Pansy – Wilting in Cold Weather
Q: Can you give me some information on pansies and how they stay alive during the freezing weather? Do they have plant anti-freeze in them? Does the water go down to the roots at night? A: Pansies are members of
Q: A co-worker of mine is having a terrible time because she evidently caught an infection from being stuck with thorn from a rose bush she was moving. She had a place on her leg that wouldn't heal, then af
Q: Along a creek bed near Yatesville, Georgia, I came upon a low growing plant with a pretty white flower that I cannot identify. The bloom was a little smaller than a golf ball. It looked like tiny honeysuckle
Q: I was recently in Bainbridge. A lady was making a flower arrangement with "flowers" I have not seen before. The flower looked like a six-inch tall pine cone on a very thick stem. She called this a
Q: I know a couple who purchased a large piece of country property recently. They are experiencing an infestation of scorpions. The pest control companies they've contacted say they can't help them ge
Caterpillar – Predicting Winter Weather
Q: Please help me with folklore predictions of how the weathers will be. One of the things I've always heard about are the black woolly caterpillars, but don't know which one means that the win
Q: This is an elephant ear blooming in the front of my house. It also bloomed last year. Can you tell me how often to expect this? I have others that haven't bloomed at all in 9 years!! A: Elephant ear is i
Q: In September, while visiting a garden in north Georgia I saw an interesting vine. The flowers looked like what we called "monkey's fist" in the Navy. Do you know what it is called? A: They ar
Confederate Rose – Identification
Q: This plant was given to me by a friend whose house was about to be torn down and he called it a "Cotton Rose" but wasn't sure. The first day the bloom is white with a yellow center, the secon
Q: I am a Barrow county resident and I have a giant Willow tree in my yard that is starting to look "sick." Now maybe it is because fall is approaching, but maybe not. When going out to inspect it I
Q: We planted two specimen Chinese elm trees early last spring after finishing our pool. One appears to have died. I noticed in the summer that bees appeared to be swarming around the base of the tree. Now they
Creeping Charlie (Ground Ivy) – Control
Q: I have a pesky weed which I don't have any idea what it is or where it came from. I feel like it showed up because of my poor soil. I have dug up this weed, made sure no roots were left, brought in some
Q: I grow a few tomato plants each year with limited success. I have spent years trying to produce fruit which has an acidic taste–a bit of a bite. Bland tomatoes are edible, but just barely so. Is the acid
Fescue – Resisting brown patch
Q: I am tired of my fescue lawn dying every summer. It always starts with brown spots, then progresses to just dead patches all over. I am looking for the highest-rated fescue that has the best resistance to brow
Q: We have a Carolina cherrylaurel in our backyard. It has some brownish-gold spots as well as some small holes in the leaves. It gets early morning and afternoon sun with spotty shade most of the rest of the day
Q: I have two camellias that were planted last May. They got brown spots on the leaves and now the spots are turning white. Do you know what's wrong with them? A: This is a good example of what happens wh
Iris, daisies – Care in extreme weather
Q: At this late date, my iris and daisies have all bloomed and are now resting. I usually wait until the end of September to cut them way back for next year, but with all the rain and heat, they look dreadful. Wo
Daffodil bulbs – Determining quality
Q: This spring I reworked a weed-choked flower bed. It had a couple hundred daffodil bulbs in it. I dug the bulbs up and laid them on a mesh trailer and forgot about them. They have been laying on this mesh (outs
Tree cavities – Recommendations
Q: In a recent tip, you recommend not filling or drilling tree cavities. An arborist has recommended inserting a pipe at an angle through the cavities in a large oak so that any water will exit the tree. Can you
Herbicides – Marking lawn with dye
Q: I have a problem spot-spraying herbicides in my lawn. It is difficult to keep up with what I've sprayed and what I haven't sprayed. I have seen a professional lawn care company using a spray that m
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