At 08:02 AM 8/29/02, you wrote: >The temperatures you describe are our normal summer weather only with >higher humidity. Most of our >annuals have turned brown at the bottom and middle by now with the stem >still green and the blooms >still on them. It's a natural thing here what with the heat. George, Is this so even if you've watered them? I would have thought with water they'd stay green....? Jeanne "Gardening is an active participation in the deepest mysteries of the universe." Thomas Berry