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The most common and most trailing choices are the perennial Vincas, both major and minor, also called periwinkle. Here's a list of plants I am either familiar with, or sounded like candidates when I looked through my Encyclopedia of Annuals and Perennials.

One last tip: Try not to gloat when you tell hubby you are right. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. The ultimate height and spacing numbers are also a range of what a gardener can expect.

Epsom salts are magnesium sulfate, which has the magnesium that may be lacking and the sulfur lowers the pH. More effective is to put the potted plant, pot and all, inside a larger pot or box so that there is a gap of at least 3 cm around the inner pot.

A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one another. If your question is chosen for this feature, you can be sure you've helped others with the same question.Marie Harrison,...

However, you are from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the average first frost for your area is October 20, which makes October planting risky at best. Mine is just starting to show a bit of change here in Kentucky and the image on the left shows normal color...

Butterflies also visit certain plants and trees to lay eggs. They bite the base off of my coral honeysuckle blooms all the time. This past winter I saw many seedlings coming up in an area that had not burned since circa 1994.

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. The house blocks the worst of the wind and holds a bit of heat from the sun. If you are contemplating something new that is marginal in your area, planting it on the...

That would be a minimum I would say for adding horse manure once a year. Maybe you can find more organics to add to the garden. My image to the left shows ripe hips and some rose seeds in front of the blossoms.

Make sure you are treating your jade properly - lots of light, not too much water, as one reader commented "give it conditions just like Southern California." Is there a chance it could be stretching to get to the light?

Cut your stems with a sharp knife about an inch below a leaf joint and make sure that you have another leaf joint above it. So you have to usually spray UP your plant. Dip the lower end into rooting hormone (not necessary, but it really helps the success...

These images were used with their permission. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. It also has white spots on the stem too.'growing - or not growing - under a very shady tree.

Nicolaus about her experiences with growing banana TREES in Maryland. Novice gardeners should obtain 'pups', which are small plantlets that grow along side of the mother plant. They like beer, and a small dish sunk in the ground will lure them to a watery...

I'd do as Sally suggests and replant, paying close attention to the depth. I've lost seedlings more times that I care to think about myself. Mix a good fertilizer "bulb food" into the soil, and compost if you have it.

So much of plant health depends on individual situations, and individual gardeners' methods (and madnesses: some love to water, others neglect for weeks.) Not knowing whether you are looking for a potted plant for indoors, or a garden plant, I'll give...

Several nurseries on this list have reviews indicating that they might be what you are looking for. Theforum blends newbie questions with experienced gardeners and no question is considered trivial.

Water is not a detail here, Salazie is on the east coast and therefore the moist trade winds hit it regularly, as do cyclones and other natural events. They were followed during the 17th century by poor white farmers and people in search of open space...

Here's how I did it…When creating instant gardens, start by figuring out how much space you have to work with. Then, I hung the potted baskets of bright purple and pinkunder the large white tent that had been set up for food and drink and displayed...

You can sketch out your home and other structures on site and then draw the layout of your flower garden around them. Its colors and patterns will never look the same as they did yesterday.

Include sections inside the bed as well, especially for larger ones. However, you can easily smother grass quickly and effectively without the use of harmful chemicals simply by using cardboard or newspaper.You can start the no-dig bed in early spring...

Theis one of the best resources for your garden design. Whether you are just starting a garden or rejuvenating an existing one, giving it life can be as simple as changing its overall shape.Even if the garden is filled with beautiful plants and other...

The cinder blocks that you buy in the store today are actually concrete blocks and totally safe.Unless you're using antique cinder blocks, there should be no reason to worry, especially when cinder block gardening for vegetables.

And keep the plant out of full sun while it recovers.answers:My late cousin was an expert dahlia grower. In addition to not over feeding them, I've learned that in order to produce the huge dinner plate size, dividing the tubers is essential.

But this is a pretty hardy and hard to kill plant, so if its not doing well, look for a problem in the roots (like rot). You should see plenty of fruit this next season!: For Mikeman13; Normally this is not an ideal indoor plant as it likes LOTS of light.

There may well be a huge load of Pyrus pollen in your neighborhood already. I have a 5 years-old 'Morello' in my garden. In my country the fruits are picked up after the first frost, which doesn't damage them; moreover, it softens them a bit.', which...

My coneflowers emerge with little purple leaves and shoots, but quickly turn green as sunlight gets their photosynthesis factories going. While the seeds may sprout, cold weather will quickly kill the seedlings.

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