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Q. I planted ornamental grass (blue) last year. This year it has grown like wild, and some had already gone to seed this week (June 9th, zone 5). I am a bit impulsive in nature and saw that seeds were falling everywhere all over my garden, so I cut [...]
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Q. This is the second year in which my water garden is experiencing foam on its surface. There is no foam in the waterfalls area nor the stream that runs down to the main pond. The foam is only in the main pond. I have tried anti-foam products, but [...]
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Q. Is it too late to plant asparagus in Western MA? What is a good, disease-resistant and productive variety for this region? And where can I get them in June? Just had a trench dug…. Thanks!
-Tyringham, Massachusetts
A. It’s not too late to plant asparagus if you can still get plants. The most disease resistant varieties [...]
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Q. I have two tomato plants that I placed in Topsy Turvy planters. I mixed a “garden soil” with some aged horse manure into the planters. The plants are growing fine but wherever there is a flower bud, the little stem turns yellow and the bud falls off. What is happening? And what do I [...]
Q. I have a sweet gum tree in my back yard that has always been beautiful and full. This year it has been slower to leaf out and is not very full. There were a number of dead branches that started with buds early in the spring and then died. The branches are deformed. The [...]
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Q. I planted some mums last year and they were beautiful. They came back this year and are growing wonderfully, and look fantastic. My question: I’ve been told that they will blossom in early summer and then again in the fall and that if I snip off the buds in the early flowering, then the [...]
Q. I have several wisteria plants that are probably offshoots of a main vine. The main vine blossoms like crazy every year but the offshoot plants don’t blossom, even though they grow and send out lots of stringers and look very healthy. I want to train and control these off shoot plants and want [...]
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Q. I have a beautiful wisteria on my terrace. It was green and leafy. I have an irrigation system as well as someone to check them when I am away. I just returned from a 6-day vacation and upon return my wisteria did not get enough water (the irrigation hose slipped out of the planter [...]
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Q. I planted gallon pots of Gaillardia last year. I don’t see any of them coming up this spring. Perhaps I’m mistaking them for weeds? What should they look like by this time?
-Geneva, Illinois
A. Gaillardia needs excellent drainage to survive wet soil during the winter. If you planted in heavy clay, I am not [...]
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Q. I purchased a Sweet Kate Spiderwort and I am not sure how much sun or shade this plant needs?
-Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
A. Sweet Kate Spiderwort is one of the most visually vivid partial-sun plants around. It does best in morning to early afternoon sun (1pm-2pm). The bright yellow foliage will [...]
