Hello,

This is my first post, so be easy on me. Thanks.

I have purple verbeana on the north and south sides of my home a few hours north of San Francisco. Some have lots of flowers and green leaves, others have flowers and very few leaves. In other words, they look as if they're dying. But they are not. I tried drip irrigation and overhead watering, extra soil around branches, fertilizer.

At this point I've given up and let them alone. I guess I just want them all to have nice green foliage so that when the flowers are spent, the plant doesn't look horrible.

We have clay soil, deer and jack rabbits. Isn't this fun? We moved in three years ago and it's been interesting finding out what will grow here.

Any advice will be valuable. Then I have Rhodie problems next. Basically pruning. The landscaper put Rhodies by the house that will reach 6' and I can only allow 3 to 4' due to windows and general space. This is all if they can grow in my soil. We've raised them up slightly on mounds to allow better drainage and they are on the north side of the house. I adore Rhodies and just hope against hope they make it and I can keep them compact enough that I don't have to transplant them to a spot further away from the house. They are 3' hi at this point and just flowered. I have 'Point Defiance' and 'Bluejay'. Point Defiance gets some sun morning and late day, Bluejay gets sun only up to noon and not completely as it's near a Japanese Maple.

Thanks,

JLK