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PLgardener’s Question
Posted by PLgardener | May 18, 2017You recommended gardening pants with pockets for knee pads. I can't find them on-line. Who makes them and where can I buy them?
karmintedder’s Question
Posted by karmintedder | May 17, 2017I was given a lemon cypress plant and the leaves are brittle and the roots don't look healthy either except a few. Is there a chance it will make a come back or is it a throw away? Karmin
How Much Osmocote in a 14-inch Basket of Begonias?
Posted by begonia illumination | May 17, 2017How much Osmocote Flower & Vegetable in a 14-inch basket of begonias?
jydm427’s Question
Posted by Jacqueline McCray | May 15, 2017Hi Marianne: I live in Chicago, IL. Last year I purchased some Chrysanthemum Hardy Mum Perennials. They were very green throughout most of the summer, and began to bloom in September. It is now almost the end of May in Chicago, and only one has the green leaves, the rest are bare. Since last year was the first time I ...
itsallthebuz’s Question
Posted by itsallthebuz | May 14, 2017Hi Marianne, As an avid gardener I love your column every week. Question: Either deer or the rabbits have bit the top off my newly planted Oriental Lilies. Are they done this year and will the come back next year? Thanks Rick
TomandLinda’s Question
Posted by TomandLinda | May 14, 2017I attended one of your talks at the Seattle Garden Show this past February and you were giving away cuttings of a black pussywillow. I placed mine in water and it has nicely rooted and is now ready to be planted outdoors. Have you any idea how tall it will grow?
Tamalou’s Question
Posted by Tamara Spohn | May 14, 2017Are Passionflowers perennials? I bought a vine last season & i don't see any new growth
MnGirl’s Question
Posted by Jo Fujitake | May 14, 2017Hello! I just finished planting a beautiful standing herb garden. Then, my son decided to refinish a piece of furniture next to it on the patio. The plants were exposed to fumes of paint stripper, stain and spray varnish. Ugh! I'm thinking the plants and first layer of dirt are now toxic. What do you think? Thanks so much, MnGirl
PlantMAN’s Question
Posted by PlantMAN | May 14, 2017I have SLUGS. I've read a sesponse about SLUGS on your site. THey have been eating my marigolds for a couple years and I did not know what was happening. Well the area was shaded by a tree most of the afternoon, the tree is gone now. NO MORE SHADE here at all. Do you think I will have to ...
DottieAR’s Question
Posted by Dottie Rawsky | May 13, 2017I've just rec'd my online order of perennials to plant now, in the spring/early summer. How to I add osmocote Plus for each 3" pot being transferred to ground?
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