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Marianne’s Favorite Gardening Questions
I recently visited a friends garden and saw this beautiful plant with dainty bright blue...
I don’t have a question, just wanted to say how much I enjoy the info from Planters Place. Thank you. Linda Benci
I’m new to gardening. Is it okay to add soil to the top of an existing flower pot? Do I need to slightly mix...
Can you plant different herbs together?
Hello Marianne, I have become a better gardener these past couple of months, but I...
Most Recent Gardening Questions
What is happening to my cherry tree?
I have carefully inspected the leaves on my coleus and I cant determine what is nibbling away at them during the night. They are in...
Hi Marianne, Thanks a lot for your kind answer about using Osmocote and drip irrigation for my fig trees and other...
I have beautiful Thrift that has graduated almost to the street. It has left behind ugly roots on top of the soil. Can I safely cut the ‘roots’?...
Hi, I’m growing fig trees in 7 to 10 gallon pots (I keep them small), and other smallish fruit trees also...
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Every autumn, the line between elegant container design and a farmstand explosion gets blurred. Plastic scarecrows, neon orange pumpkins, and literal piles of generic gourds...
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