Mussaenda

QuestionI live in Asheville,NC and would like to know if the mussaenda plant will survive here if I pot it? AnswerHi Connie, Mussaendas are tropical, and would not survive your Winter up there; you could put it in

Chicago Fig Tree

Question Fig Tree 1 fig tree 2 Nick, Problems with my Chicago fig tree again. I sent you photos in July because it stopped growing for few weeks. You said my t

Chicago Fig Tree 2nd email today

Question Fig Tree 3 Nick, here is a photo of my fog tree showing one brown spot on one leave. Please advise. Also, should I change the pot size again and since my tree is now about 18 month

winters coming...

QuestionHey Nick Grace here, happy to tell you that my babies are doing well (alberta spruce in pots from my wedding back in late April). Were getting our first frost tonight and the colder weather is coming so I wa

my avocado tree is going through transplant shock

Questioni took it out of my friends garden as a present from her and potted it to bring it to my house and used the soil from her garden in the pot then the next day all of the leaves went down. its about a foot and

Patio Peach tree (Bonfire)

QuestionLast spring I planted a dwarf peach tree. few weeks later it had new growth on the side. This growth had green leaves and not the purple ones. This year those are coming back green. Is this normal? Also, h

Starting Lilacs in Pots

QuestionI just purchased 3 Common Lilac plants. What I received is little more than a biforcated woody twig with one tiny green leaf on each woody sprout. I live in zone 6 and these plants seem far too delicate to p

Tropical fruits Tree

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, I live in Houston Texas -zone 8B - I would love to plant an Alona Sabodilla and Sugar Apple , but due to the Texas weather in winter - somedays under 28 F- I am afraid those trees will no

Plant Combination

QuestionQUESTION: Hi , I live in Houston Texas - Zone 8b-- My back house ( bed room ) was facing West- last 2 years I have some white Oleander trees planing 1 foot against the Wall for shading & th

Fertilization

QuestionWhen growing a deciduous plant in a container, should I still fertilize the plant after it has lost its leaves? AnswerHi Brandon,,,treat it the same way you would , if it was in the ground, when a deciduous

Vegetable compatibility in same container

QuestionI am newbie starting a tote DWC and wish to know if I can grow cherry tomatoes and green peppers in the same system I am going to have 6 3 inch net pots and wish a variety of vegtables in same tote. thanks

Arborvite ina Container for 10 Years

QuestionHello, I have had wonderful success with my 3 arborvitae in large plastic containers for over 10 years. Beautiful, tall privacy on a city deck. Well,the summer heat did them in and I am trying to get them ou

lilacs

QuestionCan you grow lilacs in a container? AnswerYou are going to have to be prepared to pot them up often if you want them to be a blooming shrub. They can get as big as a tree when they are planted in the ground

flower box choices

QuestionCan you offer some choices of flowers that will tolerate full sun. We have window boxes on our front windows of our home,which are south facing.With no sort of any shade,we have full sun for much of the day.

dwarf peach tree

Question dwaft peach My dwarf peach tree seems to have died over the last year, but it had started growing small branches off the very bottom and off of the root possibly. The main trunk/plants older branches

terranium

Questionhi im attempting my first terranium with moss i got from around the house i was wandering is it possible to use just rocks and water or do i have to have soil? also is there any safe homemade pesticide i cou

When to water

QuestionI am a first time gardener & am growing in containers out on my porch. Its been very hot so Ive watered everyday but have lost some plants. I plan to bring them inside come fall & realize their watering requ

Brown spots on lantana leafs

Question Brown spot Lantana plant I have a lantana plant on my covered balcony it starting To get brown spots on some leafs. Can You help my? AnswerI can tell you some things that cause brown leaves,

Dieffenbachia

QuestionI bought a beautiful dieffenbachia full and dark green leaves. I took it to work and for some time it seemed to be thriving. After a while it started yellowing with soft almost soggy leaves. I took it home,

Container gardening beginner help

QuestionHello! I am so new to container gardening, its not even funny. I currently live in a rental, and the landlord has forbidden any digging of any variety. So I was thinking 5 gallon buckets for some basic veg