So after I killed off the Cosmos in 26 hours and the daisy shrub within 48 hours, I went back to the nursery and purchased 2 Verbena and 2 Purple Cup Flowers. I potted the Purple Cup Flowers and put them on a table in front of the sliding doors under the covered patio. I left the Verbena in the original pots for a few days to see if they would live. Watered daily as needed (used the finger method) and left them on a different table on the patio. They were dead 3 days later. The Purple Cup Flowers are still looking good one week later. This may sound like nothing to you but given that I've already killed the 2 Cosmos, the daisy shrub, and a blue-cone arborvitae planted back in April, and given that another arborvitae planted in March is struggling, I'm quite happy about this. IF these purple cup flowers are still alive six months from now I hope to put them in the ground in front of my house. I've decided that it is too hot in Tucson right now to put anything else in the ground. But today I noticed that underneath the foliage of one of the Purple Cup Flowers there are what look to be 3 mushrooms; they look rather opaque and are small. The Flowers are planted in Miracle Gro for Flowers and Plants. Any ideas why this is? I presume I should take out the mushrooms?
