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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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  • 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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    Kate Young 9 minutes ago
    Well, thank you Gail, Jeanette, Vanessa ~ I'm going to put some of this together and try a ...»
    variation ~ the vetch is growing out under my raised beds which are deep within the ground themselves, so know this evil weed is running deep. It's going to take me a bit, but somehow I'm going to try the vinegar recipe and replant the smaller ones, protect the butterfly bush as best I can and use landscaping cover ~ I hope a combination and perhaps I'll find a weed killer specifically aimed at VETCH ~ hate it!! Thank you all so much for your suggestions and help. I'll try to let you know what seems to work in the end ~ if this darned rain ever stops!!! Happy Memorial Day Weekend to all!

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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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    Charlotte Hall 44 minutes ago
    In New Mexico we call them surprise lily also.
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Gardening: Unknown plant taking over.

Can you telllme what this is and how to get rid of it???? Please ! At this time it has tiny blue flowers. Soon they will turn to blue/purple berry things. What a mess.
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Linda B Crescent City, CA 1 hour ago
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  • Weed??

Gardening: What is this? Is it a weed or a type of spinach

I found this growing in my carrot bed this spring, I let it grow but I still haven't figured out what it is. I shared my vegetable garden with my neighbor last season and I know he planted something late last summer. The simple resolution would be to ask him but he moved. Anyone with suggestions would be much appreciated,
Sarah Maes Lieberenz
Sarah Maes Lieberenz Denver, CO 2 days ago
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    Amy Wieden 2 hours ago
    It's spinach, it looks nothing at all like pigweed. ;)
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Gardening: Black lines on sting ray plant

I have black lines on my sting ray plant, I didn't have them last year. The plant seems healthy, and is still sprouting. The lines look attractive. Is this suppose to be or is something wrong with it?

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Willow Titusville, FL 2 hours ago
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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 3 hours 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 
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?.

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Vetsy Spartanburg, SC Yesterday
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    Vetsy 3 hours 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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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 4 hours ago
    What a gorgeous flower!
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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
    Terresa K 5 hours ago
    Rhubarb plant
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  • up close, zoom in. 5

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.
Carla B
Carla B Glasgow, KY 2 days ago
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  • Vanessa Godfrey
    Vanessa Godfrey 5 hours ago
    there are two separate plants here, the tube flowers are Honeysuckle. Climbing Hydrangeas is a ...»
    maybe for the other ball shaped cluster of flowers.

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