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Growing Lime Trees
Posted by wstrkmp | February 8, 2021Hi, Marianne: This is a crazy question, I'm sure. Is there any type of lime tree that we can grow in the south Seattle area, specifically Auburn/Bonney Lake?
Succulents
Posted by Nancy Acker | February 8, 2021Can I use Osmocote for all my succulents?
Photo Contest
Posted by Nancy Acker | February 7, 2021Just wanting to know if my photo was submitted successfully for the Indoor Plant Photo Contest 2021? I titled it "Love Southwestern Succulents!♡
Cucumber
Posted by Wendy Carlson | February 5, 2021How do you grow English cucumbers in Olympia, do they need to grow in a green house.
What is this?
Posted by Debbie Nighswonger | February 5, 2021Attached is a picture a friend of mine posted on Facebook. She took it while on a walk in Seattle. Can you identify this? Thanks.
Creeping Thyme
Posted by Amy Barber | February 5, 2021HI. I need something to cover the area where the land is sloped. I came across to creeping thyme and I think it is something I will love to have. Blue flowers. I am not sure which one you have would do the job. It is a big piece of land but can I get just a little and it ...
Does Mexican fleabane do okay, or too well in PNW
Posted by John Eastlake | January 31, 2021Does Mexican fleabane (Erigeron karvinskianus) go totally out of control here in the Puget Sound? Does it survive the wet winters at all? My one acre yard is a little wild by intent and I think I like the look of it for a gap between my raised beds and my small chicken yard. Fairly sunny, dry alluvial soil in ...
Money pant question
Posted by Jon Steel | January 31, 2021Hi, just bought this money pant today and when we got home we noticed this part is turning white. Does this mean it’s dying? Can we snip that part off, or will it cause further damage/not be worth it? Thanks for any help!
Amarylis
Posted by Janet Lynch | January 26, 2021Can an Amarylis be planted out doors after frost has ended? What location is best? North, South, East, or West?
bringing geraniums into the house for the winter
Posted by Margy | January 26, 2021I am again here with a question as to why many of the geraniums I've brought into the house are dying, or have died. The stems turn brownish and then almost black. If I open one of them, it's sort of stringy inside. They look more like they are diseased than that they have rotted. I water very cautiously of ...
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