OK - just for the record - I am a brown thumb but I try real hard. I watered them daily, made sure they were draining well and only watered them in the evening when the sun was off of them. However, within a few days, they were wilting and looked like they were dying. I brought them under my covered patio, put fresh soil in the pots and have been watering them daily. They are starting to perk up other than one.

What am I doing wrong? Is this type of annual really NOT full sun? Is there an annual that someone could recommend that would work in full all-day sun?

Thanks so much in advance. I am really looking forward to learning from all of you.

i wanted to tell you the romantic legend of scaveola in case you didnt already know.

it seems that in ancient medevial times there was a pair of lovers. the man was preparing to go to sea and the lovers were having a tearful parting. he picked a flower bloom growing in the garden by them and gently tore it in two. he gave half the flower to his beloved and said he would keep the other half to remind him of her. and when he returned and they re-united the two halves of the flower to make it one flower again he would wed her.
Alas he never returned from his sea voyage and so the scaveloa remains a half a flower to this day.

how cool is that??? < giggles >

Sue
"The one thing all gardeners share in common is a belief in tomorrow"