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I need a flowering plant for my east facing hot window boxes. They are against the brick and get very hot in the summer. Last year you recommended petunias but they didn’t survive. Any other suggestions? – Roberta Roberta, There are a few different options for your window boxes. Here are few heat tolerant annuals recommended by the CSU Extension …

I love snapdragons but by mid-summer they begin to dry up with rusty spots on their leaves and die. Is this a fungus, and if so, is there something non-toxic to my birds and animals I can put into the soil at planting to prevent their dying? – Julie Julie, Sounds like those rusty spots could be, well, rust. Rust, …