The most common and most trailing choices are the perennial Vincas, both major and minor, also called periwinkle. 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.
You'll end up with a little less than 28 inches of bare ground in between them. Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you. If the vines get too lanky, trim the tops and start again.
You could dig a hole in the garden and "sink" it, pot and all. Most questions are answered promptly and with sound advice. If you can shelter the plants behind a parapet wall, upstairs room, bamboo screen, or the like, it can only help.
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Soil temperatures are warmer than in the spring, and the plant will have several months to settle in before the heat of summer begins. Soil temperatures should be at least 50 or warmer when you plant trees and shrubs (warmer for conifers).
Sprinkle some of them through the bed for a cheerful border and include a few butterfly magnets such as zinnias to round things out.answers: Fortunately and unfortunately, color is subjective, and only defined in the eye of the beholder.
With just a few preparations, you can conceivably increase the climate area where a plant is growing as much as a couple of zones. Any kind of windbreak or structure that holds heat, affects the micro-climate around a plant and the area remains a few...
And I'd venture to say, if you don't think you are seeing an improvement in your soil yet, you just are not adding more than the garden uses each year. How about a hydrangea? Our writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them...
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. Pot up all the cuttings you prune off - they may reach perfect shape and size before the 'mother plant' does.
Around the middle of February, they'll start to sprout new growth and I'll move them to my dining room for another month until they can safely live outdoors.If you have plants living outdoors on a summer vacation, such as ficus and philodendrons, you'll...
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."I got a...
There is ais a bush canteloupe. Mine are in my garden outdoors in a shady protected area. A few grains of salt sprinkled on a slug will kill them quickly. Squash and cucumber vines will abort fruit in heavy clay soil that is too wet.
Your bulbs have several weeks in which to use the food now but will die down no matter what as their natural cycle dictates. They need to have enough fertility and sunlight in the current year to make enough energy to store it over the winter and bloom...
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. If too big, it can easily have some tips cut off and rooted for a new plant.
If you're still interested after reading what they say, you can scroll back up to near the top and find the link for "7 vendors have this plant for sale." That takes you to a list of vendors with links to their websites.
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Whether you have 50 or 500 square feet of area that you would like to plant with flowers, the process should be fun and enjoyable. One cold spring morning you may decide you want to start the painting all over again.
Determine the whereabouts of any underground utility lines and the nearest water source.Before you plant a flower bed, you should make a sketch. While starting a flower bed requires some planning and forethought beforehand, it's not as difficult as one...
Put your garden shape ideas on paper first and then use containers to find and position your desired effect before placing anything in the ground.Remember, a boring garden is not the effect you want to achieve, so choose something pleasing and full of...
But if you want something cheap and attractive that's not going to go anywhere, you can't do better than cinder blocks. This should keep the bed from sliding around. This way you can fill the holes with soil and expand your growing space.To make the bed...
The key is to get them planted early enough in the year that they have time to establish a good root system before freezing conditions. According to Swan Island, avoiding high nitrogen compost and highnitrogen water soluble types will help avoid weak...
It also, being a yucca, does not need much watering (maybe monthly?). Put near as bright a light as possible.For Russ15; 1) why were roots exposed? Did something get in there and start eating them (like a gopher, rabbit etc.?).
Maybe there was something else planted with the daffodils that the gophers wanted. Cuz if I could, that would be awesome.Sally G miller answers:For good fruit set, you need a tree within about 100 feet, of the right type (apples don't pollinate pears...
Whether you use traditional or organic fertilizer, these numbers will be somewhere on the package, so if you've been advised to use more nitrogen, choose a package with a higher first number in relation to the others.Remember, if you have a gardening...
Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so our fellow members can help you. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting...
Don't overwater! I usually water in the evening and fertilize the next morning. And site the peony in a colder microclimate of your yard, if you can. Jules Elie (medium pink double), and Teresa (pink), as good choices for warmer gardens.
For the uninitiated (like myself, until a half hour ago) pleaching is a pruning and training method. I agree that pleached citrus or camellias COULD look elegant along that wall. Waiting until the season heats up might cause young seedlings to struggle.
