Only my desire to weed!

Too much! I had just planted two terraces of my new garden. So far I have lost, sage, lupines, St. Johns Wort, Star lillies, citronella, lavender, rosemary, dahlia, foxglove, russian sage, tomatoes, peppers and two loropetallum. There are probably more, but at this stage, I've lost track. Everything was recently planted and had not had time to get established. First the rain came and caused some root rot and the then the heat. I hjave decided to leave what I have and not plant the other two terraces till the fall. In the meantime, I will continue to amend the soil and hope for the best.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one! I thought my thumb was turning black! I've lost a yarrow (it just disappeared), Calycanthus floridus, I've got some hostas that are looking peeky, and I guess I can blame my missing Crocosmia buds to some hungry critter. Can't wait till fall!
Pam

So far only two or 3 things due to water. Dianthus Mountain Mist can not take as much water as other dianthus, lol. I also lost a silver leaf yarrow and the rattlesnake master from a plant trade a few years ago. I had ammended my garden like crazy this year because of rains, but still lost a few things. Not a big deal though. Our rosemary at church is on it's way out, but mine is planted in a raised stone bed which bakes as soon as the sun comes out. I think that's the only reason it is still alive!

GGG

I lost a lavender plant (don't know the variety) that I had transplanted from my Mom's yard. I suspect it drowned in all the rain. I have a hibiscus rose mallow that is not in very good health.. I think it's drainage is not the best. I will probably move it this fall.

Other than my patio (twice) from the rain. I have only lost one Hollyhock, from wind and one Cone Flower Hybrid "Sunset"(probably because it WAS a hybrid)

Will I have learned a few things from the heat and rain this summer in South Ga. I raise annuals from seeds and have a green house. I had many marigolds (The real large bloom type) and planted them in different areas of my yard. Without fail all those planted in the full sun are doing great. Those in partial shade to full shade are gone. The slugs also reaped havoc with them. My Coleus that were planted in partial to full shade are beautiful. Those in full sun wilt real bad. Had many petunias to die. Periwinkles and Vincia are great in full sun. Needless to say you don't plant Impatients in full sun. They love shade and plenty of water. And finally, had some beautiful tomatoes plants and all of a sudden root rot took over. I have some in my green house that will probably be planted this week end. I guess the live and learn theory works. However, I still love working in the yard. The south georgia flash.

Perennial Verbena. It's beautiful in everyone else's yards, but dies within a few weeks in mine every time I'm ever tried it.

And I'm with you Gmom...lost my desire to weed a while back!

Sage again. I have all sorts of Salvias that are flourishing, but this is the 3rd year my plain culinary sage has shriveled up and turned black. I just don't get it.

I lost two Okame Cherry trees. Not sure why, but already got some ideas for fall replacements :-)

Autumn Joy, a couple of wave petunias, silver mound artemesia, some rose campion (but I have so much it doesn't really matter) And a brunnera that I was so excited to finally get. Those I lost from too much water. I actually had a Gunnera buried under silt runoff. And we won't talk about my rock garden, which I have actually managed to keep most of the plants alive even though there are Grand Canyon-sized gaps between them. The rosemary plant and the lavendar don't look very happy, not sure they will pull through. (The good news is that I may be getting help from my builder afterall. Since the area borders the storm drain they may be willing to support the base of it somehow, and they are sounding like they may finally step up on some other issues, but that is a whole other story.)

I can't say that I have lost anything due to "heat" it is water that is killing my stuff.

My beautiful wave petunias. I don't know why they keep dying on me. My first year growing them. (Always thought they were so common. But fell in love with them this yr.) Love them when they are in full-bloom. But they die not long after a nice show.

A big bush of 3-colors Rose of Sharon died this yr as well. May it rest in peace....

I was the proud owner of a huge oakleaf hydrangea until all the rains came. The garden drains well, down to the lake, but where the oak leaf lived, it is flat and became boggy. Now the problem is that the plants that survived have not put down long roots, so even a couple of days of hot sun, they wilt and droop.

Was within a whisker of losing my new Sonset Lantana. Very excited about this plant, and FZAT, the sun crisped it. Yesterday saw new leaves coming again, Hallelujah. One tough plant, but mine is just a bitty thing so far.

Everything I have in my garden LOVED the almost-every-day rains we were having. Now they are decidedly not pleased to go back to a once-a-week deep watering. Too bad.

My air conditioning. It died. I lost a plant to, but I'm too hot to remember what it was.

I lost all of my mums. They seemed to rot.

my keys, my temper and my mind:)

I seem to have lost many, maybe even most, of my clematis vines to wilt. I never had any wilt before this year. Everything bloomed really well at the beginning of spring and summer, then turned black and died as it kept on raining and raining and raining. I'm hoping, of course, that the roots are still alive and that the plants will all come back next year with no lasting harm done. I will just have to wait and see.

All 3 of my new phlox 'David' bit the dust, so to speak. The Black Cohosh is almost gone. (It's real iffy for this zone anyway.) The New Guinnea Impatiens didn't last long, and the other Impatiens look really bad. And several of my hellebores just disappeared.

Petunias. Wave petunias, run-of-the-mill petunias. Every year I plant petunias and every year they either just stay sickly and puny or they go ahead and die. The beds I have them in have good soil, they get lots of sun and I don't let them get too dry. I think I've finally learned... DON'T PLANT ANY MORE PETUNIAS! Duhh!

Yeah, Petunias don't like me either. I never plant them anymore.
I'll add to my list Amber Waves Herchura and all of the nicotiana that I planted.
Hey, my caladiums and coleus look good!

"Hi, I'm Celene, and I have Petunia amnesia." Every year they die. And I somehow forget my solemn vow to never again waste my money on them.

Having subjected my garden to a move during the last Atlanta ice storm of the season, subsequent hurricane rains, and the current vile humidity, I am stunned that my losses haven't been greater. Lavenders are pretty much history, sage is shabby, and echinacea looks suitable for a Halloween themed garden.

The sad little fuscia that I somehow thought I could divide and replant, immediately after purchasing from Walmart, will be deducted from my taxes as a donation to the Church of Eternally Optimistic Gardeners...

Oopsy Daisy...I have suffered with that same problem...petunia amnesia...bought some this year and had them in a planter on my deck...they stopped flowering...knew they didn't get enough sun, but was hoping!...Moved them to a sunny side of the house and they flourished...all the rain almost drowned them, but now they are back and still blooming like crazy....I am amazed...never had this kind of luck with them before!!!

I bought one of those same sad little fuscias from Walmart. It was doing SO well...went through two blooming cycles and now...everything is falling off...it looks pitiful, although there is some new "tiny" growth coming back...I think it needs more sun too!

I have to agree with KathyGA on this one. The water seems to be my garden's greatest enemy this year. Japanese beetles?? Ha! They barely made a dent compared to the relentless rotting brought on by all this water.

I've lost a few Dahlias and my perennial Salvia look very sad indeed. Hardy yellow garden mum? Not so hardy this year. Has fungal black spots all over it and leaves turning yellow. Keep spraying it as well as many other plants that are struggling with fungus and various wet-related pests this year and most are recovering except the mum. Some coreopsis hybrids bit the dust, a couple of yarrow, perennial artemisia, 'Bright Eyes' Phlox & my Dusty Millers are dying one by one from one end of the bed to the other.

In a year like this it seems your plants, depending on what they are will either thrive like you've never seen them thrive before or they will look pathetic & die. Speaking of rain...I see a thunderstorm rolling in.

Squirrellypete

I lost a wood poppy. I think it was some kind of rot, or possibly a mold. It was pretty in the spring, and now is gone.

Also, my clematis looks sad.

Put up a good fight, but just lost rudbeckia to powdery mildew. Guess it must be August in Georgia...

I lost an azalea and a dogwood(both small).I vow never to plant either one in a sunny spot again. I love petunias, so I plant them in a 4 gal.nursery pot and put the pot in the ground.I cover the edge with pine straw and you never know the pot is there. If one gets to looking bad, I cut it back, fertilize it, and put another one in its place. This seems to work great for me.