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Osmocote and chickens
Posted by Karen Bordes | April 19, 2021I let my chickens roam when I’m gardening. Will Osmocote harm them. I would like to apply on top of my mulch. Thanks, Karen
Planting under trees
Posted by Debbie Nighswonger | April 19, 2021I have a Katsura tree in a large flower bed that I would like to underplant. What do you recommend? The soil is moist and sandy but we added a large amount of composted soil to plant the tree in as well as the perennials I have growing around the tree in a flower bed. I live in a zone ...
desert spoon
Posted by Darrell Revely | April 15, 2021Why do the lower leaves on my desert spoon keep turning brown?
Potting depth for black eyed susans
Posted by Andrew Beaudoin | April 15, 2021Hi there! I am building a simple trellis (about 90in tall). I would like to sew black eyed susan seeds and encourage them to vine up the trellis. I'll need to use containers and I'm wondering how deep they should be. I read online that they can have very deep root systems, so maybe it's not a good choice. If ...
everblooming azaleas and some dicentra
Posted by betty willis | April 15, 2021Last year I purchased 3 everblooming azaleas from Plant Addicts in the East Coast, but when I try to find similar azaleas in local nurseries they are not available, do you know why? Also, I am finding the same issue for a few new Dicentra -Bleeding Heart plants that apparently will bloom from Spring to Fall provided the plants are ...
Hardy Cyclamen
Posted by TomandLinda | April 15, 2021Now that my hardy cyclamens have bloomed they have many leaves on long stems and got overrun with Sweet William. Now I’m cleaning up that flowerbed and removing the Sweet William which has become invasion. In doing so can I trim the leaves off the cyclamen tubers?
Pok a Dot plant indoora
Posted by Janean Draper | April 15, 2021Should I trim or let it grow? 3-4 months ago I trimmed this plant way back, root the trimmings in water. This is the original miniature plant I purchased 3 years ago. Do I keep trimming it? The tallest is already drooping and it is propped up by the others? I don't think it's supposed to trail down and or ...
2021 photo contest
Posted by Peggy Yaeger | April 10, 2021Are you going to have your 2021 photo contest? IF so, when and how can I join it? Thanks Peggy
Shrubs/trees to screen unwanted view.
Posted by Daphne Schultz | April 8, 2021Hi Marianne- Can you recommend some deer-resistant shrubs/trees to plant along the far side of my driveway to screen this unwanted view? The area that needs screening is about 15 feet long and 8 feet wide. Thank you, Daphne Schultz
Help with hydrangea
Posted by Cheri johnson | April 6, 2021Can you give me suggestions for hydrangeas that get morning sun until noon? The area is along my house between it and the sidewalk. About 4 feet. I’ve been looking at PERFECTION and STAWBERRY SHORTCAKE. I need 4 or 5. Also are there some that look great together, like more than one kind that complement each other? I live in ...
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