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The photograph shows a double snapdragon with unusual apricot and buttery yellow flowers. If you want to save seed, its double flowers are the key to what you can expect next year.
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Yellowing is mainly on the lower, older leaves, while several newer leaves remain green and flower buds are present. That suggests something other than general collapse, but what to do depends on a detail in the soil.
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The photograph shows a low, trailing potted plant with many small, double purple flowers. Its growth, leaves and flower shape together make it fairly recognisable.
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The large pink balls and toothed leaves make this plant fairly easy to recognise. Here is its name, along with the brief care advice that usually determines how long it stays attractive indoors.
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The photograph shows a dense shrub with dark purple-red, lobed leaves and small remaining flower or seed heads. The combination of leaf shape and colour points clearly towards one plant.
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The photograph shows a tall, airy plant with many vivid pink flowers in a raised bed. Its shape points more towards a sweet pea than a clarkia, and its care now will determine how long it keeps producing flowers.
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The photograph shows a potted nasturtium with many drooping, spent flowers but still plenty of green foliage. The main issue is less the leaf spots than the burden of old flowers and what is happening to moisture at the bottom of the pot.
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