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I have: FRESH 2008!!! Amaranthus - Red Hopi Dye, Pygmy Torch Zinnia - Profusion Cherry, Candy Cane Sunflower - pretty, red/mahogany Maple Tree - Sugar Maple Olive Tree - 2 commercial seeds Fingerling Potato Tubers Blue Hubbard Squash Many more seeds from 2007 Looking for: Dwarf Flowers Container Veggies Unusual… More
Would any of you be interested in a May day swap? Now that we all have our gardens coming up and the flowers and plants are no longer under snow and ice I though it might be fun to do a plant/cuttings swap. What I would do is afer I… More
Here are a few shots of my spider plant. This was a cutting from the floor of the Home Depot a year ago. Stuck it in my purse, came home and sat it in water until I had nice long roots, planted in a basic Miracle Grow potting soil and… More
In Zone 6B? My neighbor across the road has one of the orange-red-yellow variegated types and it comes back from the root every year. It presents as a shrub and gets almost 6' tall and equally as wide. He has it up against the brick of his house, southwestern exposure.… More
I live in the Midlands of gorgeous South Carolina, just outside Columbia. I am new to gardening... I have been cutting grass and planting flowers here and there over the past 30 years, but never really learned anything about having a true garden. Now I want to learn. I picture… More
I have two different kind of daylillies. A bush of orange daylilles and 4 yellow days lilles (as well as 3 asiatic lillies), potted. I use the word "bush" for the orange kind because there are some many of them in the same area that it looks like a small… More
I keep reading about soil preperation--that is probably one of THE most important things that you can do for your flowers-- I have read all kinds of things about compost & organic matter but I did not start a pile last fall-- but one thing that I do have is… More
Please, I would greatly appreciate your expert help in identifying this green leafy herbal plant in the photos from my garden. Many locals claim it has universal healing properties including eradicating cancer cells, controlling high blood pressure, lowering cholesterol, treating diabetes and many more. We usually chew two leaves every… More
How does one set priorities in the garden? If first things come first; what are the first things? Should you be dead heading flowers or digging up dandelions, edging beds or planting trees, reading how-to books or cutting the grass? I have spread myself too thin and I'm reaping the… More
My pansies have looked wonderful since I planted them in the spring (in pots). Now they are past their prime. I still have flowers on them but they are sparse and smaller than before. I live in zone 6, and I think that the hot weather has really done a… More
I'm not sure where this plant came from. I think it must have been in a packet of assorted wildflower seeds. But my friend said she gave me a little cutting.(I don't think this is what she gave me) Her plants are not near as bushy and big as this… More
ok well between wanting to cut me out of her bill fer cellphones and cutting my media plan AND wanting to SOLELY use my pots for FLOWERS im mondo annoyied we went to cut the cell bill awhile back my uncle saklid to leave me my media plan its HER… More
Bought some morning glory seeds and some high-phosphate fertilizer--planning on running the fines up a trellis along my way--the ideal picture in my head being a wall of pure, blue flowers. 2 questions: 1.Even though it is near winter I live in southern CA (Average yearly low temperature is 52… More
Does phlox rebloom when cut back? I've cut the old flowers off but there aren't any new buds. I thought it bloomed until fall. Is it okay to cut back daylily foliage before it browns completely? The poor thing's been up since January--thought it might want a rest now that… More
I have an old rose that has the most fragrant flowers ever. I think it's a Cecil Bruner. It has small pink blooms that cover the whole thing all year practically. I need to cut it back drastically and I want to do something I was told is called "air… More
Just bought my house this winter & am now exploring & investing the yard... & all the problems w/ it.:confused: Just to name one of the problems is the rose bushes. I ended up cutting all the dead branches & twigs off of them. Basically, I cut off all that… More
here in the south today and much of the eastern seaboard. :D Feels great and looks like Fall for sure. Trees are losing their leaves and the flowers need cutting back. To my mind this is a couple of weeks too early, but after the heat I am looking forward… More
Do all roses get hips? I've been leaving the last of my flowers on since September because I read that cutting the last flowers stimulates new budding when you want the rose to get ready to go dormant. I know some roses are known for their hips. I think mine… More
This white AV is just outdoing itself with flowers this time around. It was a cutting from my sister a few years ago. Even the pink one is doing nicely. Linda B More
Hey everyone... I was doing some reading on Yucca plants (I have 6) and I learned that it’s easy to grow more with my clippings. But I had a question that I could not find the answer to. Here it is... If I cut the bottom leaves off will it… More