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Weak bouganvillea
Posted by Maggie Dobson | May 13, 2019I am having great difficulty growing bougainvillea up against an arbor. I have eleven plants strategically placed that I wanted to grow up and over the structure. This is my second attempt. The first lot I lost by a frost... this second lot is just very weak, tiny leaves and bare branches. I have fed them, watered them and cared ...
Hibuscus
Posted by Lynn Luckett | May 13, 2019What is wrong with my hibiscus ?
Invasive grass
Posted by Paul Ruda | May 13, 2019How can I eradicate invasive grass in a well established bed of creeping phlox without killing the phlox?
Use of clay
Posted by Janet Laux | May 13, 2019I have a wet backyard. I want to make a berm and plant arborvitaes for a privacy screen. Would clay be good for the base of the berm or would it just pool water?
Soil additive
Posted by Patty Haynes-Madden | May 13, 2019I have an area in my backyard that doesn't get much sun. I want to plant Lilies of the Valley there but the soil is SO "clay-y." What would be a good additive there?
CREPE MYRTLE & YELLOW ROSES QUESTIONS
Posted by Mary Braswell | May 13, 2019Hi Marianne, Thank you for getting back with me so quickly. I live in middle Georgia. Regarding the yellow roses a friend suggested I use one part Epsom Salts to three parts water for the yellow roses to keep their colour longer. Have you heard of this? I actually didn't fertilize my Crepe Myrtles, didn't prune them, and they are ...
Jamaica
Posted by Rhonda Larkin | May 8, 2019I’m moving to Jamaica and I want to start a garden. Can I grow collard greens in Jamaica? What other US fruits and vegetables would grow well in that climate?
Stems and leaves turning brown.
Posted by ANITA Bustos | May 7, 2019How do I keep the stems and leaves from turning brown and dying. If I cut off the dead part am I making it worse?
CREPE MYRTLE & YELLOW ROSES QUESTIONS
Posted by Mary Braswell | May 7, 2019Hi, we bought three Crepe Myrtle trees three years ago. We got two blooms on two of them since then. They are very healthy looking. I pruned the branches on each one of them back at different lengths last year to see if that made a difference. They just have green leaves, and I can tell that they are not ...
Nandina looks troubled
Posted by Christine Schrenk | May 6, 2019We have three of the larger variety of Nandina in our yard. But this spring they look terrible with only a few glimmers of life on them. They were quite beautiful last fall. Should they be pruned? Fertilized? Given a decent burial?
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