My advice is to concentrate on good soil and nutrients with responsible pest control. You can replace pots as needed, move them into the house in bad weather, and you can add a decorative layer of mulch across the tops of all the pots for a uniform look.
Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. How much area do you want to cover on the TOP of the wall too? If you're not getting ANY blooms, then by all means, go ahead and cut it way back like you did;...
We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! I've stuck one end in water and the top part sprouts and produces a lovely vine.
They will grow roots while the top of the plant doesn't seem to do anything.What you have in mind, growing a new crop shortly after another is harvested, is a form of succession planting.
A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one another. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing.
Even though you indicate an uneventful summer, the events earlier in the season set the stage for an unusual cycle. The trees you mention, are some of the earliest to show color in my area (Kentucky) and are the first to display any deviation from the...
This past winter I saw many seedlings coming up in an area that had not burned since circa 1994. Cut off the flowers of those plants before bees find them. Bees will surely use some of the same flowers for the nectar.http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/factsheet/pub__6431167.htmAnd...
We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! Any kind of windbreak or structure that holds heat, affects the micro-climate around a plant and the area remains a few degrees...
Some may need protection during harsh winter storms.The photo on the left shows my own small herb garden (today) set in a bed of stones between two buildings. Our writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming...
You are going to want to do this a little bit at a time. 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.
Let me guess, you're EXTREMELY bothered by poison ivy, too. Generally, if a plant goes through a dormant period, but isn't frost hardy, you can overwinter them in this state in an unheated garage or basement.
Yesterday I put a little bit of miracle grow liquid in it. If your question is chosen for this feature, you can be sure you've helped others with the same question."I got a cutting off the neighbors tree and put it in water so it would grow roots, it...
A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one another. Adds: There is a 'bush' version of the popular Sugar Baby watermelon.
Most gardeners tend to kill the seedlings with kindness and water them to death. (Bone meal is an old standby amendment for bulb planting as it adds a dose of phosphorous, but it has very little of the other nutrients needed.) Good fertile soil under...
It creates a windbreak and protects the roots at the same time. A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one another.
I've pulled up awithin a 25 mile radius of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Here's the cool part -- new roots will sprout out from the neck once it's buried!When a plant goes a long time without being repotted, that bare neck can get long and snake-like, just as with...
I also wanted to add some style to the garden, so I jotted down a concrete birdbath, a rustic birdhouse, someto wind their way through the garden bed, and whatever other accessories seemed appropriate to our reception, like citronella torches perhaps.After...
You've planned and you've shopped and you've waited for that first warm day of spring. See ya' laterthere. Its colors and patterns will never look the same as they did yesterday. If you have a wet, slow-draining spot in your yard, like I do, check to...
Add about six inches of compost or rich soil on top with another layer of organic mulch (like straw) on top of this. Let's look at how to create a flower bed.So you want to build a flower bed.
Perhaps it is suffering from a dull shape or lack of direction. Repeating features, such as similar plants and objects, can also provide interest. Theis one of the best resources for your garden design.
Do you want a bed close to the ground? But if you want something cheap and attractive that's not going to go anywhere, you can't do better than cinder blocks. Just do one layer. Keep reading to learn more about raised garden beds made from concrete blocks.Using...
A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one another. Adds: You can keep potted perennials and shrubs happy in their containers until conditions are right for planting...
In places colder than zone 9, amaryllis are sometimes grown in the ground in the summer and potted up and brought indoors for the winter. A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions...
But if you want to, you can dig a larger hole and plant the bulbs inside a plastic crate or surrounded by chicken wire.answers: The change in light brought about the change in your caladium's color.
In most cases, everything on the surface disappears and there won't be any evidence that a plant lives below the surface. Green peas are the cool weather pea. These letters stand for Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus, (P) and Potassium (K).
Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so our fellow members...
I live in Kentucky, and we have some extreme temperature swings. Constructing your own planters shouldn't be a problem, but the materials you use should be well researched before purchasing them.
