Planting hostas along a foundation all

QuestionI know that hostas are moisture loving. Knowing this, is it safe to plant them directly alongside the foundation wall of the house? We have very little sunlight between my house and my neighbours and g

yellow flower

QuestionQUESTION: I bought a root at Wakmart that was supposed to be a bleeding heart. Instead I got a plant with yellow flowers that have eight petals. The leaves are fairly shiny with a mildly serrated

Hollyhock

QuestionHi Tom, We have been raising Hollyhocks for about 10 years now. We have one plant on the outside edge of our area this year that has one stalk that is limp and the leaves are limp and curling up

lack of flowers

QuestionI have several helleborus winter flowering plants that I have had for 2 years. I bought them as young plants, grow them on and then planted them outside. All I have had is a lot of growth with plenty o

Brugmansia bloom failure

QuestionLive in zone 9-10 and having trouble getting Brugmansia candida to complete a full bloom. The plant has lots of 1/2 bloomed buds that stop before a full bloom. Good water, sun and fertalizer. An

gravesite plants

QuestionI live in Newark, Ohio and Im looking for a perennial that can be planted at my husbands grave that wont spread alot or grow very tall. Ive planted dwarf roses at a friends grave and had fairly good success

using plastic instead of landscape fabric

QuestionWe want to put a weed/vegetation blocker under our pool deck. We have used landscape cloth in our flower beds, but it is expensive and weeds do pop through it. I was wondering if we could just use plastic (v

Oriental Poppies

QuestionThis is the first year for my oriental poppies and they are beautiful. Will they reseed themselves? Any other hints for increasing the plants in their same location. AnswerHi Don, Thanx for your ques

unidentifiable plant in garden

QuestionIt is a 3.5 to 4.0 feet tall plant with elongated, fuzzy 12 in. long leaves. The upside down cone shaped top has one-half inch flowers (yellow in color). The flowers bloom a few at a time, not all at o

Sweet Talk Calla Lily

QuestionI puchased a calla lily plant in May. I moved it to a permanent pot. It did very well for @ 1.5 months. Now the ends are starting to get brown on the flowers. I am new to calla lilies

Bromelaid Neoregelia Compacta

QuestionHello, I recently purchased a few Neoregelia Compacta. Some of them had a beautiful dark pink-reddish center. I have kept them in their pots, under filtered light to shade conditions. Others were

birdbath plant

QuestionEnjoy your site... I put in a small concrete pedestal birdbath surrounded by a rock garden. I thought of putting in the birdbath some sort of ivy or sweetpotatoe looking plant that would grow in water. It si

hydraneas

Questionthis year is the first year for trying hydrangeas. Upon receiving them, one was white and the other pink. It is now the 3rd week of June and all of a sudden the white is turning green and the pin

Hydrangea care in my climate

QuestionHello! Im in Eastern Washington (climate 6a) and despite Western Wa being lush, rainy, and green, the east side of the state is essentially desert-y. I just bought some small, gorgeous H. macrophylla- small,

What kind of plant is this??

Question FLOWERING PLANT _ 1st I am trying to determine what kind of plant this is, I am thinking it is a stephanotis floribunda, the leaves on by plant are very similar to the stephanotis but the flowers are much

Foliage turning yellow prematurely

QuestionHello Tom, Need your expert advice again! I have Stargazer lilies that seem to have grown to only 1 foot high and have stopped. I was told that these get to over 3 feet tall. Im planning on addi

rose of sharon transplant

QuestionLast fall I transplanted my Rose of Sharon. It seemed to adapt well to the new site. This year no foliage has appeared on the shrub but the wood is still green, flexible and obviously alive. &nbs

Planting perennials around a sign

QuestionTom, Im looking for some colorful landscaping design ideas for planting around a front entry sign (approx 4x5)... Id like to make the sign stand out. Im thinking possibly lavender, knock out ros

thinning black eyed susans

QuestionMy black eyed susans have a white powdery substance on the stems. I read that a remedy for this is better air circulation which is achieved by thinning out the plants. Can I do this now (late Jun

Red Twig Dogwood Milky Goo

QuestionQUESTION: I have a row of Red Twig Dogwoods that are suddenly dripping a white milky goo all over the plants. They are about 15 yrs old and I have never seen this before. It might have happened b