I have never been able to keep one alive here in North Texas, Ann. I even tried bringing them in to a controlled environment, but they don't like that either. They are better suited for a cooler summer than we have.

I don't know that it was a wasted purchase if you just want to enjoy the blooms/plant for a few weeks. If you planned on an addition to your patio or garden, it was probably a wasted purchase. That has been my experience.
Molly

They are hard to walk away from, and I've bought them, knowing that I shouldn't. They can't take our heat. It should be illegal to display them in the garden center. Ha!

Just enjoy it while it lasts, and if you find a way to keep it going, please come back and tell us how.

Jim

My experience is the same. Surprisingly, it's my DH that can't walk away from them!

i suspected as much. Oh, well. I'm just a sucker for unusual looking plants.

Enjoy it as long as you can, Ann.....................

treat as an expensive cool season pretty.

We need "like" buttons.

No flower arrangement lasts that long and rarely are they so extraordinary. Even when I was in Ohio they could not take the heat of late summer.

I have also bought them several times, thinking that perhaps I did something wrong the last couple of times. But hearing these responses does my gardener's heart some good, knowing that I may not have been able to keep them going anyway.

However, I do know they are considered shade or partial sun plants, and being that they are in pots, you may need to water them every day. That might make them last a little longer than they could have otherwise.

They are supposed to be easy to root, so you might try making new plants that way, and putting them in all different places and conditions to see if you might get some to survive where you area (including maybe growing it as an indoor plant)

Oh there is one more tip I can offer. Many times, I feel that the soil which comes with these store-bought plants do not hold water well. Sometimes for some plants, the water runs right through the pot out the drain holes. They were intended to be sold quickly to the buyer, so the soil isn't some optimum combination.

You might also make it last longer if you were to repot into some better soil, especially if it can retain water better.

they do great, until the first hot day, then they die. No matter what. They grow into hedges in.....San Francisco!

Enjoy while you can, they are so cool. I picked up 4" pots last year at I think Walmart for 97cents each I think.
Tally Ho!

Y'all will be proud that I walked away from some lovely little pink and white ones, today. They were adorable and less than half what I paid for the one I bought. I asked the guy what the chances were that I could keep it alive. He said slim to none. Haha! Honesty! Rare from a nursery employee.