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When is shading needed
Posted by Michael Hedt | July 29, 2021I am on the Kitsap peninsula between Gig Harbor and Port Orchard. I have noticed the leaves of several veggie plants, particularly my squashes, getting very droopy in the intense hot sun here lately. So far they always recover in the evening. Should I shade them during the intense sun times?
No flowers???
Posted by Jacqueline Kania | July 24, 2021I have about 25 Lily of the valley plants. This year not one of them produced a flower. What is up with that??
Granny Smith apple tree
Posted by Sue Perek | July 24, 2021My tree is 12 years old. It had produced beautiful flowers and fruit since the beginning years. Last year a branch on one side of the tree looked bad. Unfortunately, I didn't cut it back on the winter /dormant months. This spring it leafed and had blossom most everywhere, then little by little it has begun to either /die on ...
Mountain Hemlocks
Posted by Susan Powell | July 24, 2021I have have 8 Mountain Hemlocks....all planted at the same time about 7 years ago. They have been doing extremely well until now. I'm noticing die-off at the tips of branches.....does this have to do with our recent hot weather? What can I do to help these trees? They're so beautiful and the mainstay of my Washington native plant garden.... ...
Black spots on mangoes fruit
Posted by orlmartin | July 24, 2021Getting black spots all over my mangoes fruit how can I take care of the black spots what do I have to do?
Help limelight hydrangea
Posted by DIANE ADAM | July 24, 2021My plant is has developed small leaves in different places on shrub Not sure what is going on this has never happened before this year enclosed is pic
Another, safer herbicide? Weed killer? Please rethink!
Posted by Michele Horaney | July 24, 2021Hi Marianne, I was not happy to see this paragraph in your column on Sunday in The Olympian newspaper: "Spraying with an herbicide such as RoundUp (tradename Glysophate) works in some situations, especially in early summer when the weed is actively growing. Resorting to herbicides may be the practical remedy if an invasion is smothering other vegetation needed by local ...
Near record in height Foxglove
Posted by Bill Lum | July 16, 2021A banner year in our garden, as a result we have an unusually tall foxglove. Guinness record is 10 ft 10 inches. Ours is about 10 ft 8 inches. Bill and Linda Lum 253-230-2478
What is this
Posted by Jeanne Renfro | July 16, 2021I have this invasive small tree type plant, and I would like to know what it is. My arborist and landscaper haven't any idea. It doesn't leaf out until mid June here in the mountains of N.C., and in August has very fragrant flowers, then neon dark blue berries in the fall.
Sun damage
Posted by Pat Hergert | July 3, 2021Hi Marianne, The intense weather last week has left me with burned plants. Conifers, rhodys, hydrangeas, astilbes -you name it! we are lucky to have an irrigation system so we watered every night but the direct sun burned them anyway. do I prune off the damage or wait to see how they come back? I'm hoping we haven't lost any, ...
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