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The most common and most trailing choices are the perennial Vincas, both major and minor, also called periwinkle. Answers: As a disclaimer, I have only gardened in New England. (Joke.) These shrubs are pretty tough and it WILL be back.answers: There are...

Every week or so,I change the water to keep it fresh. Our writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming Ask-a-Gardener, one of our Saturday morning features.

The free access forums are available to everyone and some of our most seasoned paid subscribers devote some time each day to help others. More effective is to put the potted plant, pot and all, inside a larger pot or box so that there is a gap of at least...

Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you. If your question is chosen for this feature, you can be sure you've helped others with the same question.Marie Harrison, (can2grow) and Melody answer the question:Remember,...

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. Once you begin experiencing regular frosts, your soil temperatures will drop, even though snow is still a ways off.If you are choosing a plant from your local nursery,...

The heat or sometimes the chemicals in the smoke, weaken the seed coat and allow water to enter and germination to begin. However, there seems no way to guarantee that bees won't visit the flowers in your butterfly garden.Here are a few suggestions based...

If your plants can be cut back, as mine can, cut them back to a few inches above the ground and mound mulch over the stems. I have some scarlet milkweed that I'm going to try and over-winter in the ground, so we're in the same boat.

My image to the left shows ripe hips and some rose seeds in front of the blossoms. Break the hips open and collect the seed. Mywas generous enough to have produced some late autumn blooms, so we'll enjoy them in this article, but the red hips are from...

I'd say your jade plant (Crassula ovata) looks pretty healthy, judging by the bright green tips on the branches. Those are the parts that are actively growing. Our writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming...

N! And then what if in a year or a month, it's a new one? Fortunately the only whitefly-attacked plants I own that have flowers are the Hibiscus, and they are easy to replace (so I remove them).

Yesterday I put a little bit of miracle grow liquid in it. Thank you."Hello...I plan on planting this palm from a 15 gallon container over our sewer line about 15 feet away from our house.

If that isn't the issue, I'd look to the soil. Some of the smaller winter squash vareties will climb a fence without any additional help as well. There are banana seeds available for sale at various sites, but you should find out what the particular seed...

You can use a liquid fertilizer now to try and help the bulbs along. Water from the bottom and pour off any standing water after 15 minutes. When a tiny plant only has a bit of a root the width of a sewing thread, it cannot possibly take in much water.

Some of these sheets are 3 or 4 feet across and are perfect for wrapping pots and plants. Wrap the pot and plant, leaving it open at the top. These sheets just go in the dumpster and they are so handy for a gardener to have.Remember, if you have a gardening...

You might be able to bury the neck gradually, cutting the root ball down enough to bury an inch or so of neck each time you repot and repotting every 4 to 6 months. All of these forums are free for any logged in member and the helpful members will gladly...

Thewe were going to have the reception in has been vandalized!”freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });“Calm down, sweetie. Using colored pencils (you could use markers or crayons too), decide on your color...

I particularly enjoy heading over to the local library or bookstore and pulling up a chair in the gardening aisle., their classic beauty is always a welcome sight, or delving into dreams of sophisticatedthat inspire zen.

Fill the area with cardboard or several layers of newspaper and saturate with water. Then carefully lift out or peel back the sod. Take note of available light and nearby structures.

Create focal points that draw the eyes toward the garden's most attractive features. Take comfort in the fact that this is an easy fix with the right garden shape ideas.Oftentimes, all the garden needs is to get in shape, just like the rest of us.

Do you want a bed close to the ground? This should keep the bed from sliding around. The cinder blocks that you buy in the store today are actually concrete blocks and totally safe.Unless you're using antique cinder blocks, there should be no reason to...

Rootbound plants often just can't soak up the water that they need. Nursery stock live several years in their containers before they're sold, so just make sure they have ample water during the dry periods and they should live through summer or winter...

It is reported that plants grown indoors may bloom at any time. Potted plants should be kept in a sunny place and watered like a conventional houseplant. This can also keep the voles and moles away .

We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! Chances are, when you put it outdoors again next spring, it will produce leaves with more white on them.Remember, if you have...

Most perennial flowers and grasses winter sow with great success. Here in west KY, Valentine's Day is the traditional 'pea planting' day. They are a hot weather plant. There's really not any way to stop bulbs once they've decided to break dormancy but...

We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for...

They may not bloom in the year of a spring move but should recover the following year. In addition, be sure the eyes of the peony are planted just at soil level,two inches deep as is done in northern zones.

But I'd caution that those trees or shrubs could quickly get out of hand, and become overgrown, without skilled and dedicated care.Can I be honest? Waiting until the season heats up might cause young seedlings to struggle.