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. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful...
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 this year and how many siblings your father had. Sun or shade, and which way does the wall face?
I like to take several cuttings and just keep them in water. They seem quite happy and I've had better luck with this method, rather than potting them up in soil. Potting mix is expensive and if you need to supplement with bagged material, you can actually...
Use a good-quality potting soil that contains some organic matter, or add peat moss, coconut fiber, or polymer crystals. Just make sure that you don't place the plants along the south side of a wall or the reflected heat might bake them.answers: Although...
We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you.
If you're not familiar with its appearance, it can look like a problem. Answers: Most crape myrtle foliage turns reddish or maroon in the autumn. Even though you indicate an uneventful summer, the events earlier in the season set the stage for an unusual...
If your crepe flowers are distinctly different, then you would seem to have a valid complaint. If your flowers look definitely pink though, then a mistake may well have been made. I hope the source showed you a realistic picture of what your plant was...
It could mean putting a tomato cage over it and wrapping in burlap. 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.
Do you save all grass clippings and autumn leaves? If you'll clean the hip material off of your seeds, you should be fine. Depending on the type of rose you've collected seeds from, they might bloom the first year, and they might take as long as three...
Those are the parts that are actively growing. 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.
Or sometimes the Black Sooty Mold that makes the leaves look like smog is settling on them.The problems controlling white flies are multiple. Fortunately the only whitefly-attacked plants I own that have flowers are the Hibiscus, and they are easy to...
It has bloomed, but there are no roots, I put a miracle grow stick in it and it looks like it is dying. These images were used with their permission. Should I give up on it, or what should I do?
Some of the smaller winter squash vareties will climb a fence without any additional help as well. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing.
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. When they have somewhat or completely died back, you can dig them up.
If too big, it can easily have some tips cut off and rooted for a new plant. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. It creates a windbreak and protects the roots at the same time.
If you're still interested after reading what they say, you can scroll back up to near the top and find the link for "7 vendors have this plant for sale." That takes you to a list of vendors with links to their websites.
Realistically, you can't create a large instant flower garden plan in two days without doing a little spending at your favorite nursery or home and garden store. I wrote down all the plants I wanted to buy to fill in most of the spaces in my new garden...
The variety of colors and textures, heights and habits of the flowers in seed catalogs today is absolutely mind-boggling. Shopping for the seeds is one of my favorite things to do in late winter and watching the tiny seeds grow is something no person...
Let's look at how to create a flower bed.So you want to build a flower bed. You can plant a flower bed any way you like – big or small, curved or straight, raised or flat – whatever.
Mimic these in the garden for a more natural appearance.Gardens require a sense of direction. If the garden lacks focus, regardless its shape, it will also appear boring. Curved garden shapes also look more natural and are much more pleasing to the eye...
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. The cinder blocks that you buy in the store today are actually concrete blocks...
Nursery stock live several years in their containers before they're sold, so just make sure they have ample water during the dry periods and they should live through summer or winter just fine.answers: There are many hardy mums that will thrive in your...
There is no need to repot or divide your bulbs until they are about ready to burst out of the pot. Plants can be kept in pots year round, but my experience has been that those planted in the ground bloom much more consistantly.
Plant daffodils about six inches deep, and space the bulbs five inches or more apart from each other. There may well be a huge load of Pyrus pollen in your neighborhood already. Even if you have it by a window, chances are there is some UV protection...
Whether you use traditional or organic fertilizer, these numbers will be somewhere on the package, so if you've been advised to use more nitrogen, choose a package with a higher first number in relation to the others.Remember, if you have a gardening...
Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so our fellow members can help you. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing.
Liquid fertilizer is easy to use, but you need to water your plants first with regular water and after a few hours water with the mixture of water and the proper amount of fertilizer.
