How To Plant A Flower Garden

It simply won't happen. I may get a few, but they are easy to pull up or transplant to another area. I had to look hard to find a tree that wasn't a sterile variety, so apparently I'm in the minority in actually liking those spiky balls! Sadly, mine hasn't...

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. If you're not getting ANY blooms, then by all means, go ahead and cut it way back like you did; this is called...

Critterologist wrote a wonderful article about ornamental sweet potatoes that is quite informative and you can read itRemember, if you have a gardening question that you would like to suggest for this feature, post it.

Give your potted fig some gentle fertilizer and good care until fall. 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.

We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! Our writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming Ask-a-Gardener, one of our Saturday...

If you're not familiar with its appearance, it can look like a problem. Several studies indicate drought brings on early fall color, but I'm not able to determine if experts suggest excess moisture does as well.

They were coming up in a cut along a trail, where there were few other plants to compete with them.It is fascinating to watch the recovery of the chaparral after a fire. If your flowers look definitely pink though, then a mistake may well have been made.

I have some scarlet milkweed that I'm going to try and over-winter in the ground, so we're in the same boat. If your plants can be cut back, as mine can, cut them back to a few inches above the ground and mound mulch over the stems.

Organic matter in soil is being constantly consumed during the growing season, so whatever you add this year does not all remain for next year. Chances are, your new roses won't be exactly like the parents, but it will be a fun way to get new roses for...

Do this very gradually, taking off no more than a quarter or less of each branch at a time.Meanwhile, you should do two other things. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing.

They lose their leaves and look like sticks in their pots. Cuttings should be rooted in about 6 weeks and you'll see tiny new leaves starting to form. Then I just spray the remaining plant from below first with a sharp stream of water dislodging most...

Thank you."Hello...I plan on planting this palm from a 15 gallon container over our sewer line about 15 feet away from our house. My question is, would be possible to use grow lights outside?

Squash and cucumber vines will abort fruit in heavy clay soil that is too wet. An unpollinated squash will grow to about the size you indicate and then simply dry up and drop off. They like shady areas and cyclamen is a favorite treat.

I had this same problem as a young gardener when I transplanted some daffodils located at an old home place. The buds did not form. Just use one good treatment at this time then stop.

It was so dependable that I got tired of it and gave a small new one back to my MIL to keep, while I experimented with other exotic choices. Read lots of feedbackAnnual: Pansies are the one annual I buy every year.

You'll find more info in this article,. Remove at least a couple rows of leaves (fewer leaves on a cutting means less water loss or wilting while new roots are forming), and try to make the plant more symmetrical again.

Longtime readers of my articles have had the chance to visit two cirques of Reunion Island with me: Mafate and Cilaos, but so far we missed Salazie. As you may have guessed, the sign translates as "pee upward"--not very poetical but full of meaning.In...

I feed my roses with a timed-release fertilizer once in the spring.Note how the color of the Forest Grass is reflected in the growing tips of the coleus. Poppy Mallow is a wonderful native vine that clambers through perennials and up into shrubs, never...

Keep reading to learn more.An instant garden is essentially a quick shortcut for making a garden overnight using potted plants, both flowering and foliage. Here is an example:Only two days before my daughter's wedding in June, the bride-to-be appears...

I'm not an “artsy” person per se, but I always tell people that the garden is my canvas because it truly is my way of letting the artist out. It relieves my stress (although a dead rose bush can send me into a whirlwind), and it's a great workout...

It starts with eliminating the grass as we did in the dig method. It will also make it easier when choosing plants, as these should always be compatible to the area. Dig down about four or five inches around the bed's perimeter.

So if the current garden shape design isn't what you'd like it to be, if it seems uninviting or lacking something, don't let it burden you. Be sure to look around you. Pull them away from the house and add graceful curves to soften the edges.

This should keep the bed from sliding around. This will make the bed much sturdier and less likely to fall.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });Stack the blocks so the holes are facing up too.

You could try soaking it in a saucer or bucket of water for a few hours instead of top watering, or you could give it a bigger pot. When they start to show some growth, pinch each of the growing tips to encourage branching.

We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! I don't like soil on the lower leaves like your plant has...

I have a 5 years-old 'Morello' in my garden. ' is the best cultivar you can plant if you want to eat raw quince, but '' is the most cultivated in California. Chances are, when you put it outdoors again next spring, it will produce leaves with more white...

Regardless, your bulbs will be fine and will live to bloom next year.answers: Coneflowers are perennial plants that go dormant in the winter. You may have some blooms frozen, but the plant will survive.