Hedges and a Forest flame

QuestionI have recently moved into a new home near Glasgow with a large overgrown garden and hedges everywhere. I have cut them down and am digging out roots (nightmare!). What should I put onto the soil to kill any

Trimming Arborvitae

QuestionI have an arborvitae bush - possibly a globe - that is 6x6 and 4 1/2 tall. It is an older bush with 3 main branches. I would like to make this a smaller bush again. This bush is located in

lack of full flower on oakleaf hydrangeas

QuestionHi! I have three oakleaf hydrangea about 4 yrs. old,next to the house on the north side.They have really grown and the first couple of years flowered beautifully.The last couple of years in the spring I get

Boxwood and nutgrass

QuestionWe live in NC and recently planted a boxwood hedge at the front of our lawn near the sidewalk. We dug up the soil, mixed additional soil in and left enough space for root growth. Out of 21 planted over

Photinia Stressing

QuestionSir; We live in southern Arizona and been in our current house for four years. We have 4 Photinia trees (so I was told) in our backyard, that the previous owner put in years ago. These are about 11 fe

hydrangea no flowers

QuestionI purchased my hydrangea several years ago. It gets bigger each year and the leaves are beautiful, however, no flowers? it is in full eastern sun. what can i do to get it to flower? also when do I prune it.

Japonica Azalea

QuestionMy plant seems to be dying! Its lived well on a balcony in a pot since spring. I think it ended up getting too wet- its leaves were going brown, so have now put holes in its pot and its still dropping leaves

Non-burning Burning Bush...

QuestionHi Ed~ Thanks for your response-I was sure they were burning bushes, since I stick the little plastic plant info tags into the ground right next to the plants (Im not exactly an expert iding anyt

Need evergreen privacy hedge in shade

QuestionWe inherited a nice border of arbor vitae and cypress with our Victorian, which nicely screens most of the neighbors view (and our view of THEIR house). But there is a lovely old Norway maple, great for shad

Winterizing Crepe Myrtle

QuestionI live in Northern Ohio. Last year I brought a Crepe Myrtle from Virgina and planted it in my back yard. During the winter, I covered the base with leaves and surrounded it with plastic bags as a

dying evergreens Tree & bush

Question ------------------------- Followup To Question - I live in Indiana The evergreens are twenty five years old . One tall evergreen is dead and now my bushes are starting to die. I cant see any bugs. This j

Watering Crepe Myrtle Trees

QuestionI live in the realtively hot inland valley of Southern California(Rancho Cucamonga) and I planted three Tuscarora crepe myrtles from 24 boxes about 2 years ago. Since then I have noticed during hot weather t

Yews/EvergreenS

QuestionThere are three upright yews on the west side of the house. One started dying immediately. Two are starting to turn brown and I have no idea how to help them? Other evergreens are showing b

Crepe Myrtles not blooming

QuestionI live in Maryland and have five Hopi Crepe Myrtles in containers. I planted them last year and they bloomed, but this year, they have not bloomed yet. I overwintered them on our south facing porch and in th

Arborvite damage

QuestionI have an arborvite that got no sun exposure on one side for a summer and a half. It is totally brown, as you can imagine. Can I bring this side back? The rest of the plant is healthy excep

windbreaks/withering lilacs

QuestionHello, I live in northern Nevada about an hours drive east of Reno. Elevation is 4300 ft. I planted a small fruit orchard and want to protect it from high winds. Have already planted a row of caragana on th

roses of sharon

QuestionI hope I have the right topic. Here is my problem I just planted 2 roses of sharon,and both of them there leaves have turn brown and dryed up. Now at first I thought I was watering them to much, but when the

Euyonomous Shrub

QuestionWe live in Princeton WV. It is located in the front yard. Is this shrub suppose to have any kind of bloom? It is common for hornets to be attracted to this shrub and make a nest in this? Ho

Estimate for large yew

QuestionI need to locate a rather large yew...approximately 15 feet high by 8 feet wide. Any suggestions on where I can locate this size plant and what would it cost. Thank you AnswerLinda, There are compani

Dying Privot Hedge

QuestionI have a Privot hedge at the front of the house which seems to be slowly dying. Parts are very green and bushy whislt other parts are totally brown and non growing and other sections which are turning