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Impatiens are fairly sturdy once established (as long as they get enough water) but the just germinated seedlings are more fragile (especially if they've spent their lives in a nice warm house) and might be endangered by a hard freeze.

Answers: This is an excellent question! The various zones and PH listings in PlantFiles give you a range where the plant can successfully grow. If the area is a wetland, I'd make sure that the trees I chose are ones that like wet conditions such as cypress,...

You have multiple options in the leafy green, or root, vegetable categories. You can fill the gap with an insulating material like Styrofoam, crumpled newspaper, dead leaves, or more potting soil if desired.Hard water can be a problem, usually not so...

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I took the picture just for this question, so the foliage looks like this right now. If your branch tips start to die, you should check with your County Extension Agent for local issues with crape myrtles.answers: Stress plays a part in the development...

As time goes by, the ceanothus will crowd out these and a lot of the pitcher sage. Bees visit flowers to gather pollen and sip nectar; butterflies visit flowers to drink nectar. I desire a blue garden, myself, and would be irritated if an iris named "true...

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. Any kind of windbreak or structure that holds heat, affects the micro-climate around a plant and the area remains a few degrees warmer.

To get the best germination percentage, the seeds do not need to dry out like most seeds you are familiar with. How about a hydrangea? We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening...

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Your plants probably won't require as much water indoors, but pay attention to humidity. If you wish to try, collect the dried seeds in the fall and plant them in sterile potting mix, lightly covering them with a thin layer of sand.

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 has been in water since about the middle of July.

Several have specific temperature and soil requirements or the seeds will simply rot. Sorry, unkapete, it sounds like they're not annuals, but read theadds: Depending on the species of banana, some seeds can be quite difficult to successfully germinate.

We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! Then loosen the soil at the bottom of the hole. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good...

We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! Buddleja blooms on new wood so you're not harming next year's blossoms when you prune like this.

This can be as simple as a plastic bag propped loosely over the pot, held up by a couple of chopsticks so the plastic doesn't touch the leaves.You can read more about repotting and general care in this article, "African Violets 101: caring for your new...

Using colored pencils (you could use markers or crayons too), decide on your color scheme throughout the instant garden. Early that morning, I planted all of the gorgeous full-blooming annual flowers that I had purchased from the nursery in their pre-selected...

If you have four feet of flower bed space against the garden shed, you probably only have room for four clumps of giant pinkthere. Be aware of the quirks in your canvas before you plant and you'll save yourself a headache later on!The most amazing thing...

If you have a garden or a backyard, odds are good that you have a leaf rake. The tines can be used for breaking up and spreading material, and the smooth side of the head can be used for more precision jobs of leveling the material out.

Use a hose, spray paint or flour to mark out and shape the bed. While starting a flower bed requires some planning and forethought beforehand, it's not as difficult as one might think to build a flower bed from scratch.

Is it empty and unappealing? Play around with different colors, textures and forms. A well-focused garden is a great way to spruce up a dull layout.One of the greatest things about the garden is the fact that it can easily change whenever needed.

But if you want something cheap and attractive that's not going to go anywhere, you can't do better than cinder blocks. Using a sledgehammer, pound the rebar down into the ground until the top is level with the top of the cinderblocks.

He always told me never to over feed dahlias. His dahlias were the biggest and most beautiful dahlias I've ever seen. They recommend a high percentage of potassium and phosphorus fertilizer, such as a 5-10-10, 10-20-20, or 0-20-20.

Hose or blow off all that dirt.For Kayla375; The problem you're having- looks like scale... Caffeine, the most widely consumed drug in the worldanswers: Judy, I also have moles and voles in my garden.

You must know that quince needs lower than 44F temperature conditions for flowering. I've grown White Christmas many years and there is also some variation in leaf color throughout the season as well.

There's really not any way to stop bulbs once they've decided to break dormancy but you might throw a blanket over the bed if the temps slide into the single digits. For the most part, vegetable seeds need to either be started inside, or planted directly...

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Don't overwater! I usually water in the evening and fertilize the next morning. I think it's easiest to "groom" a plant when it's a little on the dry side. They also say, though, that 'Sarah Bernhardt' is less needy of chill, and a good choice for warmer...