Q: I recently found a shrub with weeping limbs and tasty-looking fruit. I don't recall ever seeing this before. Isn't it odd that anything would fruit in late March? A: You've found a healthy e
Q: I dug these flowers up as bulbs during a turkey hunting trip, and have babied them for years. They come up each year and bloom near Easter, seed out, and then disappear until next year. I plant the seeds I
Q: Can I plant my St. Patrick's day oxalis outside? If so what are the requirements? A: As you note, the common St. Patrick's Day shamrock is actually an oxalis, typically Oxalis regnellii. I have so
Salt Water Pool – Using Water in Garden
Q: We have a salt water pool. Will this water hurt our grass or plants? We have to run a little water out when we close it and I want to catch some and use on my plants. A: Other salt water pool owners report bei
‘Foster' Holly – Identification
Q: I want to plant some holly bushes in my yard for birds to feed on the berries, but don't know the name of the species growing around our courthouse. Large flocks of cedar waxwings descend on it during t
Q: I have some high mallow on which some of the leaves are turning a yellowish color with little spots on them. Can you tell me what it is? A: High mallow, Malva sylvestris, is also known as French hollyhock. As
Q: Can you please tell me what these weeds are and how to kill them? Around the first of March I put 50 lbs of "weed and feed" on my centipede lawn and now it seems all I have is the weeds. A: The wee
Q: The person who put my centipedegrass sod down in March also installed the irrigation system. He said to water it 15 minutes every other day in each irrigation zone. We did that but it started to become quite
Yellownecked Caterpillars – Identification
Q: These critters were on my blueberry bushes last year. They can strip a branch clean of leaves in half a day! Can you help? A: Look just behind their black heads. See the yellow stripe around the "neck&#
Oak Apple Gall – Identification
Q: I saw these weird things hanging off a tree sapling while walking in Mason Mill park in early May. They don't seem to belong to the tree. Can you tell me what they are? A: They are oak apple galls. The
Saffron Crocus – Identification
Q: I heard that the very expensive saffron spice is just the stamen of the crocus bulb. Can I collect them from my garden each spring and use them in my cooking or will I poison myself? A: It's correct th
Tommies – Crocus tommasinianus Identification
Q: These seed things just popped up. Could they be from the crocus that bloomed earlier in the spring? A: Indeed they are. You have a nice spread of Tommies, Crocus tommasinianus. This crocus blooms before almost
Q: Several years ago I thought that I heard you say that there was no poison oak or sumac in Georgia. An employee of my landscaping company went to a doctor's office with a severe rash, but the doctor told
Q: We would like to know what this disease is in our Meyer's zoysiagrass and what we should do to get rid of the problem. We have a chemical lawn service but they have not cured it. We have two neighbors
Hidden Ginger – Identification
Q: My aunt gave my mother a large tree in a pot and this plant was in the pot also. My aunt doesn't know where it came from. Mother said I could have it, but I don't know what it is. I live in Sharpsb
Groundsel Bush – Identification
Q: I transplanted this shrub from my hunting camp to my home because it blooms late in the fall. What is it? A: It's groundsel bush, Baccharis halimifolia. Another common name is seepwillow, due to its t
Laundry Water – Not Harmful to Soil
Q: I've been using gray water from my washing machine on landscape plants. In my research I found that my plants prefer acid soil and that gray water has a higher pH. Can I add something to the graywater
Q: I'd like to establish a food plot for wildlife: deer, turkey, quail, etc. What should I plant? A: Dr. Mike Mengak at UGA has written several publications on food plots. If you have the land and the energ
Q: Why can't cities and counties build their own reservoirs to store water in order to get out from under the Corps of Engineers' jurisdiction? A: Well, bottom line, the waters of Georgia don't
Beggarweed, Beggartick – Identification
Q: This is a weed seed to beat all weed seeds. I thought I had been attacked by plants before, but this was ridiculous. I saw a weed along the fence in our road, and trying to be a good land steward, I decided to
Copyright © www.100flowers.win Botanic Garden All Rights Reserved
