Q: We have a major problem that is driving me crazy. My home has become infested with what I suspect are tiny biting mites. It's like a very small flea bite, all over my body. It affects others, so I’
Q: We have ten-foot tall ‘Burford' hollies planted very close to our house. They are very difficult to keep pruned so we would like to know how short they could be cut back and not risk killing them.
Q: I recently planted a large Chinese elm. When I was mulching afterwards, I spotted a rope sticking out of the ground near the trunk. It looks like the rope was originally wrapped around the trunk and has strang
Q: How can someone know which combination of fertilizer numbers is right for each shrub, perennial, ground cover or annuals? Is there a list? A: Despite the plethora of tomato fertilizers, azalea fertilizers, l
Q: Last week you discussed controlling English ivy. But I have ivy growing up my house and I rather like the way it looks. It gives me shade and privacy. Is this a bad thing? Will it hurt the house? A: I think
Q: Last month I cut off the dead seedheads in a mixed bed of purple coneflower and black-eyed Susan. I want to transplant some of them but I can't tell the plants apart from their leaves. Can you help? A:
Q: Skunk vine is becoming a real gardening problem in south Georgia. It is spreading from the woods into and over our landscape plants (azaleas, Indian hawthorn and others). What can we do? A: Glyphosate (Roun
Q: I have one Japanese boxwood out of six that has had sections die off. I trim out the dead parts hoping they will fill in. The rest of the bush looks healthy and I have seen no signs of this in the other five b
Q: I have approximately three thousand square feet of fescue lawn. It has lots of moss. I want to put eight hundred pounds of pelletized lime on it to combat the moss. Is that too much? A: I hope you havenR
Yoshino Cherry- Maintenance/Care
Q: My ‘Yoshino' cherry had been in the ground for two weeks and was doing great until the neighbor's goat escaped his pen and found my tree. He ate the leaves then scraped two feet of bark from
Bleeding Heart- Identification
Q: Last May my husband and I were on vacation in Naples, Florida. Our condo courtyard had a particular climbing plant called bleeding heart, with beautiful dark green leaves and white flowers. I dug up some baby
Q: When I grew up in Michigan, my mother had peonies that bloomed without trouble. I dug up some of the roots and brought them to Georgia. I have been unsuccessful in getting them to flower. They flourish in the
Q: I have a ‘Dark Eyes' Fuchsia and would like to plant it in the yard. Is this a wise thing to do? A: You are welcome to plant it but I can't guarantee success. In the first place, fuchsia do
English Ivy- Control With Herbicide
Q: English ivy is taking over my back yard. It has probably been there for twenty-plus years. What's the best product to kill it? A: I've used glyphosate (click for sources) and triclopyr (click for
Q: I am looking for a place where I can get chicken manure by the truck load. A: Billy Skaggs, county Extension agent in Hall county, says there are farms there where someone could pick up either dairy manure
Q: Something is devouring my hollyhocks. There are yellow dots on the underside of affected leaves. Eventually, the leaves look like lace. What can I do to get rid of the problem? A: You have hollyhock rust. T
Q: I purchased ‘Sweet Spanish Yellow Utah Jumbo' onion seeds from a big box retailer. After planting I found out this is a "long day" onion. Will they bulb next summer? If not, why would t
Southern Pine Snake – Identification
Q: I was picking sugar snap peas in my garden in Westminster SC when I heard something moving in a bed nearby. I looked over there and saw a big, light-colored snake! I ran into the house to get my camera and cl
Q: My husband insists that urine from female (not male!) dogs will burn spots in our lawn. Do I need to call the white-coat squad or could he possibly be right? A: I'm not qualified to judge your husband
Q: I planted a sugar maple a year ago. Buds had already formed when we had a hard freeze in March. The buds never opened. I only see one small group of leaves near the base of the tree. My husband wants me to re
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