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Hibiscus trouble
Posted by Chris Sparacia | June 6, 2020Last year, a cottony white substance appeared on my hibiscus & it lost all its leaves & blooms. I cut the plant back and it seemed to be doing much better. I just found this a few days ago and it’s spreading to de real branches. I don’t want to lose the plant again.
peonies
Posted by elizabeth pehl | June 6, 2020It it an old wives tail that peonies need ants to bloom?
Garden bushes
Posted by Glenda Brown | June 6, 2020I want to add on to my garden with bushes first. The area is full sun. What bushes would be best for this area. I live in eastern Utah.
Baptisia Help Needed
Posted by Ginny Lengel | June 6, 2020I have several baptisias in my garden and the buds on some turn brown and never bloom while others are blooming beautifully. Picture shows 3 in same area with only one blooming blue. Same thing last year. Any idea why?
Dying Hydrangea
Posted by Liz Freed | June 5, 2020I planted a couple hydrangeas about 3-4 weeks ago. One is doing great! The other one is wilting terribly and I can't seem to revive it. They're both planted in almost clay like soil. I watered them the same amount to begin with. When I noticed the one was starting to wilt I watered it a little extra - possibly ...
rose bud
Posted by Margaret Barrett | June 5, 2020what could be eating my rose buds and nothing else. not the leaves. don't know how to do a photo. photos are on my phone
Butterfly bush
Posted by bernice bowes | June 5, 2020why is mine dying? It has been very healthy for about 5 years and draws several Monarchs, but last summer some of the blossoms seemed wimpy, and when I cut the stems early this spring, they seemed brittle and dead. Now green leaves are growing but all at the base of the plant, no branches! I'd buy another but am ...
blackberries
Posted by Eddie Sanford | June 5, 2020Must I plant Thornless blackberry bushes in a sunny ares.
Lily Overwatering
Posted by Alyssa saucedo | June 5, 2020Hello! I planted a stargazer lily outside in a flower bed a couple weeks ago and it was thriving for the first week. It slowly became droopy and the bottom leaves are turning yellow. I think I over watered it. How do I tell if it has root rot? The bottom stem does seem to be a little brown.
What is this?
Posted by Annabelle rizzo | June 5, 2020Hello, I am growing an edible plant but forgot to label my plant and have no idea what it is. Please help.
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