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(Joke.) These shrubs are pretty tough and it WILL be back.answers: There are some things I'd like to know before making any suggestions. And that brings me to suggest you consider a few shrubs which also would hang over the wall, such as winter jasmine...

Potting mix is expensive and if you need to supplement with bagged material, you can actually buy garden soil or humus cheaper. You may need him for heavy lifting at some point!answers: Yes indeed! The ornamental sweet potatoes do fine as a houseplant.

Stones are reasonably effective and decorative. Many do very well as late summer, technically "fall," crops. You'll need to consider your fall frost date first. Just make sure that you don't place the plants along the south side of a wall or the reflected...

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. Our writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming Ask-a-Gardener, one of our Saturday morning features.

Soil temperatures are warmer than in the spring, and the plant will have several months to settle in before the heat of summer begins. Once you begin experiencing regular frosts, your soil temperatures will drop, even though snow is still a ways off.If...

We do not have that species in my area, but we have the similar Lepechinia fragrans. Color is such a subtly finicky thing with some of us, myself included. If your flowers look definitely pink though, then a mistake may well have been made.

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. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge!

Break the hips open and collect the seed. Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you. Fall leaves are much fluffier and you could do several inches of them, preferably topped with manure to help them rot.

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. With your jade plant, it sounds like you want to drastically change its shape. Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can...

Be sure to get both sides of the leaves, the stems and the soil. Take your cuttings from stems of the current year's growth. Light requirements depend on what you want to move indoors.

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. It has bloomed, but there are no roots, I put a miracle grow stick in it and it looks like it is dying.

Many farms in Japan use this method because space is at a premium there. Generally, holes chewed in leaves with no culprit in evidence is a dead give away for slug activity. Some of the smaller winter squash vareties will climb a fence without any additional...

(Bone meal is an old standby amendment for bulb planting as it adds a dose of phosphorous, but it has very little of the other nutrients needed.) Good fertile soil under the bulb is the daffodils best source of energy.

It creates a windbreak and protects the roots at the same time. 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.

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. It can't take up water until it grows new roots, and meanwhile extra humidity around it will keep it from wilting.

Whether you're creating instant gardens for a special event like a family reunion or a birthday party, or you're just short on gardening time in general, the result will be spectacular!

It's a constant creation, and you really can't go wrong. It's time to get dirty! A shovel, a dirt rake, and a trowel are definite necessities for loosening the soil and creating holes for each plant.

You can plant a flower bed any way you like – big or small, curved or straight, raised or flat – whatever. Determine the whereabouts of any underground utility lines and the nearest water source.Before you plant a flower bed, you should make a sketch.

Curved garden shapes also look more natural and are much more pleasing to the eye than sharp edges and straight lines.If possible, extend the living space of your home by enlarging or addingareas, such as a patio or deck.

Keep reading to learn more about raised garden beds made from concrete blocks.Using cinder blocks for garden beds is especially nice because you can so easily pick your height. Just a little.The confusion stems from the name.

I'll plant it here in a week or two since the temperatures have moderated a bit. Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you Nursery stock live several years in their containers before they're sold, so just...

This can also keep the voles and moles away . Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. Caffeine, the most widely consumed drug in the worldanswers: Judy, I also have moles and voles in my garden.

They will become a thick clump in a few years. Any appropriate tree within about 100 feet of your D'Anjou will work. Edible pears are Pyrus communes, while the inedible flowering pear 'Chanticleer' is a Pyrus calleryana.

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 they are in bloom, 30's won't faze them but teens might cause some damage.

Remember, if you have a gardening question that you would like to suggest for this feature, post itOur writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming Ask-a-Gardener, one of our Saturday morning features.

The lower end of the chilling-hours scale is 100 chill-hours. Jules Elie (medium pink double), and Teresa (pink), as good choices for warmer gardens. Both are rated to zone 9b and as long as they aren't in blistering sun, I believe they should do well...

But I'd caution that those trees or shrubs could quickly get out of hand, and become overgrown, without skilled and dedicated care.Can I be honest? Answers: Bulb2005, you should have transplanted your strawberry plants outside before it snowed, as long...