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Thanks, everyone! I appreciate the quick responses. I'm glad I won't have to dig up the trees.
Gardening: My Lavender is lackluster! Help?
I'm having great luck with all my flowers/plants so far this spring EXCEPT for my lavender. It's quite pathetic looking, frankly. I'm not sure if lavender is generally a slow-grower but mine is growing at less than a snails pace. Any tips out there for helping my lavender to grow and thrive? I want to help it, but not sure how! Thanks everyone :) (It is potted on my deck)
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Put it in the sun, it is big enough for full sunlight and needs it to grow. Make sure you keep ...»
Gardening: Suggestions for window boxes. No fake plants.
So very hot here in the summer. Any creative ideas for window boxes. No real or fake plants, please.
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I have pulled out the flowers and put in plates, ceramic balls and shells. Still a work in ...»
Gardening: Please name this plant
This plant sheds its leaves in winter and in May bears new leaves then buds then these white flowers with yellow centers. It is a perennial and very hardy. This shrub is very old and does not need pruning.
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It's a Mayapple.
Gardening: Persistent crape myrtle
I had two huge crape myrtles taken out, thought I had the stumps ground. But they keep sending up suckers in my papyrus. Anyone know how I can stop this, it's constant.
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I've had good luck with killing roots by pouring Clorox on open 'wound'.
Gardening: Reclaiming a flower bed...
I need help! I am trying reclaim a garden bed in the side of my house. Someone laid several layers of black plastic down years ago it appears and it has been over grown with moss. I have gotten 3 hostas to take in it. Am I right that I should pull up the plastic, til it and start over??
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When adding materials that close to the foundation, just make sure you have a slope going away ...»
Gardening: Silver Maple Sapling.
I had a silver maple sapling come up in one of my flower baskets when I brought them inside last fall..It stayed alive in the basket all winter and even had 2 little leaves on it. This spring, I transplanted it in a 5 gallon bucket making sure to get all of the roots even the tap root. It's doing wonderful and now has at least 10 leaves on the top of the "knitting needle" sized stem (or should I say trunk?). It's definitely getting taller but I'm not seeing much growth in the
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Thanks to all that replied! I am fully aware of the down side of a Maple tree but the majestic ...»
Gardening: My pomegranate tree is being attacked by ants!
I love looking outside and seeing how well our pomegranate tree is dong this year. We've raised it over the past 6 years from a tiny sapling and now it's producing some beautiful fruit.
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I would also try to find out where their ant hill is and destroy it. I had ants destroying my ...»
Gardening: Ants on My Prickly Pear!
A friend noticed some tiny (sugar) ants on my Prickly Pear then told me they would kill it. They are not easy to grow here and I really don't want to loose it. At this time it also has
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Gardening: Planting corn?
I'm looking for advice about growing corn. I'd like to plant some in my backyard, but I have a lot of questions. Does corn need a lot of sun? What type of soil is good for growing corn? Does it require a lot of water? Also, when is the best time to plant? Spring or fall?
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I planted corn last year using the Square Foot method. Planted half a 4x4 plot and two weeks ...»