Pacific Northwest Gardening: Can't somebody somewhere do SOMETHING about the weather???!!, 1 by katie59

katie59 wrote:
Good tips about the Lavatera. I was comparing mine to the plants I used to see in Ballard in North Seattle, but that climate is AT LEAST a zone warmer than mine and the sun in the summers is much hotter.

I didn't fertilize, but the soil drainage could be better. I wondered if the flopping couldn't be due to soil richness as I've also read that that's the cause of Penstemon flopping (not really a rose companion then, I guess, huh?).

Here's a picture of my Salvia (at the bottom of the picture) - it's not in bloom yet, but I see lots of promising blossoms. You can see one of them here.