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Sun or shade, and which way does the wall face? How tall is the wall or how far down do you hope things will trail? Here's a list of plants I am either familiar with, or sounded like candidates when I looked through my Encyclopedia of Annuals and Perennials.

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. Most often, the middle numbers are the optimum growing zone or PH.

Epsom salts are magnesium sulfate, which has the magnesium that may be lacking and the sulfur lowers the pH. Plant in mid July and you would have just three months of growing season for frost tender vegetables.

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. 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.

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 of fall color and I'm guessing that your rainy winter may be the culprit.

Also, you know that some plants need the fire in order to germinate. Or maybe find a friend who likes blue but not purple. They are responding to the increased sunlight and space of the newly opened area.

A few inches of mulch and maybe a large bucket covering that would insulate the roots enough to survive the winter. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing.

I have '' with which I am well pleased, but take a look at the varieties of hydrangea which flower reliably pink (as opposed to being pH dependent); there are many more than when I acquired my QuickFire, and even then my only requirement was that it flower...

Make sure you are treating your jade properly - lots of light, not too much water, as one reader commented "give it conditions just like Southern California." Is there a chance it could be stretching to get to the light?

There are sticky traps you can get at a nursery or argicultural center that you can put in and around susceptible species to pick up on early infestations before they get out of control.

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. Are grow lights the same thing as any other lights? Should I give up on it, or what should I do?

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. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure.

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. Your bulbs have several weeks in which to use the food now but will die down no matter what as their natural cycle dictates.

This one is one of the newer types with more than one bloom period per summer. It creates a windbreak and protects the roots at the same time. The frozen groundtends to be brutal on new root systems, so if you mulch well, it keeps the temperature of the...

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Early that morning, I planted all of the gorgeous full-blooming annual flowers that I had purchased from the nursery in their pre-selected spots. Many gardeners believe this rest period is important to allow the soil micro-organisms to get settled and...

Be aware of the quirks in your canvas before you plant and you'll save yourself a headache later on!The most amazing thing about the flower garden is that it's always changing. Adding some well rotted animalto the soil is almost always a good idea too,...

Take a stroll around your property and choose a suitable location. Add about six inches of compost or rich soil on top with another layer of organic mulch (like straw) on top of this.

Take comfort in the fact that this is an easy fix with the right garden shape ideas.Oftentimes, all the garden needs is to get in shape, just like the rest of us. Perhaps it is lacking personality.

There are a lot of options when it comes to the material used to build a raised bed border. This way you can fill the holes with soil and expand your growing space.To make the bed even stronger, push a length of rebar down through the holes on each corner.

His dahlias were the biggest and most beautiful dahlias I've ever seen. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. Also, as hot as it's been, the black plastic of your pot might be part of the problem...

Caffeine, the most widely consumed drug in the worldanswers: Judy, I also have moles and voles in my garden. Once dead, I like to remove them, as these can trap water and allow for rot to take place, and bugs to hide in4).

Unfortunately, Callery pears have been vigorously cross pollinating each other in the landscape, and filling our roadsides and natural areas with invasive seedlings. In my country the fruits are picked up after the first frost, which doesn't damage them;...

In most cases, everything on the surface disappears and there won't be any evidence that a plant lives below the surface. In the very early spring, you should see little shoots starting to poke throught the soil.

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge!

According to the Washington state Department of Agriculture, no pressure treated wood is allowed in contact with the soil, to retain an organic certification. I'm sure it is something that the company hasn't considered.

If you'll do it yourself, bear in mind that you will have to be able to prune the top of this growth, at eight feet. Maintaining the pleached greenery will require pruning, will you be doing that, or hiring someone?