Q: After searching for a grass-like ground cover that doesn't flower I found Green Carpet Herniaria glabra Rupturwort on-line. Will it grow well in full sun in Alpharetta? A: I've not grown it but i
Italian Cypress – Dead Foliage
Q: My Italian cypress has rust spots and I assume that is some sort of fungus. What do you recommend? A: In my experience Italian cypress is relatively short-lived. It grows wonderfully fast for a few years, look
Q: In November 2011 we cleared out some of the trees in our backyard, brought in top soil, and created an area that looked something similar to an hourglass. There is a gentle slope from the top of the hourglass
Q: Our orange tree has been indoors for the winter. The leaves now have a rust-looking deposit on them. It feels gritty when you rub the leaf. What can we do? A: I'm reasonably sure the plant is infested wi
Cherry Tree – Planted Too Deep
Q: I need your advice on a cherry tree that I planted three years ago. The tree trunk has been developing cracks and some branches are now dead. Can I save the tree? A: It sure looks like it was planted too deep.
Camellia – Wires Embedded in Trunk
Q: I have taken on the monumental task of reclaiming my mother ‘s formal gardens because she has developed Alzheimer's Disease. I'm concerned for some camellias which have been trained to grow u
Asian Ambrosia Beetle – Dogwood
Q: I have an Asian dogwood. This spring little white “sticks” started popping out of the trunk overnight. I wiped them all off, (it looks powdery and comes off easily) but today they were all back. Would you know
Q: At my home there already existed around my pool two well-established palms. They looked fine *last* spring, but so far this year all the limbs are slanted down completely, and brown. Obviously we had a cold
Q: We have a Macho fern that we bought last summer and it was doing great in a pot on the front porch, we brought it inside for the winter and it did very well. Now for the spring we decided to place it in the g
Hole in Lawn – Tree Trunk Subsiding
Q: I have a single hole in my front lawn, about a foot deep, cleanly dug without loose dirt around it. It’s kind of in the middle of the lawn and not near anything. A: It looks like a spot where once lived a smal
Blueberries – Not Shipped to Georgia
Q: Do you know what's happened in the last year or so regarding blueberry bushes being shipped to Georgia? I have never had an issue in the past but recently web sites are indicating that their blueberry p
Peach Leaf Curl – Identification
Q: We have an ornamental peach tree that has a problem on some of the leaves. No insects found. What is it and how do we treat? A: These are beautiful pictures of peach leaf curl! Spring is a time of numerous pla
Q: My fig tree has not put any leaves or even any little buds yet. Did this past winter kill it? A: I’m on the edge of my seat trying to decide the same question about my mother’s figs which, like yours, seem to
Q: We have several eight-year-old maple trees at the fire station I work at. As you can see, they look rough. My best guess as to what happened to them is they were severely scorched last spring. Another crew bur
Q: We were out in the yard this weekend and I noticed a few dark pink flowers on my otherwise light-pink azalea. Then we looked closer and noticed a flower that is half light pink and half dark pink. This bush i
Q: Shortly after we had these pavers installed we noticed a small gray patch of something. It slowly grew to a large gray patch. Now we have a second gray patch. And the first patch has developed little white fli
Q: I planted a Princeton Elm about 3 years ago and the upright vase shape has been lovely. Now the elm seems to have had a growth spurt and added several feet to the limbs. A recent downpour has made it droop sev
Pepper and Basil – Bacterial Leaf Spot
Q: Can you tell me what the black splotches on the basil in our small garden are? Q: This is a picture of a pepper I planted about 2 weeks ago. It looked healthy and vibrant when I put it in. Other pepper plants
Q: There were hundreds of these bugs on my Nellie Stevens holly, stripping the plant leaves. Then they up and left! A: It's a gray blister beetle, Epicauta caviceps. It doesn't usually eat leaves but
Red Knock Out® Rose Turning Pink
Q:I have 5 large Knock Out® roses in my yard, 3 are planted together. They have been in the ground for 3 years and have always been red. They just recently bloomed and one of them is now pink and another is turn
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