Lookin good! A great surprise in an unexpected place.

Sherry

My heptacodium is blooming. i thought of her.

Yes. Fall is a great time to plant/transplant. Even up here in MI, it's still prime time. Sedum are super-tough plants, to boot. You shouldn't have any trouble.

It is very hard to kill them in any season.

I think you should dig it out and take a look. it is not a $ 100 shrub or tree, and you may as well learn something from the experience if theres any thing to learn.

Why did you plant these 2 particular plants together in a pot? They are both large and vigourous, and native to field or prairie.

Hi Marie. First off, I have no access to a yard, so my only options are planters, up on my rooftop. I ike to focus on native plants and/or plants that attract bees, etc. I planted these two together, as I thought the colors and textures of the two plants would nicely complement each other. The Prairie Blazing Star has done well, for 2-3 years now, in this very planter, and has never taken up more than 1/4 of the planter (though I know that within the soil, the PBS root system could be taking up more of the soil space than I realize). Either way, I saw no reason to not give the Goldenrod a try, as well.

I know that many plants prefer to be in the ground, vs in a planter, but that sometimes they can still manage to thrive, so long as they are in a large enough planter, and so long as they have the proper type of soil, amendments, watering etc.

I guess I'll dig up the Goldenrod and put it in its own large planter, and see what does or does not happen with it, next year. At this point, I've nothing to lose... ;-)

I don't think the Blazing Star will have an adverse effect on the goldenrod, but it would propabably be better to put it in it's own pot. The red leaves might be due to the crazy weather?