Re: planting now in Vegas

QuestionFor Peas, which type, split, green, pod? What type of top soil do you suggest for it as well as the hybrid lettuce, kale? Ive got existing clay/gravel landscaping. Also for the edibles is t

Pruning; Best Practice versus Necessity

QuestionHello Kathleen, So many different plants, each seeming to require their own special treatment. Thus, I confess; pruning utterly befuddles me, so much so that I rarely prune at all, for fear I will kill ...

Wisteria bark problems

QuestionI live in central OH and I have a wisteria that has been growing over an arbor for many years. Currently the main trunk is 6-8in in diameter. In the summer the foliage is thick, green and healthy. Some years

Vine?

QuestionVine QUESTION: Hello, I tried to find the proper category for my question; hopefully you can help. At my daughters house, a large vine (?) grows on the side of her house. Its leaves are green and appr

grape vine dried up

QuestionWe are in Arizona and had a slightly colder night last week (around 32 degrees)When we woke up we found some dead leaves on our rose bushes, lemon tree and apple tree. Our young concord grape vine instead wa

Black-eyed susan vine dropping flowers

QuestionHello Kathleen, I just bought a black-eyed susan vine 2 weeks ago. Repotted it. Problem: In the evenings it would drop 3-4 healthy, whole , nicely blooming flowers. What am I doing wrong?

Black-eyed susan vine dropping healthy flowers

QuestionHello Michaela, I just bought a black-eyed susan vine 2 weeks ago. In the evenings it would drop 3-4 healthy, whole , nicely blooming flowers. What am I doing wrong? What should I do to pr

Best pot for Grape Vine

QuestionQUESTION: Good moring ! Could you give me some advised- I live in 8B zone - Houston Texas - I have a new grape vine ( Black seedless- Concord) and there are 4 small spots available for i could plant her - a

Suppernong problems

QuestionSuppernongs here are getting ripe. Problem is I keep finding a substance on or hanging from the fruit which look like spit. It is a foamy type substance. Had someone say it was from cricket

Wisteria

QuestionI have 2 wisteria vines growing over an arbor and this is their first year to grow and bloom. I just looked outside and one of the plants looks like most of the leaves are withering. The other pl

ivy vines

QuestionHI KATHLEEN I HAVE IVY VINES IN MY BACKYARD AND I WANT THEM DEAD. WHAT CAN I PUT ON THEM TO KILL THEM FOR GOOD? DOLORES TOWNSEND AnswerGood morning, M

Can you ID this vine?

QuestionHey there. I have a bed of dianthus, wallflower, zinnia, and dahlia. I noticed about a week and a half ago a small vine growing underneath my dianthus. I took a picture of it and someone told me it was pois

Help to find this vine that my mom had years ago

QuestionI asked a question on here last year in Sept. 2013 About Avon that my mother had in the 70s I was getting ready to order this vine and its not the one that she had. I was told on here that it was a Chinese b

trumpet vine

QuestionHello- I have a trumpet vine in my back yard that someone planted years ago. Instead of putting up a standard trellis for it, they stupidly used a piece of chain link fencing, and now the trumpet vine

Bougainvillea

QuestionQUESTION: I have planted a 5 gallon size red Bougainvillea that I want to train up a post. Hole was adequate size I believe and filled with at least 50% expensive mix from the store. It is actually growing q

hedge bindweed

QuestionQUESTION: hi, i know this is a weed and not commnly grown as a house plant but i got a hedge bindweed seedling growing indoors at a north facing window and in a jar of water its growing realy good i wa

Vine or root sucker

QuestionQUESTION: I have this 100 ft tall maple tree and what I have been calling a vine comes out of the ground and climbs way up in the tree. I cant even make out the foliage because it is all mixed in with

clematis vine

QuestionFor some reason, both of my clematis plants got off to a very fast start this spring They are now well above the top of the trellis and beginning to curl on the inside of my awning Would it be harmful

Morning glory

QuestionMorning glory (I think) is trying to overtake my large shrubs (10 feet high and 20 feet across). Have used a chemical the last six years from my nursery with a power sprayer to kill the vine w/o killing the

golden pothos

Question a a Hello, Dear Kathleen , I wish that you were doing fine, I have a question about my golden ivy , it suffers that brown spots , it starts as a smooth area then it turns brown , no special loc