Rose of Sharon Tree Did not Leaf Out this season

QuestionI have a Rose of Sharon Tree/Standard in my Perennial Garden that I planted three years ago. It stands about 4.5 ft tall. (However, I purchased it from a mail-order nursery already in standard form.) Each se

Honeysuckle Vine Questions

QuestionI have 2 areas covered with Honeysuckle Vines that I had started from 4 inch plants. They obviously love the areas, and have massively grown in the past 3-4 years. They flower profusely, and are

petunias

Questioni have petunias in pots and baskets and over the last two weeks they have become very leggy with fewwer flowers on , what can i do to restore them to their former glory ? AnswerHi Caroline I think that the

day lilies

QuestionJust HOW do I dead head the yellow day lilies that I grow by the fence? Your past letter to someone stated that the green bulb should also be removed...do I cut it just below this bulb? Thank you

Use of a large bed for bulbs and perennials

QuestionI am located in southwest Idaho. I have an area 64 sq. ft. split into two triangular beds. They are in partial sun. I have enjoyed planting tulips in these beds, but want advice on a perenn

Blue Columbine

QuestionI planted seeds from BLUE columbine in my garden, but the plants that grew produced MAUVE color blooms. Do the blossom colors depend on soil acidity the same way Hydrangea do? Or are the blue blo

mandevilla

QuestionI bought 2 red ridinghood mandevilla plants. I live in Tx. I would like to know if I can plant them outdoors and leave the through the winter. Will they come back in the spring? Please give me some advice on

what kind of plant is this?

Question what kind of plant am I have a plant in my flowerbed that i would really like to know what it is so i can get more and know more about it any info you can give me would be great thank you so much AnswerH

starts off of Lambs ear

QuestionHow do I get starts off of Lambs ear? AnswerHi Glenda, Thanx for you question. Basically, you can just pull a piece of the plant up or dig it up gently and detach from the rest of the plants. Pl

Scottish heather/pruning

QuestionI have a sturdy heather plant which seems to do well in NY State without mulching in the winter (but maybe I should!). It has developed a very leggy, woody center w/ branches leaning outward. The

irises not blooming

QuestionA friend gave me some irises three years ago. The first year that I had them they bloomed. Last year and now this year they have not. I am going to seperate them this year will that h

Planting daffocdil bulbs

QuestionMy neighbor just thinned out her flower beds and gave me a large number of daffodil bulbs. She told me I could plant them now (July, Wisconsin). Im thinking I should wait until fall (late Sept./O

tiger lilies and landscape fabric

QuestionHi. I have a small sloping patch for my tiger lillies but it has a heavy root system already in place with weeds and wild bushes. I have weedwacked the area and place landscape fabric over it. &n

Black eyed susans

QuestionI had a landscaper who planted black eye susans in my garden bed last fall.I noticed only 4 out of 12 have started to show leaves.So do I assume the the rest which r standing without leaves dead?There has

Mandavilla

QuestionI have a Mandavilla I bought last year. I took it in for the winter, I put it on my deck this summer and the leaves have come out beautiful will I get flowers back on it soon, so far there are none. Do I nee

Tiger Lily yellow leaves

QuestionI weeded a flower bed of the house Im newly renting and went a little crazy and accidentally pulled up a few 4 foot Tiger lilies with flower buds and those blueberry looking things. I replanted them in the

Crepe Myrtles & Butterfly Bush

QuestionQUESTION: Hi- I live in zone 9, Fresno CA very very hot in July and August 80 degrees by 10:30. I just planted a red crape myrtle bush and two butterfly bushes on the west facing side of my house. They are f

Daylily running wild-help!

QuestionI planted 4 stella doro daylilies last year & I need to stop the endless runners invading the bed & even under the edgers & into the grass. Its only near 1 of the origional plants but I realize the runners c

stella de oro lillies

QuestionMy stella de oro lillies are not really blooming, and they are covered with seed pods. I read some advice given on this website, but I have a question. Does it mean that it would help to cut the seed p

maple tree companion plants

QuestionI have a big beautiful Maple tree in my front yard, and have trouble finding perennials that like the shade and the clay that can survive Minnesota zone 3/4 and those thick tiny Maple roots at the surface.