2. Evenings of cloudy days is the best time to plant. If you have to plant during the heat of the day or on sunny days be sure plants are watered thoroughly immediately after planting.

3. An annual goes through its life cycle in one summer, and a perennial will bloom summer after summer.

4. Oxalis is a common perennial weed.

5. Iron deficiency. See remedy.

6. The plant nutrient responsible for the healthy green color of your plants is nitrogen.

7. Deadheading is removing faded flowers by pinching off the flower head. The plant will spend its energy producing more flowers instead of seed. This encourages more flowers and creates a longer blooming period. Also pinch the central growing tip of the plant. This will produce side shoots further down the stem, creating a bushier plant that will produce more flowers.

8. A biennial is a plant with a two year life cycle, that produces leaves in the first season, then flowers and sets seed in the second season.

9. Referred to as hardy plants.

10. The more common name for the perennial myosotis sylvestris is forget-me-nots.