We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! It depends on too many uncontrollable variables like how much you took off and how old the bush is and what the weather is like...
The healthiest and largest plants will be found in the optimum ‘middle conditions' of climate and PH.answers: By adding leaves and kitchen scraps to the holes, they will eventually fill with compost.
That is good for getting the root system of a young plant started, especially in cool weather, but it is not so good for an unprotected plant in the hot sun all day. You'll need to consider your fall frost date first.
Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. 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.
Answers: Most crape myrtle foliage turns reddish or maroon in the autumn. Several studies indicate drought brings on early fall color, but I'm not able to determine if experts suggest excess moisture does as well.
I order blue plants that grow purple! So my recommendation is to plant new plants in containers or in a separate trial area until you find out if the color suits you. The pictures they've posted show, to my eye, white flowers with only the faintest pink...
A few inches of mulch and maybe a large bucket covering that would insulate the roots enough to survive the winter. The house blocks the worst of the wind and holds a bit of heat from the sun.
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. That would be a minimum I would say for adding horse manure once a year.
Either with scissors, pruning shears or just by breaking them off (jade is usually crisp enough that it will break), you need to prune back the unruly parts of your plant to reshape it.
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. These itty moth-like sucking insects can have severely deliterious effects upon these plants, though most...
It has bloomed, but there are no roots, I put a miracle grow stick in it and it looks like it is dying. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure.
If that isn't the issue, I'd look to the soil. They like shady areas and cyclamen is a favorite treat. There is ais a bush canteloupe. There is commercial bait that you can use. A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums,...
Then loosen the soil at the bottom of the hole. Right now you can not do anything to make them bloom this year. Answers: It sounds like your seedlings have 'damp-off.' It is a condition usually caused by improper watering.
If it's about big plants like conifers, they might survive and you will be able to plant them later in the ground if it isn't frozen.The best thing you could do to protect all your pots from freeze is to cover them with a plastic foil or with some sheets.
Scraping the neck in a few places with your fingernail can help roots to form. I've pulled up awithin a 25 mile radius of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Ourforum is perfect for questions on starting plants from seed.
I also wanted to place some potted plants, a classic instant garden choice, around the reception area to add diversity to my plant scheme.Next comes the shopping list. For instance, drawing it up on a piece of graph paper with each square representing...
If it's still winter and you have plenty of time before actually applying the glorious colors to your canvas, you may want to save some money and grow the flowers from seed. Be sure to observe if the site you want to use getsor mostly shade, as that will...
It will also make it easier when choosing plants, as these should always be compatible to the area. Fill the area with cardboard or several layers of newspaper and saturate with water.
For instance, a garden that is dominated by nothing but lawn can look bleak, empty, and uninteresting. Repeating features, such as similar plants and objects, can also provide interest.
Keep reading to learn more about raised garden beds made from concrete blocks.Using cinder blocks for garden beds is especially nice because you can so easily pick your height. Wood is a common choice.
Rootbound plants often just can't soak up the water that they need. But the good news is that basil & mint cuttings (maybe cilantro too, not sure) are readily rooted in water, so you might be able to periodically renew your plants by taking and potting...
There's no way you can get rid of those for sure, but you can try different methods and some may work for a while. Good place to rot to take place as this soil gets wet. Once dead, I like to remove them, as these can trap water and allow for rot to take...
I have a 5 years-old 'Morello' in my garden. Edible pears are Pyrus communes, while the inedible flowering pear 'Chanticleer' is a Pyrus calleryana. This is still well within the window of daffodil planting time.
These hardy bulbs and plants are geared to withstand temperature fluctuations in late winter and early spring. In most cases, everything on the surface disappears and there won't be any evidence that a plant lives below the surface.
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They may not bloom in the year of a spring move but should recover the following year. I live in Kentucky, and we have some extreme temperature swings. Gently wiggling the leaf from side to side will generally snap it cleanly away from the central stem.
This plan will not require the skilled pruning that pleached trees will. They also survived to very high temperatures and severe drought last summer, with very little watering.answers: I just did some research on pleaching and found it interesting.
