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Seedlings are not generally a problem either. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! I do make drainage holes in the container bottoms and line them with landscape...

(Typically, it's my family that's a little off the mark here.) Anyway, generally you DON'T prune this until after it's bloomed, such as other spring-flowering shrubs like forsythia or lilac.

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.

Answers: You're right to be cautious in this weather. To get your bougainvillea to climb the trellis, you will have to give it some support and direction. I'm not feeling very confident about those choices.

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Several studies indicate drought brings on early fall color, but I'm not able to determine if experts suggest excess moisture does as well. However, you are from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the average first frost for your area is October 20, which makes...

They were coming up in a cut along a trail, where there were few other plants to compete with them.It is fascinating to watch the recovery of the chaparral after a fire. I desire a blue garden, myself, and would be irritated if an iris named "true blue"...

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. The house blocks the worst of the wind and holds a bit of heat from the...

There are beds of garden soil on either side for other plants (strawberries), gravel and decorative river rocks purchased by the truckload, larger rocks from digging in the yard, and miscellaneous recycled concrete pads and bricks for the stepping stones.

With your jade plant, it sounds like you want to drastically change its shape. I'd say your jade plant (Crassula ovata) looks pretty healthy, judging by the bright green tips on the branches.

So you don't have to use an industrial-strength biotoxin to rid your plant of these pests... But, as is more often the case, I forget, and then next thing I know a few months later, is the Black Sooty Mold that grows on the upper sides of the leaves that...

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They like shady areas and cyclamen is a favorite treat. What is eating them?answers: It sounds like you might have a slug problem. An unpollinated squash will grow to about the size you indicate and then simply dry up and drop off.

The large ones that I discovered (not in the cedars but nearly hidden under the scrap brush pile) seem attractive enough to transplant. Chopping at the thick stems of mature pokeweed specimens is just topping the nuisance and does not solve the problem...

Causes are crowded seedlings, cool conditions and improper watering techniques.When this happens, your best bet is to simply start over, as the plants will always appear sickly. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting...

For a summer annual I'd have to say an annual Salvia. You need to cover/wrap up all plants including the pots, so their roots won't freeze.But that should be only temporary, not all winter.

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. By your picture I can see you're referring to a Paulownia dragon tree, or Empress tree.

I chose to place annuals, like, per square foot, focusing on pink, blue and purple colors. It was very enjoyable seeing it all come together so nicely and so quickly! An old garden bench right in between two flower beds made it seem cozy and complete.

Michelangelo only had so much ceiling to paint in the Sistine Chapel, after all.There are two ways to go about actually getting the flowers for your garden, and they don't have to exclude one another.

Nimblewill is also much shorter and wiry looking with narrow blue-green leaves.Nimblewill favors moist, shady areas but will also tolerate some sun. This selective herbicide was recently approved for use on most cool-season lawns and can be used pre-...

Remember, however, that gyphosate is a nonselective compound and it will kill all plants, not just poison oak. The plant is an American native beloved by birds. It is green and lush, growing a either a shrub or a vine.freestar.queue.push(function() {...

The flowers at the top are the male flowers (which produce the pollen) and the flowers closer to the bottom are the female flowers.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });Ragweed plants like to grow in heavy,...

To treat 1,000 square feet, mix 1 teaspoon with 2 gallons of water and spray onto the affected area. Controlling buttercup weeds is important in livestock areas, where the plant is toxic, but also in the home garden unless you like a tumble of interlocked...

Most striking is the long, sickle-shaped seed pods that develop from each flower after it matures.The plant was used by indigenous people for medicinal purposes. Read on for more sicklepod information and tips for how to get rid of sicklepod plants.If...

The weeds easily infest thin or patchy areas. The plant has a long, deep taproot, which makes pulling them out manually ineffective. The ingredients must be 2-4 D, triclopyr, clopyralid, dicamba or MCPP.

Since then, the weed had rapidly spread to one million acres of pasture land, sod farms forests, ditches and other natural locales.The extraordinary number of seeds contained in a single plant (40,000-50,000) make this an extremely prolific weed and difficult...

Successfully killing creeping charlie is the dream of most homeowners who like a nice lawn. It is a vine that grows close to the ground and will form a mat-like ground cover if allowed to.