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I often see "free draining" but when it rains every day for months during the winter, I am not quite sure what that means.
I live near UBC. Near Lord Byng High School to be more precise. Years ago - too many years ago - I planed two amaryllis belladonnas. I ignored...
Any sentient being can get Amaryllis to bloom. Hundreds of articles say how to do it and they all agree on the (simple) process. I have been...
Years ago I planted some iris rhizomes in an area about 1 m x .5m If I recall correctly, some irises bloomed at first but for some years nothing...
I have the ladder but the tree has obstacles around it that make it tough to use effectively. I have thought of trying the basket harvester and I...
There must be dozens if not hundreds of web sites with the information that I seek but for some reason I can't find any. Long ago I bought an...
I take Groucho Marx's approach to clubs but I may follow your suggestion.
I have several day lilies in an area that does get enough light for them. Every year they produce a few flowers each and then languish. If SWMBO...
The grass on the right has, until today, been under my (movable) picnic table for a few months of rain and cold weather; the grass on the left has...
It is time for my annual rodent concern. Is this a young rat, or a vole?
I have a "Rose of Sharon" that is about 20 years old and that now consists of five or six trunks (with their branches of course). Each trunk is...
I am going to be using some very large pots. What should I fill them with? The answer, if I look at the bags in the stores, is some sort of...
But flourishing in deep shade?
This bush/shrub is growing in what seems to be fairly deep shade on the west side of Alma street in Vancouver. BC. I could have knocked on the...
Thanks. I will act accordingly
... are said to require US zone 8. Vancouver is a bit cooler than that so I wonder it anyone has successfully overwintered them here outdoors.
I know about pinching but the first link takes me to someone else with multiple stems on his or her dahlias, which is my situation. Alas it does...
I am not a dahlia specialist but I always grow a few each year. I plant tubers with one eye and get plants consisting of one stem. But this year...
I have two trees that produce fruit. Unfortunately no one in my family likes their taste... but they are rather attractive, At least, they used...
And this, 5' tall, is presumably another invasive plant awaiting the foolish gardener who thinks to transplant it into his tiny garden?