Answers to Your Questions: Ornamental Cabbage, Potted Wisteria, and Overwintering Artichokes
Edible Decorative Cabbages? I would like to know if decorative cabbages are edible. Answer Tous les choux sont comestibles, mêmeContinue Reading
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Answers to your Questions: Two-Tiered Flowering, Mushrooms, Pruning, and Pelargoniums
Flowers With Intriguing Tops Question I spotted some double coneflowers that look like someone grafted them on top. These plantsContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Roses, Colocasia, Potatoes, Oh My!
Rose Bush to Be Moved About five years ago, we planted a John Cabot rose bush in the small backyardContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Resistant Moss and Sandy Soil
A “moss” resistant to salt and compaction I have a garden in front of my house without a lawn (perennials,Continue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Capricious Clematis and Flowery Gifts
Clematis With Short Flowering Periods I have three clematis: ‘Niobe’, ‘Hagley Hybrid’ and ‘Jackmanii’. They flower profusely, but for noContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Destructive Raccoons and Disappearing Seedlings
My strawberry harvest had to be shared with raccoons, who came every night to take their share of ripe fruitContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: An Aspen Attacked, a Rose Transformed
An Aspen to Be Saved We have a beautiful trembling aspen at our cottage. About three years ago, a beaverContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Purslane and Maple
Invasive purslane Question How can I get rid of the purslane that has invaded our vegetable garden? Even two applicationsContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Thuja Seeds and Transplanting
Thuja Seeds The cedars at my cottage are magnificent and produce lots of cones. Can these cones be sown, andContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Does Dappled Willow Pose a Threat to My Pipes?
I am considering planting a dappled willow, but I am concerned about its reputation for having invasive roots that canContinue Reading