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Fountain Grass
Posted by sbox | July 9, 2020Is there a perennial grass that is similar to purple fountain grass?
Creeping Buttercup
Posted by Beverly Giannetti | July 6, 2020We have a problem with creeping buttercup. It is now in big chunks of the lawn. Everything we've read about getting rid of it, says to use Roundup. We've hardly ever used chemicals in our yard. We have lots of frogs and bees. They all look like they're supposed to, with the right amount of extremities, etc. What else can ...
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY
Posted by Julia PENUEL | July 5, 2020I ment to say that in my eariler question.
Jade plant problems
Posted by Julia PENUEL | July 5, 2020Dear Marianne I have this jade plant that is growing by leaps & bounds. However, I noticed several little white fuzzy cocoon looking things on it. Also, accompanying those are black & white dots on the top & bottoms of the leaves. Can you help a girl/novice out? I tried to take pictures to show you, I don't know if ...
Dying cucumbers
Posted by Casie Younger | July 2, 2020I have pickling cucumbers and every time I get a bloom with a cucumber on it I find a small tiny hole near the bloom end then it dies . The spot is always in the same place it’s always just one hole and it’s happened on every last one . The leaves are fine the plant has tons of ...
A plant seed
Posted by Liz Dahl | July 2, 2020Hi I have some seeds a friend gave me and I don’t know what plant they make. The seed is black with a white side and looks like a black eye pea but bigger
Roses
Posted by Bob Mahrer | July 2, 2020I have my roses in plastic pots 9 inch. How much Osmocote should I use per pot?
Daylilies
Posted by Frances Sullivan | July 2, 2020My landscaper divided my daylilies, and they seem to be dying. There are some green leaves, but most are brown. what happened? Please help.
Magnolia problem
Posted by Alena Rassadkina | July 2, 2020We have planted our magnolia about a month ago. At first everything was great. It looked healthy but in couple of weeks magnolia began to loose a lot of leaves and leaves became yellowish and some brown spots appeared. About a week ago it’s leaves began to curl and more brown spots appeared. The texture of leaves changed. They became ...
Thanks Marianne
Posted by William Zaremba | July 2, 2020You really nailed the problem with my Crimson Queen Japanese Maple. It's been a hot very Sunny summer in North West Ohio. Those leaves are sun dried it's even on the back of the tree were the sun hits the most. Since I just planted a month ago I have not used any fertilizer yet but will put some osmocote ...
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