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Clematis 1
Posted by Susan36 | June 9, 2020My second question went before the first. Just watched your utube on pruning clematis. My questions can you prune all varieties of clematis. I have two which I can’t remember their names, would you know? Do clematis bloom their first year?
Clematis 2
Posted by Susan36 | June 9, 2020Second picture, name of this one?
ID a Caterpillar
Posted by Theone Paras | June 9, 2020Hello, I have been trying to ID this Caterpillar. I found about 30 of them in a hole about two feet down that I had someone dig for me to fix a main water line. At night they were crawling on my wall. All black and fuzzy.
My Hostas Have Problems
Posted by Amber Staudacher | June 9, 2020What is happening to my Hostas? This appeared suddenly and has affected every flower bed I have. This particular Hosta is in a bed that was planted last year (it's where I noticed the damage first). I added an Astilbe in here this spring. And now all the other plants I put in the spring have the same thing going ...
Kind of plant
Posted by Doris Herrera | June 9, 2020What is this plant.
Flip Flop
Posted by Tina Hiel | June 9, 2020I have a raised flower bed, my first time, and my cucumbers are growing into the lawn so I want to build a trellis for them to grow up on. The only thing is that I had planted the green beans behind the cucumbers. Can I flip-flop the two without damaging them? The green beans are already bearing beans and ...
What is this
Posted by Rita Mall | June 9, 2020I found this near my hardy hibiscus was wondering if it is a young hibiscus or just a weed
Gardenias in containers
Posted by Max Ben Aarons | June 9, 20201) how much direct sun is needed 2) soil type for containers 3) how do I control ph
Do Hostas Bloom?
Posted by Susan Matthews | June 6, 2020My son found this in amongst the hosta plants I gave him. It looks like there is a bloom. Any idea what it is?
Do Hostas Have Pups?
Posted by Julia Brower | June 6, 2020What is growing out of my hosta plant? Someone said it’s a baby that I can plant like a spider plant, but I’ve never heard of that before with hosta.
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