Zinna root in water?

I had no idea this happened. No wonder the flowers were lasting so long! they were in there making a new home for themselves, getting all acquainted like and whatnot.

all i did was put them in there with water and a bit of liquid plant food and then placed them in a sunny, north window. Pretty neat. I was amazed. They are one of my favorite cut flowers now so i'll have to grow plenty next time i sow.

 I absolutely love the color of the okra flowers. Nature always does it right.

 since the dry spell we've been having and the almost absolute neglect in taking care of my plants over the summer, the okra leaves have grown mis-shapen. Mutated okra leaves... I'm so horrible.
 

And these little anole fellows are everywhere. every time i go to water something (which is rare now) i see these little guys. They make me happy for some reason. I used to catch them as a kid and i would name every one of them Zelda - strange, i know.

 And my Canna leaves are almost all showing all these yellow spots.

Read that Canna often suffer from rust and yellow mosaic virus, but I dont think either of those are the reason.


My best guess is a nitrogen deficiency, so i'll fertilize with a high N content fertilizer and see if that helps at all.

 the Coleus has put on some blooms despite almost complete lack of care. Again, i'm a horrible plant mom lately... maybe i'll get at least a few seeds off it for next time.

and i got 2 of the hibiscus to root from cuttings, woohoo. I used a 1:1 mix of vermiculite and potting mix to root them with some powder rooting hormone. left them in a semishade spot on the porch and they did fine. I learned from the last time when i left them in blazing sun and they all but caught on fire.