Q: While on vacation in Maine we loved seeing the beach roses in the sandy soil! They smelled beautifully. Would these roses make it here? A: I’ll bet you were seeing rugosa roses. The leaves have a characterist
Ringnecked Snake – Identification
Q: This little fellow showed up on my patio today. Can you identify what kind of a snake this is? A: It's a lovely little ringnecked snake. It is completely harmless. It could even be considered a garden he
Pine Tree – Brown Needles in Fall
Q: I'm seeing a lot of brown needles on my pine trees this fall. Is this normal? A: It's perfectly normal. Although we think of pine trees as evergreen, a better description would be "semi-everg
Snowball Viburnum – Lacecap Flowers
Q: I planted a snowball bush three years ago. It bloomed beautifully this spring. This fall it started blooming again but instead of snowballs it looks just like a lacecap hydrangea. How could that happen? A: It&
Q:We have recently had new cryptomerias planted. One of the trees has two trunks and we have been told we should cut the smaller one off. Should we cut it or leave it? A: Because the trunks are leaning outward I
Q: Can we grow chia in Georgia? I like to sprinkle the health-giving seeds on my cereal. A: I have fond college memories of growing chia on a clay figure of Richard Nixon. He had a scraggly green beard but not mu
Thorny Tree – Decorate with Gumdrops
Q: My family went on an annual woods trek with my 83-year-old mother to look for what she calls a “hall tree”. It is a small prickly bush that we piece together into Styrofoam and adorn with gumdrops to make a fe
Pecan Leaves – Using in a Vegetable Garden
Q: Are pecan leaves good to mulch a garden? The local Cub Scout pack will be raking leaves at our church and I was planning to put them on our community garden there. A: It’s well-known that juglone, a chemical
Oak – Losing Bark, Trunk Rotting
Q: I have a white oak which is losing bark and there’s a white chalky residue present where the bark is falling off. Can you identify the problem and advise a remedy? A: My bet is that water is getting into the s
Q: I recently moved back here from Tampa. There, small lizards are found everywhere – they're as common as squirrels and mosquitos. Here in Atlanta, in all of my life, I have never once seen a lizard
Q: I live in a rural subdivision in Rockdale County. We back up to the Yellow River, so we see a lot of deer. I had ten pallets of zoysia sod installed in early October. Every day for the last couple of weeks I c
Q: A lady told me about being at her mother's home in south Georgia and seeing tangerines on a tree. Her mother claims that it had previously yielded 250 limes. Can you explain? A: I can think of two (no, t
Q: I do landscape work and I understand that planting perennials in the fall is best due to soil temperatures and water requirements. What are your thoughts about planting shrubs in winter? It seems to me that as
Q: It was 49 degrees outside last week and I swatted a mosquito buzzing me in my living room. Isn't it a little late for mosquitos around here? A: Mosquitoes take 10 – 15 days of warm temperatures to
Q: I transplanted several runners from a white berried nandina to a different part of my yard. Now that they are maturing, they're displaying red berries, not white. Can you think of any possible explanatio
Q: I have bermuda grass in full sun in my backyard where two big Labs play and tear it up. I really care about my dogs so I do not treat the grass with any fertilizer or weed killer. Would it be a waste of money
Q: One of my favorite potatoes is Royal Majesty, a purple potato I buy online. I still have a dozen that I haven't eaten. They are starting to sprout and get soft. Can I save them for seed potatoes? A: UGA
Q: I found a spider egg sack outside my bedroom window. Should I remove it? A: If the window is within reach outdoors, I’d remove the pouch and place it in a landscape shrub. The spider itself is very likely harm
Q: For Christmas I received a new portable greenhouse. How critical is the placement? A: Generally speaking, more sun is better. You can control how much sunshine and heat gets inside the greenhouse by using sha
Q: I lost four Indian hawthorns last year to cold weather. I liked them and would like to replace. Any advice? A: Different varieties of Indian hawthorn seem to have different reactions to cold and different sus
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