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However I can clarify the instructions for your impatiens seeds, which have two main parts. You can read DG member feedback on almost any plant by checking the PlantFiles. (But THAT'S when I should sic him on the forsythia, though!)It's pretty much impossible...

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge!

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. Just make sure that you don't place the plants along the south side of a wall or the reflected heat might bake them.answers: Although bougainvilleas are sometimes...

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. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing.

Although I'm not familiar with your climate, things like ice storms, late freezes or even early leaf-out affects the timing of my color show. However, you are from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the average first frost for your area is October 20, which makes...

Good luck with your purple and white garden.adds: Color is affected by soil composition, but each plant responds differently to the trace elements available. There would be a number of chances for human error to occur in the labeling during the propagation...

Answers: The term ‘winter protection' means to give your plant just a little help to survive a harsh winter. Any kind of windbreak or structure that holds heat, affects the micro-climate around a plant and the area remains a few degrees warmer.

Over winter they'll begin to decompose. When the rose hips ripen, they'll usually be red or orange, sometimes yellow. To cover that all, one inch deep, would take 20 cubic feet of material, or about ten average mulch bags full.

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?

We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! I have not lost one yet to whiteflies, but they get weak, spindly, and very ugly if you totally ignore 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. Should I give up on it, or what should I do?

Do you have good bee activity during the day? An unpollinated squash will grow to about the size you indicate and then simply dry up and drop off. Scrolling up to "Search articles" I find the one I remember, by Jill M.

They produced foliage, but never bloomed. Most gardeners tend to kill the seedlings with kindness and water them to death. I had this same problem as a young gardener when I transplanted some daffodils located at an old home place.

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. If it's about big plants like conifers, they might survive and you will be able to plant them later in the...

Here's a link toentry, from which you can click on the pictures link and see pods, flowers and more.A bit farther down that page, you'll find comments from a number of Dave's Garden members who have grown or observed this tree.

It was very enjoyable seeing it all come together so nicely and so quickly! An old garden bench right in between two flower beds made it seem cozy and complete. I added someto my garden beds, tilling it into the soil which had already been loosed with...

One cold spring morning you may decide you want to start the painting all over again. 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.

Use a hose, spray paint or flour to mark out and shape the bed. Let's look at how to create a flower bed.So you want to build a flower bed. Then carefully lift out or peel back the sod.

Does your garden look tired? Perhaps it is suffering from a dull shape or lack of direction. If the garden lacks focus, regardless its shape, it will also appear boring. Create focal points that draw the eyes toward the garden's most attractive features.

Just do one layer. Just a little.The confusion stems from the name. 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.

Do this again around the first of July. When they start to show some growth, pinch each of the growing tips to encourage branching. Try shading the pot or insulating it somehow. But I much doubt you'd have any success on renewing them over winter, to...

You can try the "drowning" method by pouring water with a hose in the vole's hole and keep it there until it fills in all the tunnels and the water comes out...which can take some time, but it worked for me several times.

I've grown White Christmas many years and there is also some variation in leaf color throughout the season as well. Last summer was the first when it bloomed and fruited more than a few cherries.adds: I've inserted links to our Plantfiles pages for these...

A bag that is marked 16-4-8 contains 16% Nitrogen, 4% Phosphorus and 8% Potassium. The top part of the plant will wither and die but your roots stay alive and comfortable under the soil.

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.

Older leaves will eventually wither on their own, but once they start looking bad they're really not contributing to the plant any more, so they may as well come off. Erv Evans, writing for, echoes that care advice, and adds the cultivars Baroness Schroeder...

If you'll do it yourself, bear in mind that you will have to be able to prune the top of this growth, at eight feet. My advice is to get them out of the garden now and keep them in a garage, then transplant them in spring.