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It looks to me like just some kind of ordinary mold, mostly a cosmetic thing, not a serious disease. Try just wiping it off with a damp cloth. My...
Re: Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) Cutting propagation Now on the face of it, one aspect of this statement would seem logically absurd: "A...
That's nice of you to consider the implications of your gardening choices upon others who may someday live there. One thing to consider is that...
Yew also seems to do pretty well in shade.
The heartache of purple loosestrife, of course, is that it is such a beautiful plant. It really brightens up otherwise drab-looking patches, like...
Yeah, it might be tough to find a deciduous tree that, in such a narrow space, will attain enough density of growth to provide useful screening....
I can recommend Johnny's Select Seeds as a good source for cool, wet, and short-season gardening. They do a lot of breeding themselves, and...
This is the only time of year when my Maine garden looks absolutely perfect: when the gritty reality is buried under a foot of snow. Winter here...
We have managed to dodge the frost here in our little coastal strip, though it has frosted heavily just a few miles inland. The finest display has...
This sounds like a situation where you should probably call in a professional arborist to advise you. From the sound of things, it does seem...
Eve, it does look like this plant in the last photo is suffering from water stress while waiting for the root structure to recover. Since the...
It will do fine in the ground. This is a good time to plant maples (and other woody plants) because it's a time of rapid root formation as the...
Thanks for the video link! I think you've got the right idea, to "Japanise" your garden -- that is, to bring a Japanese feeling to your...
I share your dark forbidden love of bamboo. In my experience, Phyllostachys nigra stems deepen in color when they're exposed to sunlight. Is your...
Your English is wonderful, and as for typing skills ... UBC would be doing us all a favor if they redesigned the website so that the "Post Quick...
I don't know this particular variety, but I'm using Pyracantha 'Gnome' as part of an informal hedge and it works very well. It does tend to sprawl...
Japan is an island -- or really a chain of islands, quite mountainous in places -- so I assume these trees are subject to fairly heavy winds in...
Man, these people really wanted to cut down that tree. This is a heartening outcome, but the sad fact remains that there is no way to replace a...
This is interesting, because I'm not seeing it around here. Last year (which was supposed to be a poor year for acorn production) our local red...
We have heavy snow here in some winters -- seldom as much as 15 feet, I'd guess -- but these hardy magnolias seem to come through okay. A friend...
