favorite year round annuals

Questionmy question is... what are some favorite annuals that you could recommend? i am tired of my yard and lawn being so desolate and scary looking. help please! thanks, les AnswerWhat gardening zone, or state/cl

Wilting lavatera

QuestionI have a lavatera (beauty mix)that I planted from seed...one of 3. It was my most beautiful plant foliage-wise and starting to bud. All of a sudden today after several cloudy-moist days in the 70s with perio

flower or weed?

QuestionLast year I planted some rudbeckia, strawflower and something else I dont remember. This year, in almost the same spot, some plants with very fuzzy leaves and stems have come up. The plants are

yellowing of leaves

QuestionThe leaves on my vincas, geranium, and daisy are yellowing. It is quite hot here in the Rio Grande Valley (tip of TX). Do the plant need fertilizer, more water, or what? AnswerIt is difficult to say. If you

double impatience

QuestionI have 3 hanging pots of double impatience purchased about a month ago. They had lots of blooms on them when I purchased them. One pot now has very few blooms and I have noticed some of the leave

yellow lillies

QuestionWhy are my yellow lillies having so many yellow leaves? The leaves that are not yellow are very pale green and have a yellow tinge. They just do not look healthy. I am watering them well. &

pinching impatiens

QuestionHello, Just wondering how to make my impatiens get bigger. They are doing awesome but I heard they get bigger if pinched. I have them around a large rock in the front of my house. If pinching helps....how do

Problem Petunias

QuestionDear Rick, I live in the suburbs of Detroit, MI. I have two pots of Petitunia Happy Dream Danpethap PPAF Pentunia Hybrid I am having trouble with. They claim to be easy to grow and I usually kee

Elm tree desease

QuestionWe have a large Elm tree that has lost at least half of its leaves already and the remaining look wilted. Is they anyway to conserve this tree. AnswerJohn, Without laying eyes on the tree its hard to

care of impatien

QuestionI live in SE pennsylvania. My inquiry concerns a hanging,potted Impatien Infinity PinkFrost plant. It is in a mostly shaded area with some late sun. The nursery told me to water everyday with enough so that

BLACK EYED SUSANS

QuestionI HAVE BLACK EYED SUSANS PLANTED IN THE GROUND NEAR MY MAILBOX. THEY DID WELL THE FIRST YEAR. EVER SINCE THEY FLOWER VERY LATE (last week) AND SCANTILY. The petals are narrow and pathetic. THEY ARE PLA

CUTTINGS + BURNED PETUNIAS + SOIL MOIST

Question3 QUESTIONS: WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO MAKE CUTTINGS OUT OF ANNUALS AND PACKIES? I WAS THINKING OF PUTTING IN ROOTTONE AND THEN WET SAND.. IS THIS BEST WAY? ONE OF MY HANGING BASKETS OF PETU

MARIGOLDS WILTING / NOT

QuestionI have been growing marigolds forever.. they were one of my hardiest plants. For some reason this year they are the least hardy of all my plants and I have gotton different varieties from differe

i would like to know the care...

Questioni would like to know the care for the purple scaevola fan flower.my sister bought me a hugh moss basket for my b-day down in georgia and i live in michigan and it is almost sept.i would like to be able to ke

Dog Problem!

QuestionMy last two rounds of annuals (zinnias, then mums) took off beautifully and then, a few weeks after I plant them, the flowers start to look ashen and then the plants start to die. When I pull them out

hikura nashiki standard

QuestionI have 2 hakura nashiki standards in whiskey barrels. What should I do to help them survive the winter? They cannot be moved. The exposure is south. I live on cape cod in E. Dennis. You helped me choose thes

Saving flower seeds

QuestionMuskogee, Oklahoma I like to save seeds from annual flowers and would like to know whether the entire base and petals need to be dry before the seeds are gathered, or if the base is still green, are the seed

saving begonias

QuestionI planted store-bought begonias both the pink and white with glossy leaves in the spring,I live near Wash DC,several small ones have sprouted from the seeds falling,will they survive winter and grow larger i

Saving plants over the winter

QuestionHello: I am about 400 miles north of Minneapolis,and would like to save some geraniums and spikes over the winter.I have them growing in large pots at the front door. I can move both pots into the house,but

WILL THEY RESEED.

Question I PLANTED THE NEW SUNNY LEMON STAR CLIMBING BLACK EYED SUSAN . I WAS WONDERING IF THEY WILL REGROW THE NEXT YEAR . THANK YOU JOYCE AnswerThe climbing black eyed susan vine (Latin Name: Thunberg