Beginner Gardening: Most dissapointing plant this year, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Only the pink Echinacea has ever done well for me so I stopped wasting money by trying the light colored ones.

J & P never fails to disappoint me so I ditched a few of theirs but none of the tree roses that I do love but they do need constant attention - like a nursemaid standing by for their every whim.

The coleus all did fine and moving a pot to make a good color harmony is so much easier than moving plants within a pot.

Two lilies didn't perform at all but I tend to think it was the deer problem and not the company from whom I bought them though one of them was "deer proof".

Two types of lettuce (Park's Seed Co.) were wrong and very disappointing.

Broccoli and cabbages (Park's Seed Co.) were attacked by bugs. "Resistance" goes just so far.

Cauliflower (Park's Seed Co.) was so disappointing we couldn't even consider eating it.

Caladiums never did fill out so next year I'll buy different varieties because I love the colors more than the pale ones. Can't fault Bill for my poor choices.

A few Japanese irises died but they were from trades.

Since none of the dahlias are the heights they were quoted to be I'll assume the heavy rains followed by scorching heat had something to do with it.

The absolute worst plant was a beautiful New Guinea impatiens purchased locally. It would be happy living under a leaking faucet. I love the colors and it's beautiful in the container but a major pain to keep watered. On top of that it isn't even photogenic. You'd think I could at least get a decent photo of it but it's stubborn and won't show the true orange color.