Ferns browning leaves

QuestionHi Nick, this may sound like a stupid question, but I just purchased a large. beautiful fern which is potted about 1 wk ago. I keep it outside... not directly in the sun, in fact its close to the house

window boxes

QuestionHi We own a market in Montpelier VT, zone four I think. and I am looking for bright cheerful blooming flowers to put boxes along our outside porch. We can certainly water and deadhead but really

TINY container plants?

QuestionHi, I have this small chain of hanging basket-type of pots that Id like to display next to my front door. There are four pots that hang vertically. They are only about 4 inches in diameter

Bayer Systemic Insecticide OK for Flowers?

QuestionI have several night-blooming primroses that the bugs just love. Ive tried spraying them, but I cant keep up. Bayer Advanced (#502802B) Systemic Insecticide has worked very well in keeping bugs off some smal

artichiokes not budding

QuestionI live in Northern California on the coast. Transplanted artichoke plants from my former yard (where they grew without any attention for years) to oak 1/2 barrels/potting soil, at my new home about thr

Brown Turkey Fig Tree

QuestionI just purchased a brown turkey fig tree and planted it in a container. (zone 5 Chicago area) it seems that the leaves are turning brown. What could be happening. Thank you Ellie AnswerHi Ellie, Figs

patio lemon tree

QuestionHi I am try to grow a patio lemon tree for the first time it is in my greenhouse the leaves going yellowish and seem to have sections bit out of them can you help me please &

papyrus plant

QuestionI have just recieved in the mail a papyrus plant and I am wondering what is the coolest temp it can tolerate. I live in Rhode Island zone 6 and it is still below 50 degrees at night. is that still too cool f

transplanting

QuestionHi there, this is a tricky one. I have a lovely virginia creeper that has been gradually growing up over the front of my house and looks lovely. It is planted in a half-barrel outside our front-d

fig tree leaves

Questioni recently put a potted fig tree outside. I live in PA and the weather has recently become warmer. I put tree outside in the sun and then moved it into the garage at night. Two days in the sun asnd the numer

Pampas- cortaderia pumila

QuestionWe have a very small garden but plenty of room for pots etc. Can cortaderia pumila be grown in a very large pot?? Or does it have to be planted in the garden? AnswerHi Audrey, it could be, but eventually it

pruning scotch broom

QuestionI live in Pennsylvania and have one GORGEOUS scotch broom!! It has grown quite a bit over the last few years and I would like to prune it but Im not sure of the correct way to do it. My understanding i

Avacado Tree in Container

QuestionHi, I would like to get a Haas avacado tree and live in Ca. by STockton. I cant find a dwarf or semi-dwarf so I wondered if I got a regular one and grew it in a pot, would that work? This way I thought it wo

Flower Pot Odor

QuestionI have a large flower pot (about 42 diameter and 30 high) on my patio that usually smells bad when it is watered. It sits on pot feet and seems to drain well. Its planted with a hibiscus tree and

Fast-growing food in containers

QuestionHi Nick, my name is also Nick. Id like to buy some seeds so that I can quickly and easily grow some food in the event that the national food supply system breaks down. I have no dirt in my small back

watermelon in wading pool

QuestionQUESTION: I am growing vegetables and some melons in 3 foot round wading pools. My local co-op told me to plant 1-2 watermelon plants to a hill and that I could have 4 hills in my wading pool. Co

hot sun

QuestionI have struggled for 5 years to find a hardy flower to put in my flower boxes. The front of my house has hot afternoon sun, and all my flowers get scorched, even with daily watering. My spiller a

Impatiens

QuestionSome critter is cutting my impatiens at the base of the stem. Each day I find that more stems have been cut. The plants are healthy and in full bloom. It looks similar to a forest being cleared. AnswerMy gu

watermelon container

QuestionI bought some Charleston Gray watermelons and I saw you had informed someone else that it is possible to grow sugar babies in a container, I was wondering if it is possible to grow Charleston Gray watermelon

ants in wooden barrel container

QuestionDear Nick, I have a large wooden barrel container - about 2.5 feet high and about 3 feet in diameter,the kind you see at garden shops - in which Ive planted flowers for about 4-5 years (I live in New England