Day Lillie Transplanting

QuestionIn Georgia, west of Atlanta, when can day lillies be transplanted and when is best time to divide? Thanks AnswerHi, Thanx for your question. I like to divide my day lilies in the fall. Wait unt

growing green pepers

QuestionI am living in Romania. A month ago I planted in my green house some green pepers seeds from Scotland. Until know nothing appeared. Do I have to wait more? When is the right time to transplant them in my gar

perennials for containers

QuestionTom I live outside Chicago, close to Wisconsin so it gets pretty cold. If I trim off the tops of my coleous and planted then indoors would they last till next summer? This works pretty well with my wa

Dying myrtle

QuestionMyrtle surrounds the tree in my yard. They have been an excellent ground cover for years. This year the blooms were just fine, but now the leaves are withering and appear to be dying. What should I do?  

Garden--bush-lilac

QuestionI am moving and want a start from my very old dark purple lilac bush. How can I do this? AnswerHi Joyce, Thanx for your question. Lilacs a famous for producing many suckers, shoots that come up close

Cala-lilies

QuestionHi, Do you know anything about cali-lilies? AnswerHi Sarah, Thanx for your question. Calla lillies are hardy to zone 7 so they dont tolerate much frost. They come in all kinds of different color

portulaca

Questionare portulaca a perrenial? AnswerHi Scott, Thanx for your question. Portulaca is an annual but I remember when I was a child, my great-aunt had it around her door way in a rural part of our city

Perennial planting from seed

Question------------------------- Followup To Question - I am so confused about when/how to plant my perennials seeds. Im a first time gardener. I live in Zone 5b. I have many perennial seeds which gi

Non Toxic Climbers

QuestionHi There I am planting a cat friendly garden and although i can find lots of info on non toxic plants i cant seem to find any on creepers & climbers. I am looking for a fast growing ivy or such like that wil

Pruning hydrangeas

QuestionHi Tom, I have 4 hydrangeas. Two of them are the typical kind that people think of when they hear the word hydrangea. The plants have beautiful green leaves, but no signs of blooms yet. The

types of flowers for my area

QuestionHello Sijka, I live in Northern Michigan (lower pennisula)and I am all new at this and Im not sure what types of flowers would grow well up here, that would winter over (and preferably not too difficult to t

Perennial sunflower probelm

QuestionHi Tom, My perennial sunflower has not been doing that great: it looks like it is either giving in to some insects or having a disease. My plant does look similar to what I have read if it were subjected to

Hydgreana

QuestionI am not sure if I even spelled this correctly. I have one I put out last year and am wondering if I should cut blums to engourage more bloms.Thank you in advance for any help. Darlene AnswerHi Darlene, Tha

stella doro and asiaitic lily

Question------------------------- Followup To Question - I have a stella doro that is about 3 years old. It has tall (about 3 ft high) grassy like stems growing that have little clusters on the ends that look lik

Carnations - Problem

Question------------------------- Followup To Question - I was able to grow Carnations for years. I moved to another home and planted Carnations last year. The same problem happened last year as what is happening

Hybiscus trouble

QuestionI live in Middlefield, Ohio which is in Geauga County. I am not a gardner by any means. I only plants things that will come up every year. I planted a hybiscus and thought it was doing ok.

Hydrangeaus

QuestionWe recently purchased a hydrangeaus from a nursery. After planting it seem to wilt and the center stem died,and the stalks turned black in spots.It has gotten some new growth and blossomed.My question is are

Iris and hydrangea

Question--Thanks Tom for getting back to me. As far as the iris problem, this may sound silly, but I dont remember what the roots look like, so when I go to dig them up will there be several roots and I just t

geraniums & rose bush

Question------------------------- Followup To Yes I do mean the leaves, not the blooms. The leaves are turning pinkish red. Question - the leaves are turning pink to red on my geraniums. I have a new

CARE OF SNAPDRAGONS

Question------------------------- Followup To Question - Ive planted Snapdragons for the first time ever last Fall. They lived during the winter months and grew and bloomed beautifully this Spring. Al