Q: My next door neighbor has put up a chain link fence which I find hideous in my garden! I really want to hide it; what do you suggest? A: I use evergreen clematis, Clematis armandii, for this purpose and it ha
Q: I read recently that the rat population (roof rats in the suburbs and Norway rats in the cities) is exploding. I have always taught people to compost only vegetable and fruit scraps from food preparation: no f
Q: How do I make compost tea? A: My mother used to soak cow manure in a burlap sack to make manure tea for her flowers. Compost tea is similar but the initial ingredient is less odiferous. In fact, compost is not
Q: When is the best time to cut back verbena? Two years ago, when I planted it in the spring, it bloomed beautifully all summer. I did not cut it back because I wanted it to fill a space. This summer it did not b
Q: My wife and I are trying to decide on an economical composter. Do you have any suggestions on the best one to purchase? A: It all depends on your sense of aesthetics, your space and your wallet. If you have a
Strawberry Weevil – On Blackberry
Q: I have found strange bugs eating my blackberry leaves. They are tan, about the size of a BB, and are hard shelled. When I touch one it falls off the plant and acts dead. Damaged leaves have notches along the
Q: When and how is best way to prune my two clematis? Both are older vines, one purple and the other white. A: I called upon the experience of my colleague Erica Glasener for the answer to your question. She sa
Q: I am a new gardener and planted three canna lilies this spring. When the old bloom died away a group of black pods took its place. They are round with points coming out of them. If these are seeds and next yea
Q: Can you suggest any alternatives to the "store-bought" fungicides for bermudagrass? They get awfully expensive when you are trying to control fungus in an acre of lawn! With the wet weather we had
Q: I've recently purchased two ‘Purple Majesty' millet plants. I was wondering if this plant comes back true to seed and when to collect the seed. They both have several seed heads on them and t
Q: I have had good luck with gathering seeds from plants in both my flower beds and vegetable garden. I need your help in determining how to get seeds from a cabbage. A: Strictly speaking, cabbage is a biennial
Butterfly Bush – Remove Flowers
Q: My butterfly bushes have been blooming wonderfully! Is there anything I can do to make them keep putting out the large flowers? A: Butterfly bush produces blooms on new stems. This means that unless new growt
Q: I am at my wits end regarding "wave" petunias that I have bought. I bought one batch and put them by the mailbox. After about a week they started dying one by one. I bought more and put them in the
Japanese Beetle – Milky Spore Disease
Q: Japanese beetles are a big problem for us. One of the people in our subdivision is encouraging us to have a community-wide eradication program using milky spore disease powder. There are 500+ homes in our subd
Q: I have two willow trees and both are beginning to show some kind of red growth on the trunk of the trees. They look almost like small shoots coming out. A: You are seeing adventitious roots, sometimes referre
Q: I have two four-year old clumps of maiden grass in an island. Every spring I prune the dead growth and they always grow back beautifully. This summer I've noticed they have died out in the center. Is thi
Q: As I add more daylilies to my garden, I find that I am spending more time removing spent blooms! By doing this am I actually helping the plant or just increasing the aesthetics? A: Daylilies have varying abi
Q: There is a clump of what resembles miniature daylily leaves growing half-way up a flower stem on one of my daylilies. I have never seen this before but I want it to keep it alive if possible. What is it? A:
Q: With the terrible drought, I have several dogwood trees on which the leaves have all turned brown and have begun to fall off. I know they won't put back on leaves this year, but are they going to be dea
Q: I am fairly new to gardening and would like to know if there are certain flowers that can be planted in my veggie garden that will ward off deer and bugs. Any truth to this? A: Flowers in the vegetable garde
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