Q: A friend gave me a plant he called a "hanging iris". He said it should be placed in a hanging basket to bloom in spring but should be brought inside during the winter. Do you know the botanical nam
Q: I would like to grow edible bananas. I could bring them indoors during the winter. Can you recommend a variety? A: A recent caller to my radio show said he had small banana fingers showing on his bloom stalk
Squirrel – Relocation Problems
Q: As a wildlife rehabilitator, I feel I need to respond to your article about trapping squirrels in the attic. I appreciate your reference to "humane traps", but you didn't indicate what people
Q: Our new home has a beautiful large maple tree which concerns me. It has grown in three major directions leaving a crotch at the originating junction of the three branches. The crotch is deep and holds a fair a
Q: Would you please give me some information on how to plant cotton seeds? I went to the library so see if they had a book on this subject but they did not. A: Before you plant the cotton seed you must have pe
Joseph's Coat – Identification
Q: I have received several Joseph's Coat plants from a friend. Is this plant an annual or perennial? How tall/wide will it grow? A: This is tough because there are so many plants with this name. Do you h
Weed Control – Using Weed Fabric or Newspaper
Q: I have recently removed an area of bermudagrass in order to plant shrubs. I want to put down a weed block to keep the bermudagrass from growing in the area. I was planning on using the fabric type of weed bloc
Q: My friend has a beautiful mulberry tree and has offered to let me take a branch and try to root it. How would I go about doing that? I would love to try to grow a mulberry, especially for the birds, but also
Q: I have been given a plant that I think is called "equiseedem". It is only bunch of tall green straws in a pot. Can you tell me something about this plant and how to care for it and what to expect i
Q: I have a dogwood tree in partial shade which looks healthy enough except that leaves started growing out of the trunk. I thought it was a vine growing up the tree. Someone told me it had a virus called ̶
Q: I have several Siberian iris in my garden. They are one of my favorite spring flowers but I am not fond of the foliage that looks untidy all summer long. Does it damage the plant to cut it back after the bloo
Allamanda, Mandevilla and Dipladenia – Differences
Q: I am finding two vines for sale in garden centers, neither of which I am familiar with, but both of which are very pretty. One is "dipladenia", and the other is "allamanda". Informa
Q: How do I go about drying summer flowers like hydrangea, zinnia and yarrow? A: I found excellent information from both Auburn University and the University of Florida. The publications cover drying and preser
Termites – Planting Too Close to Foundation
Q: I have planted a vine close to the foundation of our house. I want to train the limbs into a pattern against the blank brick wall like I've seen done in garden design magazines. Now that it is in place I
Q: I have a bermudagrass lawn, about two and one-half years old. I put down pre-emergent in the fall and even used the weed killer hose spray for weeds. I had the lawn aerated also. Presently, I have numerous
Q: In the Sunday paper there was an ad for a "fruit salad tree" which they claim can grow five different kinds of fruit. I was considering buying one, but first I wanted to find out what you knew abou
Centipede – Overwatering Problems
Q: I bought a house a year ago and had it sodded with centipedegrass. Since the sod was put down in October some parts never took firm root by winter. When spring arrived some areas never greened up. Then came
Southern Blight – On Black-eyed Susan
Q: Can you identify this disease and tell me how to control it? It started in several of my black-eyed Susan plants which made the stems turn black and completely die. A: Looks like Southern blight (Rhizoctonia
Q: We found this plant in our yard and don't know what it is. Can you help identify it? A: You have gooseneck loosestrife, Lysimachia clethroides. This is another in the list of plants I've put in my
Q: Because of the abnormal warm weather in winter, my daffodils have starting peeking their little heads up. Is there anything I can do to protect them? A: Many are the anguished cries when gardeners noti
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