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Saxifrage might trail over the edge; I haven't grown it myself. Those send runners out every year which will hang down two or three feet. In lieu of a soil test, I agree that you can use a balanced all purpose fertilizer such as Miracle Gro.

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Answers: Most crape myrtle foliage turns reddish or maroon in the autumn. Color develops when the tree quits producing chlorophyll, so any changes during the season might jump start the process.

There are no blue tulips, roses, clematis or daylilies, despite the wishful thinking of many breeders. In the first year or two after the fire, there were probably a lot of lupines and various poppies and mariposa lilies in the area.

I have some scarlet milkweed that I'm going to try and over-winter in the ground, so we're in the same boat. A few inches of mulch and maybe a large bucket covering that would insulate the roots enough to survive the winter.

Rose seeds do not need to dry out, so keep that in mind. Could you start a compost bin? If you'll clean the hip material off of your seeds, you should be fine. That would be a minimum I would say for adding horse manure once a year.

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?

Clematis seed can take from 6 months and up to 3 years to germinate, so be patient.It will be easier to take cuttings, and you are assured of getting a plant exactly like the parent, so that is what I'd suggest.

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Generally, holes chewed in leaves with no culprit in evidence is a dead give away for slug activity. Since they hide by day and do their destructive deeds by night, it may be hard to catch them in the act.

Your bulbs have several weeks in which to use the food now but will die down no matter what as their natural cycle dictates. When they have somewhat or completely died back, you can dig them up.

For a summer annual I'd have to say an annual Salvia. Better wait till spring and, in the meantime, find a place for them inside your home.adds: Large sheets of bubble wrap can be had for free if you visit an autobody or collison shop.

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. You'll want some sort of humidity dome for your cutting for a few weeks...

Also, be sure to allow your plants to sit outside overnight in the place where they will be planted so they can get used to that garden bed's particularThe day of the wedding arrived.

If you have a wet, slow-draining spot in your yard, like I do, check to see if any of the plants you've chosen like amarsh. Shopping for the seeds is one of my favorite things to do in late winter and watching the tiny seeds grow is something no person...

Use a hose, spray paint or flour to mark out and shape the bed. Fill the area with cardboard or several layers of newspaper and saturate with water. While starting a flower bed requires some planning and forethought beforehand, it's not as difficult as...

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Once upon a time cinder blocks were made of a material called “fly ash,” a byproduct of burning coal that can be harmful to your health. Just do one layer. Just a little.The confusion stems from the name.

Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you Basil and cilantro can be re-started from seed, too. Rootbound plants often just can't soak up the water that they need.

The report is that crowded plants bloom better.answers: You did well and your strawberries' roots will be there next year. These will quickly suck the juices out of the leaves and kill them.Remember, if you have a gardening question that you would like...

Plant daffodils about six inches deep, and space the bulbs five inches or more apart from each other. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure.

You may have some blooms frozen, but the plant will survive. It takes some extended severe weather to freeze these hardy spring flowers back. Jill Nicolas wrote several wonderful aticles on winter sowing,answers: Most of us who live in this part of the...

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our...

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. Summer temperatures are regularly over 90 degrees and sometimes triple digits. The lower end of the chilling-hours scale is 100 chill-hours.

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. For the uninitiated (like myself, until a half hour ago) pleaching is a pruning and training method.