Specialty Gardening: Dipladenia, 0 by BettyFB

BettyFB wrote:
ardesia,

I have never seen one growing in the ground around here. Everyone has them in pots and that may be the key. Miracle Gro potting soil is pretty light and the roots grow through that soil pretty fast, helping the plant to get established quickly. If I were to try and plant one in the ground, I would dig a huge amount of composted cow manure and peat moss into the soil to make it really loose, Look at some of the pictures I posted a week or so ago of my front and back yard under the Photos Forum. I have pretty loose soil and I have incorporated a lot of compost into the soil over the years. MY begonias are huge right now and that is because I put a tablespoon of osmocote around each one at planting time and because the soil is so loose the roots just take off and each plant gets so large.