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Apple tree roots and how deep they grow  Apple tree roots. My husband is digging up the garden and chopping a lot of the apple tree roots off. Will it survive this is my question? Many thanks....

Weeping cherry in Shock  Bought a weeping cherry tree ( not the first one we bought).. planted it the next day. It has been almost a month and leaves are still green but drooping ...

Planting Trees around Pomegranate Trees - Pros and Cons  Dear Sir,

Could you throw some light on as to whether we can grow some trees around the Pomegranate plantation or not? It is said that there are some ...

Wet and soggy - drainage problem  My yard abutts with my neighbors. Since he put a huge pile of logs by an existing fence, water has backed up into my yard. The yard is already sloped ...

Hibiscius  I have a Hibicius and I am not sure what kind it is. I live in north GA. It has two different blooms. Do you have any idea? I have had it since last summer ...

Box woods and Crepe Myrtle help?  I recently had some yard cleaning and trimming done during the summer. I now have a problem. One of my box woods was clipped from the ground up and I didn'...

Weeping cherry tree leaves turned brown  In late August this year, after prolonged heat spell, all the leaves on my
weeping cherry tree died. Someone suggested heat stroke. My concern
is that ...

Do I need a border around my foundation plantings, what type of mulch..  I want to put some type of border around my plantings, like an edging.. I like stone and I have a bunch of red bricks that have holes in them.

I plan ...

What is the reason for getting taseless small fruits from Pear tree?   Our Pear tree produces fruits in small size and without any taste. It looks young, healthy and 10 feet tall. It came with the house we bought, so we didn'...

Over watered the Stella cherry tree...what to do now  I recently bought a Stella cherry tree and planted it in my backyard in the corner. After some weeks I started noticing the yellow leaves and the the foliage ...

fig tree roots  Looking for ideas to solve problems regarding a small yard and large exposed tree roots. We are renting and cannot remove the tree. Have thought about ...

Varigated evergreen   Is there anything you can add to the soil to encourage a plant to stay variegated or get more variegated? My variegated Arborvitae looks almost all green ...

roots of apple tree  The tree has been in ground for five or six years. It will not grow, and fruit has black spots on skins. I went out and was looking at tree and leaned ...

Short Grass Ground Cover for a Steep Slope  Is there a short grass ground cover for a steep slope that doesn't have to be mowed? One that is appropriate for a high fire area? One that will stay ...

Need help for large Steep embankment  HELP!! Would like to fill in bare areas on steep embankment that we look at all day. Prefer blue and purple flowering shrubs. Also a little pink. Am considering ...

how to make waterfall with cement  How to make waterfall with cement?

overgrown yaupon tree  How many branches should be removed at ground level ?

We have a weeping Yaupon 30 ft. tall with 6 branches at ground level appox. 4"in. ea.{each}in ...

Hillside Erosion Under Wood Steps  A storm has eroded the soil from underneath my wood 12 steps, and I need to know how to build it back up- hopefully without tearing down the steps. I ...

yard hilly  My yard has a hill down to our house.We are wanting to dig the hill out and build a rock wall also extend our front patio.Have any ideas.

DYING WEEPING CHERRY TREE  I bought and planted a weeping cherry tree in April. It is now July and the tree looks completely dead. It was fertilized in the first week. I watered ...

My Cherry Trees leaves are turning Yellow... HELP!  I need some tips on what I should do about to keep the tree from dying. It is in a clay/sandy area. It has grass clippings on and around the trunk. We ...

what flower best for planter rail box  Any suggestions?

Snow Fountain Weeping Cherry... Leaves are dying... What should I do?  I planted a weeping cherry approximately 3 months ago. It is situated in a small bed in the middle of my yard along with a few ornamental grasses and ...

What should I plant on a hillside to avoid mud slide this next winter? Hill has a clay type soil?  What to plant that is drought tolerant for hillside?

Transplanting Yuccas  Yucca Transplanting

Hi I would like to transplant my Yuccas, when I planted them I place them in flower box and now they are huge. They are only 2 years ...

full shade foundation plants under white pines  What foundation plants would do well in full shade in Zone 6 under very tall white pines? Azalea and rhododendron are the only ones that got large enough ...

R & D  Weeping Cherry Tree, leaves are turning yellow, some are turning brown and curling. Can you help?

Raised Vegetable Bed  My raised vegetable/rhubarb bed has been in place for two years. It was made with pressure treated wood, no plastic lining and I'm worried about toxins ...

EXPOSED TREE ROOTS IN GRASS  WHAT IS THE PROPER WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE? ADD SOIL?

Outdoor Yucca (Adam's Needle) turned yellow over winter in Ontario  My Yucca plant seems to have no new growth yet this spring (it is May now). Should I prune it? When should I expect to see new growth?

Dry Backyard  My backyard is dry, and I just bought house. The owner before me had put some poison to kill all the grass. What should I do to have grass back in my yard ...

10' X 5' foundation planting area  What type of foundations plantings will work well in full sun in a 10' X 5' area surrounded by sidewalk and butts against the front of house under front ...

cedars seem to be dying  4 year old 6-8 foot cedars greenish on bottom and top .. brown in middle. There are 18 of them that were planted at the same time in a trench.

These ...

Apple tree roots  I have been searching everywhere and I can't find a thing on how deep apple tree roots grow. I have a yellow apple tree and I have a couple of spots picked ...

Nandina berries are gone  My daughter pulled off the red berries from our Nandina bushes. Will they grow back?

landscaping from scratch  We recently moved into a new home that was built in a former corn field. That being said we have a large rectangular back yard that has absolutely nothing ...

soggy yard  No basement , build on slab, past flooding issue resolved with sump pump under deck, right @ home. Area of yard is very wet & soggy for long time after ...

Zoysia in Georgia Clay  I have patches of my yard where the grass has died. It doesn't appear to be dollar or any other fungus. The only correlation is the lack of shade and ...

Gardenia  I have three gardenia bushes that were planted last year..This year one looks healthy but the other two have very few yellowish green leaves and the branches ...

Proper time of year to cut back a yew  Hi,
I have a yew out in front of my house. Unfortunately, I have been unable to cut it back for the last year and a half. I was wondering, now that I ...

Backyard leveling  I have a slope backyard that is already high at the foundation so water will drain away from the house. I would love to have nice green grass. First, I ...

using a wishing well as a landscaping feature  A wishing well in landscaping.

Could you please give me some ideas as how to landscape an area of my garden which has a real wishing well. I need the ...

yucca cane  I bought a yucca cane in late September in a pot. The leaves were yellow/green when I bought it. I pulled out every leaf because they looked so sickly....

Is possible to grow crops with a kinda poor sandy soil in a sort of cold climate?  Hey I have a question and asking for advice. I am doing a research for my bio-geo subject and I wanted to ask, is it possible to grow crops, food products,...

Planting grass over garden  The previous owner of our house was an avid gardener. We are not and have really let the yard go. It looked like a jungle. My husband got frustrated ...

Pit filling up with water  I live in a complex and there are a series of telstra pits in the backyards. My yard is the last one with a pit in it, the bottom yard. There is a PVC ...

yard slopes down  My yard slopes down about 3 feet down all along my property line. I want to be able to use this land for my kids. Do I need to put up a retaining wall ...

Holes in our yard and needing a dirt cover  Our back yard needs help! We currently have a lot of red clay/dirt under our deck that I would LOVE to cover. Can anyone recommend the best cover?
Also,...

weeping cherry tree  Weeping Cherry Tree

I recently planted a weeping cherry tree nearly three months ago and it quickly went into a dormant stage after(what I thought was)...

Cherry Tree Dying  I have about 6 cherry trees (pink) planted along a drive by my house. They are about 8 years old. All of them seem to be thriving but within the last ...

dying cedar trees  Planted about ten cedars 4 months ago. They are about 6 to 8 feet tall and they are dying. My question is can I save them and what should I do? Or am ...

Leveling Back Yard  I have a back yard which slopes towards my house.
It is hard to set anything on it, for instance my toddler's slide. I want to create a yard I can enjoy....

My Flowering Cherry tree is dying, Please help!  Hi, I was looking for some answers to my questions in the web and I saw one of your answers to someone else's tree problems. I really like the way you ...

Yew Bushes  We trimmed our Yew bushes down to a good height, but now we need to do some fertilizer on them, what kind can we do and what do they need?

Dying tree  We have what looks like a mature weeping cherry tree that is at least 25 years old. The tree was in great shape and looks beautiful.

The last two years ...

plant flowers into mulch  Will petunias grow if they are directly planted into mulch and are watered everyday?

Ivy taken over  Hi,

I've just moved into a new house and I don't think the garden had been touched for the last 10 years. There was blanket ivy all over which I have ...

Hibiscus bud do not open  I have a Hibiscus that forms buds but they do not open. Also I have a Cana Lilly in a pot and it has not bloomed. When do they bloom?

Donna

Choosing best type of shrub   Hi,
I just found your wonderful site! The photos are beautiful and there's loads of information.

We live in Zone 9 in Central Florida, on the West ...

Raised vegetable bed  I had a raised vegetable garden built. I am told that the pressure treated creosote wood will pass toxins into any vegetables I grow. Is this true? Do ...

Weeping cherry trees keep dying.   We have had two weeping cherry trees planted into our front garden and both have died. Do you have any information on how big the root base should be when ...

fast growing screen  I need to block some peeping-tom neighbors fast.
Looking for 15+ feet height, will trim to 2 feet wide max
Sacramento area, love bamboo, Eugenia...
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yucca cane  I planted my yucca canes about 3 months ago. Most of them are growing well except 2 of them. The sprout of leaves fell of the both of them. They were the ...

all grass died  All the grass in my back yard died gradually over the years despite frequent fertilizing, pest treatment and watering. Now my yard is nothing but weeds....

what fertilizer do you recommend ?  high in phosphorous and low in nitrogen for vegetable gardens and flower bulbs. For a home garden, I'm looking for a product name that is not tremendously ...

sewing grass  I need help sewing grass. I think I have done it right.

Can our trees be saved?  We just had a winter storm in WA. Four of our cedar trees came down from the weight of the snow on the branches. We are trying to prop them up. We've ...

Sage growing  Hi,

I am having some issues growing sage plants. Are they supposed to be grown in cooler climates? I have them in direct sunlight and they seem to ...