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Gardening

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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: 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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    BJ Ferland 47 minutes ago
    As stated before, Crinum latifolium. Here is some background info for you. http://www.onlineplantguide.com/Plant-Detail...
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  • lush succulents from Home Depot
  • 3inch pots from Home Depot $1.99 each
  • the rocks really set off the plants nicely
  • Fantastic reclaimed wooden planter over 42 inches long & 9 wide.  I need to make one of these for myself!
  • So cute & plump
  • love this color green ~ so cool
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Appreciating & Propagating Succulents

I am in love with succulents now...I hold them in a "careful" embrace along with my more traditional plantings in my garden. Look at the gorgeous reclaimed wooden planter I put together ...»
for a client, learn to propagate these little beauties & enjoy low maintenance plants all summer!

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Kelly@mysoulfulhome San Marino, CA 2 days ago
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    Kelly@mysoulfulhome 49 minutes ago
    You can probably just put in a layer of gravel or pebbles if your hubby isn't up for ...»
    drilling...drilling ~ grilling it is Memorial Day weekend right?

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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 Yesterday
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    Gardens By Design, LLC 1 hour ago
    Nutgrass is one of THE most difficult weeds to treat in the landscape. Here is a link to a two ...»
    pronged attack that has proved effective in Goergia. http://www.ehow.com/how_6510287_kill-nut-gra... Good luck!

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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 
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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?.

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Vetsy Spartanburg, SC Yesterday
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    Vetsy 1 hour ago
    Roxann.... Wow! 18! I love it! You guys have certainly been helpful and I appreciate your ...»
    comments and tip.... Thank you very much..

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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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    Hoosier Homemade 2 hours ago
    Hi Deborah, If you click on the link, it will take you to my blog post, I have very detailed ...»
    directions and also a video showing you how to create the garden. Let me know if you still have questions.

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  • This is how our Lithodora looks today in our front garden bed! (May 2013)
  • One year ago, here's the Lithodora, w/ a newly planted patch in lower left. (April 2012)
  • You can see how much fuller and bushier it is this year! (May 2013)
  • I love how the newer plant and original plant spread and combined together! (May 2013)
  • The buds are a medium purple color, which look so pretty mixed with the intense blue flowers! (May 2013)
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Blue Perennial Flowers? Try Lithodora (an Update with New Images!)

This is an update to my original Lithodora post here on Hometalk -- http://www.hometalk.com/1047300/lithodora-ev... -- with new pictures so you can see how this plant has grown in just ...»
one year! Can you tell that I adore this plant? :) #MayGarden

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Laura, The Shed blog by P... Little Egg Harbor, NJ 7 hours ago
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    Alexandra Arena 2 hours ago
    WOW! These are just lovely. I'm always looking for pretty blue flowers.
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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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    Alexandra Arena 3 hours ago
    What a gorgeous flower!
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Power to the Lemon: 10 Amazing Household Tips

Lemons may seem pretty run-of-the-mill as far as fruit goes, but this citrus has hidden potential! Since they're highly acidic, lemons have a ton of simple and helpful applications around ...»
the house. Want to keep ants away? Or maybe you'd like to give your windows and mirrors an extra shine? Look to the lemon! Here are ten amazing uses for our yellow friend.

More: https://brightnest.com/posts/power-to-the-le...

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BrightNest Denver, CO 3 hours ago
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    Alexandra Arena 3 hours ago
    This is an amazingly informative post! Lemons are great and smell so good! Love your graphics!
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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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    Terresa K 3 hours ago
    Rhubarb plant
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  • Vetch spreading randomly throughout some of my gardens, especially the flowering raised beds.
  • Vetch invading some of the perennials, choking them
  • More vetch randomly invading phlox and other perennials ~ my columbine, butterfly bush, flax, etc.

Gardening: Vetch

Does anyone have a solution to ridding my raised beds of vetch ~ it keeps invading my perennials here in southern Maine and the more I try to remove it and its roots, the more that seems to appear. Suggestions, PLEASE!

Kate Young
Kate Young Sanford, ME 2 days ago
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    Vanessa Godfrey 3 hours ago
    Spraying Round up will kill every thing, and if you use enough to kill that infestation you ...»
    could have in your soil for weeks. Dig out all you can, spray a natural weed killer on the soil, cover with cardboard/paper which every one you have the most of and use a watering bottle at the roots of you larger plants you can't move. Vinegar, salt, and Dawn works well to spray it on the weeds as it comes up, this will kill the roots as well, but you have to spray just about every day. recipe 1 gal vinegar, 1/8 cup salt, 1/4 Dawn dish soap. mix and spray,

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