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Things will be damp now after our Vancouver Rain, Ron B, nice to hear from you! Haven't mulched, do you suggest some leaf mould or another substance?
Hi Ian, thanks for the reply. I'm more concerned about the big change in coloration and lack of bloom. The Pieris has gotten markedly more...
We transplanted a 15-foot Pieris over the fence to save it from destruction last summer. It didn't seem to go through transplant shock, but is now...
Thank you Ron B. it's been awhile. I can't believe I got such poor advice from otherwise knowledgeable garden folk! The link you shared has...
Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone has any support suggestions for a grand old lady of a Viburnum, about 50 years old. I'm not completely sure...
Hi Ron, Thank you for the pruning info. I think what I did at the end of bloom season last year reflects your instructions - I only cut the...
My Euphorbias, which bloomed well last spring, didn't produce any "blossoms" this year. Any ideas about what might account for that? They...
I recently transplanted an E. intermedia "Rostrevor" to a sunnier spot where an old, dying Rhodo had been. I remediated the soil with compost and...
Any ideas what I might plant next to my new Disanthus cercidifolius? I've been watching the sun patterns and the spot I have picked out gets...
I can't find a recommended list for BC of small (not dwarf) to medium sized columnar conifers that would work in my border. I need something...
Hello Silver Creek, Thanks for the thoughts on sun. The bed has both southern and western exposure, as we live on a corner, but a Styrax...
I'm looking for input on what dwarf conifer would look good as a replacement for my now very dead Coleonema pulchrum (nice, while they lasted)....
Ow, Ron B, the incompleteness of my ancestral education is showing. I meant to get the Stachyurus in the bed itself in fall, but the landscaper...
Another tale of weather woes in Vancouver. My back yard is slow to defrost, and I was looking in on my little Stachyurus. It's in the ground in...
I just managed to get my still-potted Eucryphia planted in the ground in a sheltered spot next the the house just before the three snow storms hit...
I don't think they're benign, Ron, as there is a lot of leaf discoloration after they inhabit for awhile - droopy, bruised purple looking leaves,...
Augh! I cannot get rid of these things - just sprayed "Trounce" without joy, or confidence that this will get rid of the thousands of small black...
I planted a Chaenomeles superba "Cameo" a few weeks ago in a bed alongside a troubled Viburnum (since removed and returned). After a week away...
Hi Ron, I just called the nursery, and they'd like to see the plant. It's a bit of a trek out there, but they may be willing to replace it. I...
Is this shrub revivable? I got it out at Art's in Surrey in Spring, and all the Viburnums of this cultivar (carlesii compacta) had brown-spotted,...