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Ornamental grasses
Posted by daisylady | July 12, 20185 Well established ornamental grasses...died this winter....the gracillus (sp.?) was the only one to survive. My favorite garden center guy said that their growers were in the same bind and he was having trouble getting them as well. What happened?
what is this plant
Posted by Christy Nicandri | July 12, 2018What is the name of the plant with the tall flower spike? And how do you keep it from coming back?
Hydrangeas
Posted by Debra Barfield | July 12, 2018When planting a Hydrangea, where is the best place, shade or sun
Hydrangeas
Posted by Joanne Hopton | July 12, 2018When should I put aliuminum sulphate around my hydrangeas to get blue flowers. Joanne Hopton 7/11/18
Pruning pumpkins
Posted by Lisa Short Bull Gerth | July 10, 2018Should I wait until I start seeing pumpkins before pruning? Also, I planted my pumpkins too close together. Will they do okay or should I weed some out.
Crabgrass
Posted by Ronsung | July 10, 2018My lawn is infested with crabgrass or quackgrass, I'm not sure which. It grows in clumps and has root nodes and stems that are tough as nails and is really hard to pull out without leaving gaping holes in the lawn. A couple of years ago I tried a spray that was supposed to kill crabgrass and it killed grass. ...
What is this shrub?
Posted by Kellie Moudry | July 9, 2018Can you tell me what this shrub is?
Plants getting eaten alive
Posted by Debbie Nighswonger | July 9, 2018We came home last week from an extended vacation to find that my hollyhocks, hydrangeas, and my Spider's Web Fatsia plant leaves were pock marked with holes and/or leaves completely skeletonized. I looked at the undersides of the leaves and found no bugs, worms, moths, webs, or cocoons sheltered there. We had just placed new beauty bark over landscape fabric ...
Fertilizing Blueberries
Posted by MaryHanley | July 9, 2018When should blueberries be fertilized?
trimimg roses
Posted by Richard Stratton | July 9, 2018My roses are very straggly and un-uniform in height. Is it ok to trim them in the summer. I have do so on two before thinking that it may not be the best thing to do.
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