Farewell Petunia

@Juliaacv (57556)
Canada
October 4, 2026 10:42am CST
I have a fairly long planter box that sits under our bedroom window. I had planted some pretty pink and white petunias in it this year. We could actually see them from the bed if the shade wasn't pulled. They looked so bright and colourful. Yesterday I noticed that the majority of the plants were brown. It was only the top leaves and blooms that were not. So, I just dug out the plants and threw them out. I have some autumn sedum along the back side of that planter. I noticed some of the leaves looked like they had dark spots on them. I showed my husband, who not has the chore of emptying all of the dirt from the planter, since the spores could be in the dirt. Weiwll put a little soil in it before winter comes, and then fill the rest up in the spring. Are your summer flowers still blooming? Photos aren't loading currently~sorry!
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@rebelann (118784)
• El Paso, Texas
4h
I hope that will solve the problem of those spores. My sunflowers have really started blooming now that the super heat has cooled off. Hopefully I'll see bees and hummers soon as our temperatues are now between 21c and 32c. I hope it'll stay that way until Christmas, I'm not looking forward to cold weather.
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@rebelann (118784)
• El Paso, Texas
4h
Thanks @Juliaacv I hope your winter won't be harsh although I know you'll probably get snow.
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@Juliaacv (57556)
• Canada
4h
I hope that this year we do not get the hard winter that we had last year. I am happy for you that your flowers are starting to bloom, things will get pretty now.
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@Juliaacv (57556)
• Canada
4h
@rebelann Yeah, we'll get snow, but hopefully not in November, which we had last year. And not every time there is snow in the forecast it is a dump that we get.
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@wolfgirl569 (141118)
• Marion, Ohio
1m
My petunias are mostly done. My moss rose is still doing good
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@Juliaacv (57556)
• Canada
Just now
Yeah, these did not have a week left, and next weekend is Thanksgiving, so I'll be too busy to tend to removing them, glad it is done.
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@Juliaacv (57556)
• Canada
Just now
@wolfgirl569 That's the sad part about gardening.
@wolfgirl569 (141118)
• Marion, Ohio
Just now
@Juliaacv I have started pulling some things.
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@snowy22315 (213503)
• United States
5h
All good things must come to an end. This discussion reminded me though, I need to get some bulbs to plant.
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@Juliaacv (57556)
• Canada
5h
I know, but I do like the spring/summer blooms. They are so pretty.
@DaddyEvil (178901)
• United States
5h
Some of my flowers (really plants we use in salads and stews) are still blooming. They're fake four leaf clover (oxalis) in our front flowerbed. I have green leaf and purple leaf ones growing outside and in a pot in the kitchen.) They bloom all year round in the kitchen but die back after it freezes outside.
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@Juliaacv (57556)
• Canada
5h
That's handy to have those growing at home like that.
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@DaddyEvil (178901)
• United States
5h
@Juliaacv I agree. The leaves and stems have a tart taste and the bulbs can also be eaten or used to thicken soups or stews.
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@JohnRoberts (106561)
• Los Angeles, California
4h
I have a couple pots on the balcony and will do something once the heat finally goes away.
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@Juliaacv (57556)
• Canada
3h
Next year I will start fresh all over again. I just did not want to chance the mold spores getting into the soil.
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@Wrexxo (8808)
•
3h
Sorry about your petunias, that really stinks after how pretty they looked from the bed. Good call getting the old dirt out, better safe than sorry with those spots. Mine are still hanging on but the cold nights are catching up to them fast.
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@AmbiePam (129293)
• United States
5h
My stepmom’s are, which is amazing because a lot were crushed when that tree fell over in their yard after that huge Fourth of July storm we had here. Her sunflowers though are still very pretty.
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@Juliaacv (57556)
• Canada
5h
I remember you posting about the tree that fell during that storm.
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