Q: I would love to know what happened to this poor rose bush I planted last year. It bloomed last year but this year it looks like this. What happened? A: As glyphosate (Roundup, etc) has become more and more
Septic Lines – Make Lawn Greener
Q: I have a typical 3-year old bermuda lawn and use a lawn service for the bi-monthly fertilizing, weed control, etc. The builder in our subdivision made the decision to run all of the homes' septic lines t
Freeze Damage – Fountain Grass
Q: Last year I planted purple fountain grass. They all did great. I cut them back in November. So far this year they are doing nothing. I have been told they will not come back until late June. Is this right? A:
Ragweed – Identification and Control
Q: I have a plant I need you to identify. In early May I noticed it was about 6-8 inches tall. It had an interesting leaf pattern. It is now (in June) more than five feet tall. Any idea on what it might be? A: I
Q: What's eating my hostas? Any suggestions? What can I do to stop it? A: I think you have two problems. In my experience, when a creature eats a leaf, the edges of the damage are clean. There is little di
Fescue – Endophytes (Toxicosis)
Q: Can you suggest a cool weather grass for horses? I know Kentucky 31 is available but I'm wondering if there is something better that will tolerate the heat and drought. A: Fescue is usually the best choi
Q: In February I found a strange tent-shaped attachment on a stem of my tulip tree (saucer magnolia). It is brownish and feels like Styrofoam but it will not peel off from the stem. Are these something that ne
Cedar Quince Rust – Identification
Q: I have a tall Eastern cedar by my front door that I keep pruned in a spiral shape. I noticed yesterday that it has some sort of fungus in which a bright orange jelly-like substance is oozing from the trunk clo
Q: I would greatly welcome your help in identifying this plant. A: Rattlebox, Sesbania punicea
Q: My wife and I purchased a home on Lake Lanier. We have a steep red hill that we need to landscape. I wanted to start with burlap ground cover, cut in plants and cover with mulch. I am concerned the mulch will
Palos Borachos (Drunken Sticks) – Identification
Q: On a recent trip to Argentina, we saw fabulous flowering trees called "Palos Borachos" or "Drunken Sticks". The trunks are covered with spines and in fall they are covered with pink lil
Bleach – Used to Disinfect Water
Q: I used air conditioner condensation for watering this summer, but now that we don't need air conditioning we are recycling rain water off our pool cover. We siphon the water into buckets and place plast
Fescue – Growing In a Bermuda Lawn
Q: Okay, don't laugh. I'm new to the world of lawn care. Since my lawn is composed of way too many different types of grasses (bermuda, fescue, centipede, zoysia…don't ask) I'm not
Petticoat Daffodil – Identification
Q: This flower popped up in my yard. Do you know what it's called? A: It's a petticoat daffodil, Narcissus bulbocodium
Rhododendron – Planting Correctly
Q: We have some scraggly forsythia bushes growing under the shade of a sweetgum tree. I'd like to replace them with a purple rhododendron. A: Rhododendrons grow throughout the country but varieties of cata
Q: I was taking out my pansies in early April and noticed three-fourths of them were filled with small bugs. I think that they are lacebugs, but didn't think that they were out this early. I have a proble
Q: I found a spiked plastic mat that discourages cats from rolling around in my perennial flowers, but it seems pricey. Do you have a more economical way to scat the cats? A: How about using sweetgum balls amon
Q: A departed co-worker left me three large spathiphyllum (Peace Lily) plants. One appears very healthy. The other two have serious problems. The leaves are coated with a shiny, sticky crystal. It looks like
Q: My parents have lost two of three crapemyrtles and the third is fading quick. It has some kind of green "fungus" growing on it. It hasn't grown much since last season and didn't have an
Q: Last fall I bought daffodils at a local nursery and got them in the ground in mid-December. They started blooming in mid-March and are the envy of my neighborhood. Everyone wants some but I don't know th
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