Green Thumb?

This photo was taken last April when I was motivated to plant flowers along the back side of our cute little house.

Bryan and I bought a variety of impatiens and they ended up looking great. It was difficult to keep them alive over the past few months; I'm not ashamed to admit that I do not have a green thumb and I don't strive to acquire one. Bryan ended up doing most of the work - watering and pruning - and at one point, our flowers were at least 2 feet tall, I swear to god.

Although Bryan might disagree, I did my fair share of watering these flowers because I did want to see them thrive. So it is with great sadness that I must report that all the flowers are dead. I'm not bothering to post an "after" photo because the space is just a pile of dirt now. We're pretty sure the culprit was a deadly combination of over-pruning during the cold spell that recently hit Orlando. The important thing to note, though, is that it was not my fault. I will take the blame for the near-dead Easter lily in our family room...