Separating and Rooting Norfolk Pine Side Branches?I have a 5ft Norfolk pine outside plant. It has a 1 1/2' and a 2 1/2' side branches growing off the main plant that were below the soil level. When I went to repot it I had hoped to separate the three "trunks", however they all appear to be growing from the same root blob. How can I separate them?
Turn Shopping Bags Into Planting BagsThis is a page about turn shopping bags into planting bags. Another useful way to recycle and reuse those plastic grocery bags is by making seedling starter pots.
Homemade Blackberry Pulling GlovesThis is a page about making homemade blackberry pulling gloves. Removing blackberry plants manually can leave you with lots of thorns in your hands unless you protect them well.
Making Popsicle Stick Plant MarkersThis is a page about making Popsicle stick plant markers. Popsicle sticks are great for making inexpensive plant markers.
Encouraging Hedgehogs in Your GardenThis is a page about encouraging hedgehogs in your garden. These small spiny mammals can be helpers in your garden by feasting on slugs and bugs during the growing season.
Gardening With a DisabilityThis is a page about gardening with a disability. A physical disability does not necessarily mean you can no longer garden.
Eating Spinach StalksIf properly prepared, even the stalks of spinach can be a delicious side dish. This is a page about eating spinach stalks.
Neighbor's Tree Damaging a Brick Wall?This is a page about neighbor's tree damaging a brick wall. Getting along with neighbors has its challenges. Even where we choose to plant trees can be the basis for concern.
City Water Has Been Bad for My Plants?This is a page about city water has been bad for my plants. Some city water contains minerals such as chlorine and fluoride that may not be good for your plants.
Creating Shade for Potted PlantsThis is a page about creating shade for potted plants. Just because your deck or patio is quite sunny doesn't mean you can't grow some more shade loving plants. Creating shade will also help protect any plant and conserve water on really hot days.
Deter Scent Marking DogsI have a lovely, long row of arborvitae. All are strong and healthy, but still young and tender. Things a mature tree would tolerate, could surely kill these saplings, urine included. Neighborhood dogs have started marking there, so with a few prickly blackberry limbs tucked under them, problem solved.
Buy Named Plant VarietiesThere are some good reasons to purchase plants where the variety is clearly defined. This is a page about buying named plant varieties. Knowing the variety lets you research growing habits and care requirements, among other things.
Harvesting Rhubarb?This is a page about harvesting rhubarb. Every fruit and vegetable has an optimal time to harvest it for best flavor.
Saving Money by Shopping...This is a page about save money shopping end-of-season plant sales. One easy way to save money on plants it to shop at the end of the season.
Dealing With Blossom End Rot on TomatoesThis is a page about dealing with blossom end rot on tomatoes. Blossom end rot is a common problem found in the garden on tomatoes and other garden produce. It is a sign of a calcium imbalance within the plant.
Preventing Dirt From Getting Under Your...This is a page about preventing dirt from getting under your fingernails. Even if you wear gardening gloves, dirt often gets under your nails as you work.
Look For Two Plants In One PotI noticed a few years back that a new nursery trend had started. Many growers began to put two shrub plants per pot, rather than the usual, one. These plants are positioned so close together, on casual observation they appear as one. I haven't bothered to research this practice.
Gardening With AllergiesThis is a page about gardening with allergies. Having allergies does not necessarily mean you can't enjoy gardening.
Cleaning New and Used Flower Pots or PlantersIt is a good idea to clean both new and used pots before replanting them. New pots can have a chemical residue and previously used pots and planters may have salt deposits, diseases from previous plants, mold, fungus, insect eggs, or weed seeds.
Using Milk Jugs in the GardenThis is a page about using milk jugs in the garden. Plastic milk jugs have a variety of uses in the garden.
Caring for an Air PlantThis is a page about caring for an air plant. If you have a location with bright indirect light you might want to try growing an air plant. They are fairly easy to care for.
Finding Your Frost DatesThis is a page about finding your frost dates. Knowing your regional frost dates is important to any gardener.
Preparing Your Garden for the First FrostThis is a page about preparing for the first frost. Understanding the damage frost can do to your garden plants will help you prepare to protect them from its destructive effects.
Digging Tips for GardenersThis is a page about digging tips for gardeners. Digging in your garden doesn't have to be simple drudgery and leave you with a backache.
Growing Alpine PlantsThis is a page about how to grow alpine plants. Because of the rather harsh climate that they grow in, alpine plants have made adaptions that can have a definite appeal for the home gardener.
Designing a Garden for ChildrenThis is a page about designing a garden for children. Designing a garden especially for children takes some time and thought to ensure that it will be a positive experience.
Garden Safety TipsThis is a page about garden safety tips. Working in the garden involves a lot of tools and physical effort. Keep yourself safe and injury-free while working in your yard.
Getting Rid of HoneysuckleThis is a page about getting rid of honeysuckle. Honeysuckle can be very difficult to get rid of once established in your yard or garden.
How Property Laws Affect GardenersThis is a page about how property laws affect gardeners. When landscaping your yard you want to make sure it will all grow within your legal property lines.
Best Plant Identification Website?Does anyone know of a website where I can identify a flower/foilage given to me in a bouquet? I would like to propagate them.
Harvesting Trees From Acreage?Would it hurt my property value if I have my 25 acres logged? When they cut trees for lumber, can they leave some trees for future growth? What is the best way to harvest trees from your acreage?
Preventing Animals from Damaging Plants...This is a page about preventing animals from damaging plants in winter. As winter deepens, food for the local wildlife becomes more scarce, making your garden a logical choice for foraging.
Creating Adequate Drainage in Your YardThis is a page about creating adequate drainage on property. Poor drainage in your yard is not good for your plants, lawn, or your home foundation and can cause erosion if your property is not level.
Dressing up a Chain Link FenceThis is a page about dressing up a chain link fence. Although not considered attractive, chain link fences are very durable and are often found on older properties.
Getting Rid of Slime Mold?This is a page about getting rid of slime mold. Fresh wood mulch and lots of moisture can encourage the growth of this mold. It may be a signal that your soil isn't draining well.
Having a Fragrant GardenThis is a page about having a fragrant garden. The choice and placement of plants in your garden help to create a deliciously fragrant garden.
Preparing Your Yard for WinterThis is a page about preparing your yard for winter. Protecting anything that may be damaged by cold and moisture will assure that you can use these things next summer.
Gardening AdviceThis is a page about gardening advice. If something is repeated long and often enough it becomes a "fact". This is also true of beliefs about gardening practices.
All-American Garden SelectionsThis is a page about all-American garden selections. Each year certain vegetables and flowering plants are chosen for their reliable performance under a broad range of growing conditions. They are good choices for a beautiful, successful garden.
Benefits of Ants in Your GardenThis is a page about benefits of ants in your garden. We often only see insects, such as ants, as garden pests. However, they preform many valuable activities that actually can help improve your garden.
Gardening Resolutions for the New YearThis is a page about gardening resolutions for the new year. The beginning of winter is a good time to start making plans for projects in your spring garden.
Fixing a Muddy Yard?This is a page about fixing a muddy yard. There are a number of situations that can cause a muddy yard, such as compacted soil or a poor grade.
Using Heat Zones When GardeningThis is a page about using heat zones when gardening. It is helpful to use the AHS heat zone map to make sure you are using plants and seeds that will thrive in your climate.
Training Vines to Climb Arbors and PergolasThis is a page about training vines to climb. Choosing the right vine for your surface or supporting structure is the first step towards growing a beautiful climbing vine.
Basic Botany for GardenersThis is a page about basic botany for gardeners. Understanding the botany of plants can help you become a more successful and satisfied gardener.
Homemade Garden Knee PadsThis is a page about homemade garden knee pads. Spending hours working in your garden can be very rewarding, but it can also be hard on your knees.
Deer Resistant Plants?This is a page about deer resistant plants. While deer can be beautiful to see in the wild and even in your neighborhood, they are less welcome when they decide to dine on your shrubs and flowers.
How Microclimates Affect Your GardenThis is a page about how microclimates affect your garden. You may think the climate in your garden is consistent from one area to another, but most gardens have microclimates. These areas vary a bit from the rest of your garden in light, temperature, and other conditions.
Getting Rid of Russian Olive Tree?This is a page about getting rid of Russian olive tree. This attractive shrub or small tree is originally from central Asia. Despite its beauty and some medicinal uses, this tree, in some areas, is considered an invasive weed.
Growing a Daisy Tree?This is a page about growing a daisy tree. There are several plants that are known as a daisy tree, some annuals and others perennial.
Companion Planting TipsThis is a page about give your plants companions. Where you place plants in your garden can have a beneficial or negative effect on surrounding plants.
Lazy Gardening for Healthy YardsThis is a page about lazy gardening for healthy yards. Composting your garden refuse can save you time and money, as well as, help mulch and feed your yard.
Planting in Late Summer?This is a page about planting in late summer. Depending on your planting zone, there are a variety of garden crops as well as flowers, shrubs, and trees that can be planted in late summer.
Choosing Garden PlantsThis is a page about choosing garden plants. When choosing plants there are a number of things to consider such as: exposure, soil, property size, and planting zone.
Choosing Fall Flowers and Plants?This is a page about choosing fall flowers and plants. Extending the floral color in your garden can be accomplished by planting late blooming varieties.
Growing Plants in Moist Soil?This page is about growing plants in moist soil. When an area of your yard does not drain well, you should plan to plant moisture loving foliage there.
Garden Uses for Banana PeelsThis page is about garden uses for banana peels. Besides being a good addition to the compost pile, these peelings can be an excellent fertilizer for some plants.
Right Place and Right Plant TipsThis is a page about right place and right plant tips. One of the tricks for successful gardening is finding the right plant for that spot in your garden.
Finding Plants?This page is about finding plants. From friends, nurseries and specialty stores, locating the garden or house plants you want isn't hard once you start looking.
Getting Rid Of Wild Grape Vines?This page is about getting rid of wild grape vines. A woody vine whose young tendrils can wrap around nearby plants or other objects for support. It can choke out other vegetation in your garden space.
Getting Hibiscus Flowers to BloomThis is a page about getting hibiscus flowers to bloom. Hibiscus is a beautiful tropical plant that with proper care can bloom year round.
Protecting Your Knees While GardeningThis page is about protecting your knees while gardening. To accomplish some gardening tasks, you need to get down on the ground.
Fall Gardening TipsThis page contains fall gardening tips. Autumn is the time to clean up the garden and flowerbeds, give the lawn some extra care, and cover up bare soil.
November's Gardening To-Do ListThis is a page about November's gardening to-do list. With Winter right around the corner, November is a busy time in the garden. Don't miss out on this opportunity to winterize your garden properly.
Annuals and Biennials ExplainedThis page is about annuals and biennials explained. Knowing the difference between annual and biennial plants will help you get the most out of your garden.
Understanding Plant ClassificationsThis page is about understanding plant classifications. A basic understanding of the language of horticulture can increase your appreciation for the plants that you grow.
Getting Rid of Yucca Plants?This page is about getting rid of yucca plants. These dessert plants can be a challenge to get rid of once established.
Low Maintenance PlantsThis is a page about low maintenance plants. Planting low maintenance plants can help you have a beautiful garden and reduce the time needed to keep it that way.
Transporting Shrubs and Cuttings During a Move?What is the best way, if you are moving, to transport shrubs and cuttings of plants for a journey of 4 hours without having to use tubs?
Remedy for Malaysian Mum Flowers With Early Blight?How do I cure Malaysian mum flower attacked by early blights. I don't know how to get rid of this kind of flower disease, as this is my very first time to do gardening.
Adding Color to Your GardenThis is a page about adding color to your garden. Adding color to a garden is easy enough to do. Choose flowering plants, shrubs, and grasses that provide interest and color throughout the growing seasons.
Using Leaves in the GardenThis is a page about using leaves in the garden. Rather than bagging up your leaves every fall put them to work in your garden.
Getting Rid of Cherry Tree Root Suckers?This is a page about getting rid of cherry tree root suckers. Certain varieties of cherry trees will grow root suckers, often some distance from the main trunk. Having more trees coming up in your flower bed or lawn is probably not something you want.
Land Clearing Tips?This page contains land clearing tips. It can be expensive or a lot of hard work to remove all the foliage from a piece of land.
Get Gardening Advice From a Master GardenerThis page is about get gardening advice from a master gardener. You can avoid many mistakes when you get advice from an expert.
Answers to Seldom Asked Gardening QuestionsThis is a page about answers to seldom asked gardening questions. Is it a shrub or a tree? Is a cucumber really cool? And many other garden related questions pop in and out of our minds, sometimes without actually being answered.
Earthworms In Your GardenThis is a page about earthworms in your garden. Earthworms are essential to improving the soil, making them a desirable tenant in your garden.
Buying Weeping Willow Trees?This page is about buying weeping willow trees. There are many kinds of willows to choose from.
Something is Eating Plant Roots?This is a page about something is eating plant roots. The roots of your plants are a tasty meal for a number of burrowing animals and insects.
Plant Not Blooming?I purchased two of the same plants at the garden center on the same day. They both sit on my deck in the same light. One has spread and bloomed profusely. The other just keeps getting taller, no blooms. Are there male and female plants? It's been so long since I took biology; I can't remember.
Bumps on Esperanza (Tecoma stans) Plant...This is a page about bumps on esperanza (Tecoma stans) plant leaves. Bumps on the leaves of your experanza plant can be caused by a couple of different things.
Water Falling from a Balata Tree?Near my house a balata tree is there from which water has been falling 4 days. Why is the water is falling from that tree? Many trees are in that place or nearer to that tree, but no water was falling from those trees only from that particular balata that particular tree.
Getting Rid of a Brazilian Pepper Tree?This is a page about getting rid of a Brazilian pepper tree. The Brazilian pepper tree is a difficult to eliminate invasive species. Even if cut down it will sucker from the stump.
Mandevilla Vine Not Blooming?This is a page about Mandevilla vine not blooming. This tropical climbing plant is a native of Brazil. It is known for its beautiful flowers, so it is very disappointing if it is not blooming.
Starting a Garden on a BudgetThis page is about starting a garden on a budget. With some work there are many ways to get what you need for a garden.
Starting a New GardenWhether you have just moved to a new home or are thinking of starting your very first garden it can be a fun and exciting experience. This is a page about starting a new garden.
Using Pesticides on a Vegetable Garden?This is a page about using pesticides on a vegetable garden. If you choose to use pesticides in your vegetable garden there are some procedures and schedules you will want to be aware of.
Alternative Plant Ideas for a Hen and Chicks Pot?I have a hens a chicks pot and was wanting to plant something other than hens and chicks. I tried strawberries and couldn't keep them wet enough so I transplanted them in the ground. Any ideas for options of what I could try?
Wintering an Elephant Ear Plant?This is a page about wintering an elephant ear plant. There are a couple of easy ways to overwinter your elephant ear plant.
Saving Money on AnnualsAnnuals must often be replaced each year, making them more costly to grow than perennials. There are several ways you can save money on annuals.
Building a Garden ShedThis is a page about building a garden shed. Any serious gardener would love to have a shed to store their tools and supplies, maybe even with space to do some potting.
Using Coal Ashes in Your Yard and Garden?This page is about using coal ashes in your yard and garden. Wood ashes can be beneficial to some plants, but coal ashes generally are not recommended.
Gardening Tips for Seniors?This is a page about gardening tips for seniors. As we age some activities become more difficult to enjoy, but with a few modifications most seniors can continue to enjoy gardening.
Canadian Plant Hardiness Zones?This page is about Canadian plant hardiness zones. Understanding what plants will do well in your climate zone is important for successful gardening.
Something is Eating My Dusty Miller at the Roots?I planted several Dusty Miller plants approximately 3 weeks ago. They were looking very healthy and growing nicely until a few days ago I noticed that 1 of them was severely wilted. I knew it wasn't from lack of or too much water because the others (12 more) looked great.
Repairing Cut Ivy Vine?I recently cut one of my ivy vines when gardening. Does anyone know what I should do or use to repair it? It was a important vine that was a main link to a lot of my ivy. Please help!
Using Pesticides and Herbicides Safely?Can pesticides get in your home thru central air unit if sprayed by either liquid or powder? I was wondering if products such as Sevin dust, liquid brush killer, or insecticides sprayed outside get in thru your central air unit?
Joining a Community GardenThis page is about joining a community garden. Sharing the expertise, work and the fresh food of a garden can be very rewarding.
Buying Bedding PlantsThis page is about buying bedding plants. It is important to keep a few things in mind when purchasing plants for your yard and garden.
Sharing Plants and SeedsYou can save each other a lot of expense by trading and sharing plants, cuttings and seeds with family, friends and neighbors.
Gardening Tips for BeginnersThis is a page about gardening tips for beginners. Planning, planting, and caring for your first garden is a rewarding experience. The better your knowledge and preparation the more likely the success of your garden.
Peony Leaves Turned Brown After Spraying with Pesticide?My husband sprayed my peonies with bug killer and all the leaves turned brown and curled up. Did he kill it?
Creative Plant Stand IdeasThis is a page about creative plant stand ideas. Many things, such as antique furniture, dishes, and other items can be used as unique plant stands.
Desert Gardening AdviceThis is a page about desert gardening advice. Having a beautiful garden in a desert environment is not impossible if you follow a few easy tips.
Jasmine Not Blooming?This is a page about jasmine not blooming. It is very disappointing when your jasmine doesn't bloom, that is why we grow them, for that intoxicating fragrance.
Caring for Potted Easter LiliesIf you purchased or received a potted Easter lily as a gift, you may be wondering how to care for it now. This is a page about caring for potted Easter lilies.
Growing a Crown of Thorns?This is a page about growing a crown of thorns. This slow growing succulent, is characterized by thorny woody stems and dainty flowers. It can be grown as a houseplant or an outdoor shrub.
Saving Money on PlantsThis is a page about saving money on plants. Plants for your yard and garden can be expensive.
