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Gardening is one of the hottest topics on Hometalk. Whether you're gardening as a profession, or as a hobby, you'll find awesome gardening inspiration on Hometalk. Do you need to identify a plant? Post a photo of it, and a gardening expert will be able to identify it for you. Is your garden blooming in a spectacular way? Share the joy with fellow gardening buffs. All garden talk is welcome on Hometalk; so whether you're planting a flower garden, looking for green gardening tips, or researching the perfect gardening tools, you've come to the right place.



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Gardening: A mystery plant has shown up in my flower bed. Any one know what it is

At first I was worried that it was Hog Weed, but after looking at photos on line I'm not sure.
Aimee Maas
Aimee Maas Fruitport, MI 2 days ago
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    Vicky Jones 9 minutes ago
    Looks like rhubarb to me. My parents always raised rhubarb and it looks like the older ones ...»
    that have the green stalk. Stalks are edible but not the leaves. They say the leaves are poisonous

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Gardening: Is This a Daylily or Something Else?

Hi, this is a (bulb) flower that grows out back. The stalks are very tall (3-4 feet?) and the blooms are about 5-6 inches across. They're beautiful! Please help me identify them. Thank you!
Julie
Julie Searcy, AR Yesterday
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    Paula 30 minutes ago
    They are Asiatic lilies
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  • Beautiful garden and garden gate.  http://heavens-walk.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-old-garden-gate.html
  • Summer decor with a patriotic wreath.  http://ourpinterestingfamily.blogspot.com/2013/05/patriotic-cupcake-liner-wreath.html
  • Barn built and decorated.  http://pudel-design.blogspot.de/2013/05/the-barn-reveal.html
  • Lovely mantel with Spring touches.  http://revisionarylife.blogspot.com/2013/05/modernvintage-late-spring-mantel.html
  • Beautiful table transformation.  http://www.therusticpig.com/2013/05/09/miss-mustard-seed-desk/
  • Lovely dining room and tablescape.  http://throughmyporchwindow.blogspot.com/2013/05/moms-day-lunch.html
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The Queens From Make It Pretty Monday

Barns built and decorated, beautiful dining rooms, garden gates, Summer decor, and the ever present furniture transformation were just a few of the features from the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House.

The Dedicated House
The Dedicated House Cypress, TX 33 minutes ago
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  • The beginning of the end for my 3rd try with Vinca this year.

Gardening: Vinca having a bad year??

I have planted Vinca for years in my sunny spots and it has always done well. This year I have replaced it for the 3rd time and now I'm giving up. Anyone know of a disease Vinca has this year?
Martha K
Martha K Atlanta, GA 2 days ago
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    Carolyn E 37 minutes ago
    A lot of vinca bedding plants this year are suffering from powdery mildew. If you are getting ...»
    replacement plants from the same source each time, you are probably just repeating the infestation. You could switch to the other vinca variety which has larger blooms (I can't think of the name of this variety) and does not seem to have this problem. I have noticed in my area that many of the vinca (such as bright eyes) offered in my area show signs of powdery mildew or the plants are spindly and leggy. I would avoid buying these plants.

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Gardening: Please help tell me what this is called

Can anyone tell me what kind of flower this is, we just bought a home and it was planted in a flowerbed?
Chris Woods
Chris Woods Gonzales, LA 2 days ago
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    Hilliriah Jacobs 55 minutes ago
    it is from the lily family
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  • One of the many varieties of peonies at Goodstay Gardens.
  • Columbine & painted fern by a rock wall.
  • entrance in the stone wall
  • Flowerbeds filled with peonies scent the air.
  • Rhododendrons in bloom
  • Peony blooms as large as dinner plates!
  • statue in the penstemon
  • garden seating
  • Just one of the huge collection of hybrid iris.
  • sun dial in the Knot Garden
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May Garden ~ Historic Goodstay Gardens

On a recent balmy spring evening, the Arden Garden Gild visited the grounds of the Goodstay Gardens on Pennsylvania Avenue in Wilmington, Delaware. At the height of its spring bloom, the ...»
collection of six enclosed gardens was a sight to behold. Breathtaking peonies planted in long flowerbeds filled the air with a lovely scent. Roses, iris, columbines, rhododendrons and many other lovely blooms filled the garden with color, accompanied by bird song as dusk approached.

Dating back to the late 1600′s, this colonial garden has undergone several restorations and improvements: in the 1920′s by Ellen Coleman duPont Meeds and Robert Wheelwright and, for the past twenty years, by the Friends of Goodstay Gardens group.

Goodstay Gardens is an oasis in the city, a trip to the country through a stone gate entry. Here is a small sampling of the beauty contained within. I hope it inspires a trip of your own to discover this garden gem.

see more pictures at http://ourfairfieldhomeandgarden.com/springt...

See a wonderful article by Moira Sheridan on Goodstay Gardens at http://www.delawareonline.com/article/201305...

Face Book site for The Friends of Goodstay Gardens https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfGoodstayGa... (with many more pictures)

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Barb Rosen Wilmington, DE 1 hour ago
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Gardening: What is this??

It is growing beside the road, at my neighbors house. It is growing up into a tree. I think its kind of pretty .. but would like to know what it is first, before I go poking around in it.
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Carla B Glasgow, KY 2 days ago
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    Gypzgyrl 1 hour ago
    Honeysuckle vine is much less invasive than the bush type. The vine is very fragrant and can ...»
    be trained. Watch out for the bees. :)

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  • Succulent Gardens are easy to create and super easy to care for.
  • We used PVC pipe and cut it at an angle
  • Spray painted with stone paint
  • Fill with pea gravel for drainage and soil. Then planted the succulents.
  • Some of the plants were also planted in the ground.
  • Since there were some questions about Indoor Succulent Gardens, I thought I would add a photo of the one we created for indoors. They do great indoors.
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How to Build and Plant a Succulent Garden

Succulent Gardens require very little water and almost no maintenance. And they can be gorgeous!
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Hoosier Homemade Laporte, IN Yesterday
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    Bonnie Lewenza 2 minutes ago
    Very clever, I really like this.
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Gardening: How do you get rid of nut grass permanently?

We have a problem with nut grass. (My mother bought dirt from a nursery and it was in the dirt) We pull it and its back in back in a week. She has used Roundup and it doesnt work. She bought a " nutgrass killer selective herbicide" by a company called Monterey this also had no effect. As you can see from pics below.
Kathy Devencenzi
Kathy Devencenzi Stockton, CA 21 hours ago
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    Karen Goddik 2 minutes ago
    We farm, and this is the hardest weed to control. Even in my garden, I too, pull and pull and ...»
    pull. Stay on top of it and maybe you could slow it down with putting bender board around the area. It is the little nut on the end of the roots, thus the name "nut grass" which you need to get rid of. Once you pull it, burn it and be extremely careful where you put it because chances are, you will have nut grass where it lays.

    Birds are notorious for helping to spread this lovely noxious weed.

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  • The same White Christmas cactus that bloomed once back in December of 2011 is now budding  in May 2013.
  • The pink one also..
  • White Cactus bloomed in 
December of 2011

Gardening: What is the secret for carrying for Christmas cactuses?

I love the Christmas cactus but try as i may...I have never understood how to keep them healthy and alive. I have read instructions on how to water... ...»

Don't over water, do not allow them to dry out...Place them in well draining soil... Blah, blah, blah,...... I purchased a couple two years ago and as usual they still remain a mystery to care for.

In December of 2011 my white cactus bloomed, the pink one did not.

When I moved to a new apartment the following year I placed them at the window with my other sun loving plants as I did in my last apartment..

That December, neither bloomed.......I assumed it was the change and like the other plants... they needed to get acclimated...

I changed their soil and pots over and over again...Some dried them out to quickly like the clay pots...Others like ceramics, would keep them appearing healthy for a while but then they would stop growing.

This year the only thing I've done differently was to change the pots again!. I purchased two cheap little plastic pots from the dollar store and forgot to place holes in the bottom, however, when I watered them... I allowed them to dry out between watering...and did not bother to punch holes in the bottom because they seem fine..

I than decided this month to place them on the balcony where they receive indirect light... And guess what...They began to bud!

I still can't figure this out...What did I do right/wrong? They are blooming in May??

are they not Christmas cactuses?.

Vetsy
Vetsy Spartanburg, SC Yesterday
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    Gail Salminen 1 hour ago
    Vetsy watering only when dry is ...»
    the secret. Not sure the lighting is important. I have my mother-in-law's and it is about 50 years old. I often forget to water it even when dry - it is a little stressed and then when I water it goes into bloom. It blooms a few times through the year. I have heard that stressing this plant prompts blooms, placing in a cooler place will also help.

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