Beth7happy, I don't know about butterflies but I know it grows well under oak trees or in full sun. Wedelia can be a wonderful replacement for grass but it also is quick to get out of control. My parents planted it under a large oak at the end of an azalea bed and for a few years it was fine. But the bed was supposed to be a minimum upkeep bed so my parents didn't go over there much. Now the wedelia is taking over the azaleas and even climbing them. I personlly wouldn't advise planting it anywhere that it is not completely contained by concrete.

I plant that many in each container so that i get at least one per container. I decided to skip the small peat starter kit method. I went straight to the 3" starter pots. Then after a while (probably another week or so or when they start getting true leaves) I will decide which is the strongest looking in each container and I will cull the rest. I will end up with one per container and I will keep 20-30% more containers of plants than I plan to end up with in case a couple die along the way. I can always give away the the extras. I built in "unpreventable loss" all along the growing process. But I am not going to have much loss at the sprouting stage this year. Last year I planted 4 or 5 bhut seeds in a single 4" container and didn't have the heart to just keep one so when three popped up, I carefully dug out two and moved them to seperate containers. I would suggest doing this early like around the time they are getting their first true leaves. If you wait, the roots get too big and inter-twined. But this year, I wont be transferring any. I planted at least three containers of each variety I want to grow. Of those, I will probably wind up with just one or maybe two. The others I will give away if they make it. I basically planted three times the number of containers that I want to wind up with for each variety. For example, I want about 4 Sweet Banana pepper plants so I planted 12. Bruce

Did you lose any more of your plant? If so, I think we have the same problem. See link below. Here is a link that might be useful: How is this possible? Plant gone in one day?

Thanks for the replies. These plants are in potting soil and I did not fertilize until 5 days ago (they were planted for ~2 weeks before the fertilizer was applied). I used 12-12-12 organic fertilizer and applied according to the instructions (1/3 cup on surface of soil, watered thoroughly). I thought that the potting soil had enough organic material to sustain the plants and fertilizing might not even be necessary, but after seeing the plants do poorly I decided to fertilize. The weather during the first 2 weeks after transplant was relatively cool: highs 65-72F, lows 38-50F. On most nights when the temperature dropped close to 40 I moved the plants into the garage. There was one night when it got much colder (38F) than what was forecasted and they were left outside.