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The little plants can be left to overwinter and then get moved to wherever you want them in early spring.If you want to start some plants for the first time, seeding them is easy. Early spring seeded plants may produce flowers by fall.

This location allows for the shade and moisture retention needed for optimum performance of this wildflower. Charming, five-petaled, blue blooms with yellow centers explode from the stems from May through October.

For your shady areas, you can combine forget-me-nots withcreeps and drapes over ledges, but also spreads out to form a low mat of color in late spring and summer. When planting next to forget-me-nots, don't forget the greenery.

Read the label carefully and use the product strictly according to manufacturer recommendations. However, the plants will soon resprout if you don't remove every bit of the roots.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

They can seem unstoppable, but they're actually quite easy to arrest if you plan well. Even though these plants have few problems, there's always a risk of fungal disease or insect pests, so read up on the most common issues of forget-me-nots you'll see...

With light, basic potting soil and good drainage, find a spot for your plant that will be adequately warm. Pinch off dead flowers after they are spent to encourage new blooms. Don't cram them into the container either.

The only real danger comes from, which may be drawn to the leaves. Once you've planted it, you're likely to have the flower in that spot for years to come. While the plant can grow up to seven feet tall and four feet wide, it rarely, if ever, needs to...

But maybe the new ones aren't as needy as you think. (this was not always possible as some gopher holes were in areas where I couldn't dig, and some were among very nice plants I did not want to disturb) Anyway, you need to at least enlarge the hole and...

One of the best ways to stop the cycle is to let the top layer of your soil dry between waterings. Harris Seeds offers many color separated seeds too.is just one of the zinnia selections.

But it's a fall foliage favorite, just the same.Since Azomite is a natural amendment with various minerals and elements, it will not harm (or burn) your plants if you add too much to your soil.

How tall is the wall or how far down do you hope things will trail? That will probably be faster for you than it would be for me. First is the sow inside until ALL danger of frost has passed part.

This will help keep from having to use so much additional soil. You may need him for heavy lifting at some point!answers: Yes indeed! The ornamental sweet potatoes do fine as a houseplant.

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. I have read that vinegar can be added to water, but I have not tried this.In the U.S., Epsom salts is used...

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you.

Once you begin experiencing regular frosts, your soil temperatures will drop, even though snow is still a ways off.If you are choosing a plant from your local nursery, what condition is it in?

The pictures they've posted show, to my eye, white flowers with only the faintest pink tinge, though the closed buds are pink. They bite the base off of my coral honeysuckle blooms all the time.

Answers: The term ‘winter protection' means to give your plant just a little help to survive a harsh winter. 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.

For those who are unfamiliar with the process, roses produce a fruit called rose hips, and that is where you'll find the seeds. There will be as few as one, or maybe a half dozen. To cover that all, one inch deep, would take 20 cubic feet of material,...

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. Make sure to keep all your light-sensitive indoor plants rotated so they don't lean too much to one side.Finally, I like the asymmetrical, off-center look, but that's...

Generally, a southern or western exposure is best for indoor winter plants. But you do have to approach them properly. Your plants probably won't require as much water indoors, but pay attention to humidity.

Should I give up on it, or what should I do? Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you.Thanks to Joan for the Lilac image and palmbob for the palm image.

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. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure.

When they have somewhat or completely died back, you can dig them up. When a tiny plant only has a bit of a root the width of a sewing thread, it cannot possibly take in much water.

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. I buy them in September and plant them in a sunny spot for blooms all winter as long as the weather is not too cold or snowy.

There is a generalforum for help with edibles. You'll want some sort of humidity dome for your cutting for a few weeks... Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure.

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I particularly enjoy heading over to the local library or bookstore and pulling up a chair in the gardening aisle., their classic beauty is always a welcome sight, or delving into dreams of sophisticatedthat inspire zen.