no amber, so I will hopefully be able to let her go 2 more wks, which is when I took my '05 PP down.
Here she is today. Notice the weed seed stuck on bud in the last shot.
PITA, one whole branch is covered! Going to need tweezers to clean them off.