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What is this shrub
Posted by Debbie Nighswonger | August 19, 2023I have had this shrub for many years. It lived in my Renton garden and I transplanted it to my Port Townsend garden. It is about 6’ tall and has been that for its entire mature life. Sadly, it struggles some, grows kind of straggly and gets lots of dead wood every winter. I am not the best with gardening ...
Why Are the Leaves on My Elephant Ear Plant Turning White?
Posted by Toni Golden | August 16, 2023Elephant Plant or Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is a tropical plant that likes filtered shade and warm weather. It can also get too much sun!
What’s Wrong with My Dahlias?
Posted by Lorene Johnson | August 12, 2023I have planted Dahlia's before and have had pretty good luck. This year, I bought a couple of new ones and one flowered and looked great, the other, no blooms at all. I also had some that I wintered over, some in the ground and some in pots and many that grew lots of great foliage, but no buds or ...
Coping with Climate Change in the PNW Garden
Posted by Olysailor | August 9, 2023How to cope with increasing dry conditions in the Puget Sound area. Yes, gardening conditions are changing. You CAN adapt!
What is a “sun” Hellebore?
Posted by Patrick Schiermeyer | August 2, 2023I have a hellebore that blooms all year round. It blooms during 90-degree weather in summer and in the cold of February. What's going on, here?
What Does My Asian Lily Have No Buds?
Posted by Lillian Henderson | July 28, 2023If you know your Asian Lily is getting at least six hours of sun a day then just give it more time. It should flower again next year.
Best Varieties of Agapanthus for the PNW
Posted by Lorene Johnson | July 28, 2023There is an agapanthus called Hardy Blue Nile that can survive winters in zone 7 which is most of Western Washington and Oregon but only if the bulbs have perfect drainage such as in a raised bed or containers.
Pot size
Posted by Myrna R Filipczak | July 28, 2023My Christmas cactus has been 'limp'. It is in a plastic pot about 8" wide X 7" deep. Good size plant and water it with about 16 oz. water on Mondays...only. I recently moved it outside on our shaded deck and watered it as before. It's not getting any better. Is this plant 'root bound'? If needed, what is the ...
June 30 2011 video on trimming
Posted by Cindy Bingley | July 28, 2023What is the name of the orange rose in the video Where would you trim a rose bush during the summer is you have already trimmed and new growth starts to grow. Above or below the new growth? There is no rose on the new growth Thank you Cindy
Raspberries
Posted by Shirley Maskule | July 18, 2023What are the best raspberry plants to grow in containers in Des Moines, WA?
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