Don't give up! It did look really pretty for a while there! The one thing that has worked out a lot better for me is not buying from places like Home Depot and Lowe's. Unfortunately, I had a lot of plant death, languishing, etc. I try to go to spring garden sales run by garden clubs and nature centers and things like that - the volunteers always know so much about native plants and that kind of thing...I am partial to perennials because they come back and create less work and expense to some extent. But anyway...gardening is great, but can be discouraging too and there is a lot to consider. I'm constantly googling about it because I hardly even know the name of many of the plants I have! oh well...can't be good at everything ;-)