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(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.

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. Old manure and composted leaves make a great planting medium and many places will be grateful for you to haul it...

I'm not feeling very confident about those choices. Many perennials and shrubs will take a couple of years to get their root system established before they do much growing above ground.

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Even though you indicate an uneventful summer, the events earlier in the season set the stage for an unusual cycle. To successfully survive the transition, its root system should be well-established and the plant should not be recovering from a stressful,...

Sprinkle some of them through the bed for a cheerful border and include a few butterfly magnets such as zinnias to round things out.answers: Fortunately and unfortunately, color is subjective, and only defined in the eye of the beholder.

The house blocks the worst of the wind and holds a bit of heat from the sun. 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.

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. It is hard work loading in that organic stuff but it will eventually pay off!You may have the perfect yard to grow...

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. You are going to want to do this a little bit at a time.

Maybe camping stores or athletic stores have information on long sleeved clothing that's not like plastic wrap!: Over-wintering plants indoors depends on what you are growing. Fortunately the only whitefly-attacked plants I own that have flowers are the...

We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! The sewer line is rather new (about 6 years old) and made of plastic and not clay or steel.

Take a small paintbrush or a Q-tip and lift pollen from the anthers of a male flower and gently transfer it to the stigma on a female one. Sometimes a lack of bees in the area results in poor pollination.

(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 the bulb is the daffodils best source of energy.

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 frozen groundtends to be brutal on new root systems, so if you mulch...

Ourforum is perfect for questions on starting plants from seed. By your picture I can see you're referring to a Paulownia dragon tree, or Empress tree. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow...

Here is an example:Only two days before my daughter's wedding in June, the bride-to-be appears on my doorstep with tears streaming down her soft face. I also wanted to add some style to the garden, so I jotted down a concrete birdbath, a rustic birdhouse,...

It relieves my stress (although a dead rose bush can send me into a whirlwind), and it's a great workout too!So if you're ready to turn that bare spot in your yard into the next Mona Lisa, just follow my brushstrokes…There are many ways to approach...

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. However, you can easily smother grass quickly and effectively without the use of harmful chemicals...

Does the exterior of your home seem boring and uninviting? Twists and turns in the garden can add excitement and a sense of mystery by enticing others to peek around corners just to see what's there.

Wood is a common choice. One in each corner should be enough when using cinder blocks for garden beds, but you can always add more if you're worried.If you search online for cinder block gardening ideas, about half of the results are going to be warnings...

Be sure to maintain a pinching schedule or they will become tall and straggledy.are all hardy mums that will live in zone 5 conditions and we have participating PlantScout vendors attached to each PlantFiles page.answers: kountrykitten's mandivilla plant...

There is no need to repot or divide your bulbs until they are about ready to burst out of the pot. You can try the "drowning" method by pouring water with a hose in the vole's hole and keep it there until it fills in all the tunnels and the water comes...

Last summer was the first when it bloomed and fruited more than a few cherries.adds: I've inserted links to our Plantfiles pages for these cultivars and we have participating vendors attached to each of them, so you can choose a mail order vendor for...

Corn and beans should be direct sown after the soil warms in the spring and chances of frost are over. This is sometimes known as the NPK. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening...

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. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening...

The 4x4 posts were slotted and we just slipped the side pieces in the grooves. The lower end of the chilling-hours scale is 100 chill-hours. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening...

That site recommended a visit to, which also gave some pleaching advice. I wish you luck but do feel you should talk to local professionals who will be supplying the plants and possibly doing the work, before committing to this plan.May I suggest a possible...