Awesome Garden Questions from Subscribers - Transplanting, Bad Sandy Soil, When to Fertilize
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- Awesome Garden Questions from Subscribers - Transplanting, Bad Sandy Soil, When to Fertilize - In this video I answer gardening questions that were asked in last week's garden question and answer video.
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The reason I purchased the learn to garden series was to support Jim and his amazing work. If you like what he is doing, help keep his work going.
I did the same. Also he is so knowledgeable. I feel I can always learn something new.
I just came here to say the same thing... he's provided countless hours of education and entertainment and purchasing his series was a way to show my appreciation!
I have been a hobby gardener for about 35 years, but I still learn from your videos. If I were new to gardening, I would definitely want your Learn to Garden series!
Something non-gardening related that I greatly appreciate is the absence of crude language. Thanks for such a good channel!
A third, an important answer to the question- why would I buy the learn to garden series? Because it supports you and your amazing efforts at teaching us all so much! Thanks for all you do
I’m with you Jim. I get tired of summer too. Fall is the best!
Thanks for the “Holly” story. And of course we appreciate the garden info, tours and photos. Have a great week! Awaiting summer here in State College PA zone 6 ❄️
I love the length and content of these Q&As. The walk arounds have been really entertaining and informative. I'm in zone 3b/4a, prairie, clay, 7.9ph, yet what I've learned here has improved my gardening immensely. Relevant to me is critical thinking skills, as in, seeing how you go about problem solving and asking the right questions so I can find the correct answer for my area. I've also changed my conceptualization of how a garden works : in general feed the soil, not the plant, and avoid monocultures when possible.
Well put! You have captured a lot of what sets Jim's channel apart.
Jim, I love hearing you and watch your programs often. I was pleased as a new Floridian, 9A Central, that you had a show walking about St. Augustine. Nice. But today, listening to Q&A, you brought up a question about Ponderosa Pine in California. I am very impressed as a native Californian that you tackled such topic with knowledge and the right advice to seek further help from an arborist. You are certainly one Savvy Plant Guy!
We have two seasons in Southeast Louisiana. Winter and Mosquitoes.
Thanks for sharing!
Love this channel!😊
Jim you have given me the confidence to landscape an area I have had analysis paralysis for 5 years
Hey Jim - do you have any areas in your yard that gets mostly shade in the morning and gradually adds sun mid-day but then gets a blast of hot afternoon sun until sunset? If so, which plants thrive in these areas that you've had experience with. Some plants in my area of my yard get very leggy searching for the sun but them some get burned by that hot afternoon sun - I've relied mostly now on Spireas for now until I can replant this area.
Atlanta 7b/8a: I, too, would like to hear about success with plants that get maybe some morning or dappled sun, but mostly shade until a blast of hot afternoon sun for a couple hours. Thank you
I have an area like this as well. Everything leans! I had Montauk daisies that did well at first but they too are now leaning
This literally describes my whole front yard lol. I'm finding pretty good success with roses lol
I wanted to comment that I really appreciate the walkarounds that you've done lately. Here in R.I. We're still in the ice & snow phase of winter and it's getting hard to cope.Thanks again.
Great program again. Thanks for your efforts.
Thanks Jim. ❄️🫠💚🙃
Love your channel. Very informative. I am so jealous of what you can grow in your zone. I am in 5B. Southern Ontario. I do push those boundaries in hope!!!!
I miss Pinehurst, NC so much... The autumn drags on... Sometimes well into the new year. You hunker down for a few nights maybe a year, and then on to spring, but summer comes on much quicker!
Great video loved hearing Hollys story ❤
Appreciate all the information you provide in your channel. I have learned so much and use your information as a resource on how to garden in my clay soil in georgia 8a.
Thanks for answering my question about when you'll start your annual flowers, Jim. Looking forward to your selected varieties!
Thank you for answering my Nutripeat question. Yes it is pricey but it is something we can get and is spreadable as we are older.
Good Morning Jim. I've really enjoyed the recent walk around tours that you have done. Also, love the story about Holly. I have a little Chihuahua mix that I adopted 9 years ago right before Christmas. His name is Kringle. I had planned to rename him but he fits his name so well that I kept it. Lastly, I eventually get tired of summer, too. I love all my plants but by the end of July, I'm usually done.
Jim,
Just noticed one of my bulbs has a bloom--my Mary Poppins daffodil! Not really a question, just happy to see something blooming in my VA Zone 7B yard. 😊
Jim regarding viewership numbers of the two "neighborhood walkaround" videos....please keep them coming. I love these videos. They are completely different than what you film in your garden...which I also love. It's why people go on Spring Garden Tours in Savannah and Charleston every single year. We love looking at other gardens and what other people chose to plant. Plus, your commentary is the educational bonus. I learn so much. Especially when you feature really mature anything. Thanks!
Love hearing Holly’s ‘origin story’ - her name definitely suits her 😊 Also I’ve been really enjoying the Learn to Garden series - as a newer gardener it’s great to easily reference trustworthy material specific to any question I have as things come up
I’m happy gardening in my current location too (zone 7b/Southern NJ), but my favorite season for gardening is Spring. Not having to deal with mosquitoes and lantern flies makes working the garden in the spring so much more enjoyable than summer/fall.
Here in TN, I also don’t like summer as much lol. I actually love the winters out here.
I’m originally from LA and we got tired of summers too. The end of summer would get all hot and dry and there would always be a fire somewhere.
Jim, I'm loving your videos! I always learn something for each and every one. I have a question about moving some Powis Castle plants. When would be the best time to move them. Where I have put them, they have gone crazy and have taken over. They need to be moved where they can stretch out and not take over their neighbors like a bully
Thank you for the opportunity to ask gardening questions here. I live in NJ zone 6b/7a. Is now a good time to dig out the volunteer rose of sharon and iliac plants (about one or two years old) to plant at a desired new location? They look like sticks in the ground now with buds, they look alive. I want to relocate them, but don't know if I should wait until spring when they broke dormancy.
As always, you provide so much helpful information to us home gardeners! My question is how far should I plant Chindo viburnum and Carolina mMdnight lorepetalum from a six foot high cedar fence, and how far apart to create privacy without being tight?
Miss Holly was meant to be your girl! Our shelter names in themes too. Chilly morning in north Georgia, such is our spring! The birds are coloring up and ravenous, getting ready to make babies. A few more days of toting water to the bird baths! We've had some good rain the last few weeks, ready for some warm weather.
Second question is regarding shade plants.
In your experience what are some of the toughest deepest shade loving/tolerating plants that flourish in the shadiest spots? I believe we’re in zone 8 here in Gloucestershire, UK.
We have a couple of tough spots like next to a fence facing North / North East under some evergreen shrubs, one particular spot being under a ceonanthus that I’d like to fill out with foliage plants underneath.
I’ve experimented and planted some classically recommended shade plants in brunnera, hellebores, snowdrops and a couple of species of ferns under there with varying success.
The hellebores are too new to comment on. The species brunera seems to be actively growing and doing well. The Jack Frost brunnera struggled and looked tatty since planting them (at the same time as the species version). The Holly ferns and Japanese athryum ferns also just looked tatty since planting them - but maybe they just need to establish themselves further? In addition to what I’ve planted, self seeded cyclemen reign supreme throughout autumn and winter.
This maybe too much information, but hopefully gives you what the conditions are like.
Love walk around. Face it I like 100 percent liking you.😊
Atlanta 7b/8a: This vid came just in time to confirm the organic fertilizer I was in a hurry to buy that I should give the soil time to warm up for those microbes to be active. Plant Tone containers don’t mention an ideal time to use. Thank you
Hi Jim! Your Videos are so helpful to me! My question is about Serviceberry Trees. I am in Tulsa, ok 7B. I was thinking of planting two of these in a spot that gets full sun all day with southwest exposure and quite a bit of strong south wind in the spring. Any thoughts on this idea and any ideas on other small scale trees that might fit this location?
Hi Jim! As always thanks for being an excellent teacher and significantly decreasing my anxiety in the garden with the “just start” and “if it’s not making you happy just take it out” words of wisdom lol. I stress a lot less these days watching you every week. Question for you. I need to buy either compost or mulch this year to top dress all of my beds and a new bed that I have added some compost to when I transplanted some shrubs there. Which should I buy? We got a chip drop the past two years and that has worked well to get the beds going. Is there a reason to buy Mulch over compost and if so would I get the hardwood or pine bark finds? We need about 10 yards and the price is the same. Just wondering if we should just do the compost since the goal of mulch is to break down to become compost or am I missing something in the process? I’m in Powhatan Va zone 7a and really appreciate the feedback! Thank you! We love seeing Holly. We also have a 15 year old pup who loves to wander around the garden.
Thank you for all your plant 38:49 wisdom! I am in zone 8a (45 minutes south of Raleigh) and working on new foundation planting for a south facing brick house. I would love a blue conifer on the SW corner. What evergreen plants would do best? Is a blue conifer possible?
Hey Jim always love your content! I garden in zone 7b (now 8a but I’m not buying it) on a 4 acre lot just south of High Point. I have a question about wood chips. It so happens that I have a tree service 5 minutes from my house. They can provide me with as much wood chips as I want anytime I want them. In fact they frequently call me asking if I’m ready for more. You talk about using wood chips all the time and I’ve started using them as I start new garden spaces. My question is, how deep of a layer should I spread? Is 5 or six inches too deep? As always, thank you for all of you videos.
What plants/trees/shrubs are best for air layering? And what time of year is best?
Tips & tricks for planting peony roots in zone 8a, Johnston County, NC. I received some last year for Valentine’s. I had 3 come up but 2 died back very quickly. Another came up but stayed very small and foliage had died back by midsummer. I planted them in the ground. Should I start them in containers? I have purchased a few more from Walmart and Lowe’s and can see growth in them. I don’t want to kill them again. 😂
Hi Jim. What do you think of using pine fines as mulch in my beds this year? I'm unable to source triple shredded hardwood mulch in my area and the only available options are the bags of dyed mulch or cypress mulch. I dont like using either of these because they are very chunky and i've found that it takes forever for them to break down and improve the soil. Pine fines seem to break down really well and I like that they're a lot easier to spread around in my herbaceous border. Thanks Jim.
Question- I have the choice between starting tomatoes inside under grow lights, or in a slightly heated greenhouse that will keep nights above 50. Which would you choose to start seeds in zone 7b? Thanks!
Hi Jim - I have a tree with the roots at the surface making a spiderweb pattern at the base. Can I under plant this tree? Would I need to find an open spot between the roots or add dirt on top of the roots? I'm zone 8a metro Atlanta and this is the south side of the house. Thanks for taking time to answer questions. I learn a lot.
I have seedlings that are up and I have heard that I should feed them. How do I know how much and what kind of plant food should I use?
Snowdrops often succumb to Narcissus fly.
To the person asking about snowdrops. I’m in zone 7b we get a good show the first season but they never return for us but we also war with squirrels. So they may eat them.
i can tell you really like doing what you do here on your channel and its not just one long add to sell us some raised garden beds. this is so rare now and thats why i watch every single video for the last 6 months since i found this channel. you and Crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt are my gotos. complete opposites of the plant world though lol. Thanks Jim
Question: On a 10-15 foot green giant arb. with 2 distinct leaders how far down in the tree should I cut back one of the leaders?
I was in the local nursery yesterday and they had a Professor Sargent camellia. I had just replied to your neighborhood video about it maybe two hours before, saying how Professor Sargent always made me smile. I was getting ready to pick it up when I noticed on its tags, it said zone 8-(can’t remember) maybe 10. I’m in zone 7b SETN. I’ve seen them here but I’ve never grown them. Is it too cold here to have those? I’ve seen so many over the years in this area. So I figured it would be ok. It was $130 after 50% off (end of camellia season discount). So it was fairly expensive but well worth it if I could grow it.
Could you please give me advice on how to care for newly planted trees, specifically on watering them throughout the first year. I am in zone 8b in MS, and just purchased a Summer Red Maple tree that i will be planting next week. I am always concerned that I will overwater or underwater new plants/trees during there first year and would appreciate advice.
I have about a 12-year- old rosemary plant that has never bloomed.
I would ADORE those tiny, pale blue flowers.
My rosemary lives in an arm of the Mojave Desert -- zone 8b, St George Utah.
It's planted in the corner of my driveway + my front sidewalk. That IS a low spot in my red clay soil yard. There are landscaper's sprinklers, that aren't aimed well, so this plant has super moisture. Much more than I would give it.
Is that why it has NEVER bloomed?? Thx, Jim
What do you do with your q&a notebooks once their full? Shelve them?
QUESTION: With a 4' emerald green arborvitae that has 2 (double) 6" points at the top, should I prune the 2 ponts off to encourage a single point?
I was gifted a small flowering multi color azalea before I moved from the West Coast to the East Coast 7 months ago. I’m currently treating it like a house plant and it’s flowering now. Can this plant be planted outdoors in 7b and survive? I’m now actually only about 70-75 miles from you, so I’m adjusting to the Tahoe to Virginia climate/gardening/ plant choices changes- and it’s an awesome challenge! Thank you!
It's highly variable depending on variety. Some are grown as "short lived gift plants".
In long-planted plants, which are set amongst newer-planted plants -- what fertilizer is best: liquid or pelleted?
The other half of my plants are in containers: Which fertilizer brand would you recommend for those? Thanks, Jim.
Question: Jim I look forward to these Q&As learn so much, and this week I finally have a question of my own. Zone now-8A Charlotte, NC: have a Japanese Maple, dissectum type, variety unknown came with the house but likely around 20 yrs old, approx. 10-12’ HxW on west side of house, full sun. Have lived here 4 yrs. This past winter is the first time it did not shed its leaves. They are all still on, brown and desiccated. Was too bad bc it hid the Xmas lights that are usually a highlight of our front yard display- those twisted branches!! Is there any way (besides picking them) to make sure it drops its leaves after this year’s fall display and not hide those branches for Xmas/winter this year? Too much water? Too mild of a fall? Thanks in advance!
????? I am in zone 8b/9a (just outside Charleston, SC). I have recently purchased a number of caladium and elephant ears bulbs and other plants (hostas, clematis, ferns, and hydrangeas) from local big box stores (WalMart, Costco, Home Depot, etc) hoping to pay less overall in adding plants to my garden. Do I need to wait before planting these plants, or should I start in pots in a sheltered area and transplant later? Our last frost date is around Apr. 1. Also, can I leave the caladium bulbs in the ground over the winter or will they come back year after year? Thanks so much. Also, I enjoy my Sunday morning coffee with your Sunday listener question Q and A. I learn so much from you.
Greetings from CT… should crossing branches that rub be cut off on a double file viburnum. Thanks.
Question - I really want to put a Fatsia in a place that wouldn’t be suitable for its full size. I watched your videos on Fatsia, which were helpful, but my main question is how easy is it to keep pruned on the smaller size? no more than 4x4? Would it be detrimental? I’m sure I could find an alternate spot, I have lots of shade areas, but really want it in this specific nook near the house. Also, if you say move it, what other plant might you recommend with a similar look?? Thanks! Love all your advice! I’m in zone 8, South Carolina.
I rue the day I ever put landscape fabric in my flower beds. It appears to have caused a lot of my plants to spread roots horizontally as opposed to down into the ground.
I’ve pulled it all up and will top dress with compost and fertilize. Hopefully everything recovers nicely.
As most do, I put it down as a weed suppressant. The weeds just seemed to grow on top of the fabric even with generous amounts of mulch.
I need ideas on how to minimize the weeds. Ground cover (zone 8b/9a)? Etc? I’m getting to an age that will make extensive weeding difficult to keep up with.
I have some established knockout roses at the front of my house and I’m trying to add more winter interest around them. Is there anything evergreen I can plant behind them that is narrow enough? I have about 4ft of width and up to 12 feet of height below a window. I was thinking an evergreen clematis or a sky pencil holly. The area is on the west side of my house in 7b. Thanks! I love watching all your videos
For those of us who like to propagate, what was your fertilizer program to push your plants when you owned your nursery?
Hi Jim! Do you have any erosion control go to plants for a slope in full sun, zone 7b. It would be a narrow strip about 8 ft wide, 30ft long. Right in front of a drainage basin.
Question please. I really want an Edgeworthia in my back yard dry shade garden in 8A north Atlanta. Could I plant one in a large pot for the first year to see if the corner spot I have would support it, and if not move it to a sunnier place in a year? It will complete with Elaeagnus for water and nutrition, but I can hand water as needed.
Question about fertilizing - I've seen your videos on how you spread your fertilizer on top of your mulch. Would you take the same approach if you had weed fabric under your mulch? Or, would you move the mulch aside and try to get the fertilizer down under the fabric? Thanks.
I watched your pruning video earlier today that included your butterfly bushes. We're looking at the dwarf varieties ("Lil") that you planted last year. I understand that the older butterfly bushes were considered invasive. But what about the newer varieties? Are they sterile? I'm wondering if the invasive nature of the butterfly bush has been bred out of the newer varieties much like has been done with many nandinas.
Question- good morning Jim I am in zone 8/b North Texas. I’m working on a my city’s pollinating garden. The city brought me 15 bags of cedar mulch to use but I understand that cedar mulch keeps pollinators away. Can you comment on that?😊
Zone 6, southern Illinois. I have a 5-6 year old single trunk white fringe tree I got for free from the city! Planted it in far too much shade and too close to a privacy fence and the house.
The top and one half of the tree starts getting sun around 12-1pm , but the rest is still shaded by the house until 3-4pm (hottest parts of the day here). As a result, it is quite leggy, sparse, and reaching for light making it literally lop-sided away from the fence. It is held upright by a few lengths of paracord run to the fence.
It is already every bit of 10’ tall and 7-8’ wide. I will transplant it to a full-sun spot with as much root ball as possible very soon while still dormant. My question is, should I also prune it, and if so, how to select what is pruned? Thank you so much, Jim!
Jim thank you for the information that you provide on the growing(hardiness zones. Very good insight. I would like to ask you I am going to prune two Crape Myrtle’s in zone 7b/8a in Charlotte. One is a Natchez, not sure about the other one but it is very upright in its growth. Both are over 20’ tall. How much should I prune them? Thank You.
I would also like the answer to this question. I am also in Charlotte, 8a.
Hey Jim! My question is about our native Red Maple trees! (Acer rubrum) All the ones on my property are in full bloom right now and I never got a good look at them before but the flowers are actually really intresting! Their structure is unique, and they have a really appealing rose red color. I was wondering if you'd have some insights into this with your connections to the industry, but do you know if anyone has done breeding work on our native Red Maples to work on making the flowers showier? Thanks in advance! Hope Steph, Holly, and Giffin are doing well :)
Hi Jim and Stephanie! I have a question that may be silly to ask but, can you explain how to go about doing a soil test? Like do you collect from a few different area in your garden? Is it a mail off or can you do an at home type of test? Is it expensive? 🤔 Thank you for another great Q and A video.
Look up your county's agricultural extension agency. That's where I got my bags and instructions. They send them to the local college and email the results. It's not expensive done that way. Good luck!
@@katiekane5247 thank you 😊
Jim,
I was planning to use IV Organics' anti-fungal/disease/pest treatment on my fruit trees this month. Is it too early? Should I re-treat in spring prior to flowering? Also, is it a good idea to preventatively treat fruiting bushes/vines such as blueberries & grapes?
Thank you. 😊
I live in Raleigh NC and have a plot of daffodils right under my mailbox. It looks beautiful when they are blooming but messy and then bland after they bloom. What could I plant on top of this area for the rest of the year?
Jim, what is your opinion on cutting back red twig dogwoods? We have a variegated red twig with awesome winter color. Some say to cut it all the way down, others have a different take. We would love for you to weigh in!
Question. I have a bank or slope behind my house. Last summer I covered it with perennials and shrubs. Last week I had someone put shredded pine bark mulch on the entire bed while I wait for the perennials to fill in. I asked for one inch of mulch and ended up getting 4 inches. Will my perennials come up through 4 inches of shredded pine bark mulch?
Zone 6b/7a
Good morning, I have a question. Do you have a suggestion on what type of trellis would work for a trumpet vine? I planted one four years ago to help block my neighbor’s white vinyl fence and it finally has enough growth to start training it. However, I don’t want to attach hooks to the fence. Thanks from NJ 7B
Could we get a houseplant tour video sometime?
Hi Jim,
My partner and I bought our first house last year and in our front garden we’ve inherited a mature Rowan tree. To the side of the garden next to the small driveway, where we have significant issues the soil getting churned up and getting muddy during wet weather because we often have to walk on that ground. To combat this I want to excavate the existing rut further and install path, likely a gravel grid system as we are on a slop also.
To the question, the problem is that the aforementioned Rowan tree has roots spread out near the surface of the soil and next to/under the driveway and right where I want to dig are two sizable roots. Do you have a tips or how to deal (Cut them back) with these roots without killing the tree or having further regrowth right where I’ll be installing this path?
Should I track the root quite close to the tree and prune there?
For further context about our garden, as I’ve been doing work in the garden over the last year, I’ve discovered our soil is very clay heavy, rather compacted and absolutely filled with stone just inches below the surface which I presume the builders just buried when they were doing construction on the house. This (I assume) leading to a lot of our plants growing with roots very close to the surface and tap roots that turn at a 90 degree angle as opposed to straight down.
Thanks for all you do, between the doing the garden new house and a couple of choice gardening channels (Including yours) I’ve discovered and am developing a passion for gardening. From Matt Jackel in the UK.
I live in Atlanta (now zone 8a) and have a Spider’s Web Fatsia from the Southern Living plant collection. It was planted last Spring. It has thrived but I would like to move it to a partial shade spot underneath a tree that gets morning Eastern sun. Is it OK to move the plant now?
A follow up question for the transplant/prune/walk away conversation - I root pruned a ruby falls redbud about 2 weeks ago in preparation to soon move/transplant. I noticed a great deal of intertwining and crossing branches (obviously has never been attended to). I will need to move this soon before breaking dormancy, z7a NC. Should I just move and and "walk away", or should I try to clean out some of the branches at the same time?
Also with regard to your Learn to Garden series - I am not a new gardener, but realize it is a
life time of learning venture. I am very grateful to be able to depend on and refer to your expertise!
Good morning Jim! Question: I have seen trees, like Birch, which multiple trees can be planted in the same hole to make multi stem trunk. Generally can you do this most ornamental trees? I’m thinking about trying this with Japanese maples. Thanks for the great content!
Some things tend to be multi- trunked, like Birch. Since gardening took off these last few years, nurseries have "cheated" a bit to bring things to market faster than what was done in the past, specifically putting several plants in a pot together to produce bigger finished plants. I bought a deciduous Azalea in a 7 gallon that turned out to be two different varieties planted together. They're complimentary and I don't mind but it wouldn't work for everyone. Sometimes, the stronger plant will take over and out compete the others. The nursery industry has changed and the care given growing plants to market size has resulted in some sold in bigger pots that aren't quite the age or quality as those seen 10-15 years ago, in my experience. As the market expanded, growers tried everything they could to fill the need and inferior plants are the result. I hope Jim answers this next week, I'd love to see if he feels the same. He may not want to criticize growers though.
I have a hardscaping-ish question. I don't know if it counts. I had my overgrown dirt driveway cleared, graded and covered with bluechip gravel (by the house) and asphalt millings (for 1/4 mile btwn the house and the road). Millings are doing okay (besides some recurring potholes), but gravel is becoming overgrown with grass and weeds due to neglect. It's been about 5 years since the work was done. I slightly remember the contractor saying to call him to treat it, but it didn't really register and now everything is a mess. 1) About how often should I be refreshing with gravel, once everything is fixed? 2) I wanna try to pull the big weeds and (chemically) spray the grass and get a new layer of bluechip put down over it - but I don't know if that will be a waste of money. Ideas on how to proceed? 3). If several rounds of spraying and covering with a new layer won't work, what are some alternatives of paying to have the whole driveway done over again? Maryland 7a. Thanks, Jim.
Can you please do a houseplant tour? Im literally dying to know whats in there.
I live in California zone 9B and have been saving all of the must have plants that you highlight that I want in my garden what I have found is that my garden centers within 50 miles don’t carry them. Most of if not all of the Hollys I can’t get, that specific Carolina midnight, you standby in your videos, I’ve searched nursery, near me but they don’t carry and I’m wondering if you have another alternative for me, Most of the websites by mail are a fortune to ship.
Hi! I have been gardening, in my own garden, zone 6a for almost 30 years. I have been having a problem with my main bed, first planted, for the last two years. I have used this bed largely for perennials. The last couple of years I’ve had few plants come back here, where they did well previously. In this bed the people prior to me planted snowdrops. They have naturalized and really fill this bed--more so the last couple of years. Do you think the snowdrops are crowding out the other plants? Does it make sense that the snowdrops are at least part of my problem?
Thanks for your advice!
Bev
My Autumn Twist Encore Azalea has never flowered. It's in a container in deep shade and I've heard you mention that it might need more sun. But...when I move it into the sun the leaves burn. Central Texas Zone 8b-9. I have fertilized it every spring. What do you think?
Hi Jim! I’m in zone 8b Carteret Co NC. I want to plant an edgeworthia with the intention of it being a small “tree”eventually. Do edgeworthia take to bring limbed up? Also, I’ve read different light requirements for this plant. How much sun can it really tolerate? I do not have irrigation. Thanks!!
Hey Jim, you answered my question last week regarding squirrel damage on my upright Japanese maple. I failed to mention my tree is a mature size (15 - 20 feet tall.) You suggested putting a cage over it, assuming it was small. I don't know what I can do to deter squirrels from chewing the limbs. The outer layer of bark has been chewed off on many of the limbs from the lower branches to the top branches. The lowest branch is 5 feet high. Do you know if this could cause the tree to die? I'm not sure of the variety. It is upright with green leaves that turn orange in the fall. It looks similar to Bihou, but it doesn't have yellow branches.
I'm in 6b/7a - far eastern Tennessee 1800 ft elevation. I want to plant some hardy camellias and have a new bed on the north side of a garage. It would get 2-3 hours of direct sun in the summer but none at all in the winter. Since they are evergreen do you think they'd do well with zero sunlight in the winter? Thanks!!!
I live in zone 7a in central Virginia. I purchased two Mexican Bush Sage (Salvia Leucantha) on impulse from a plant nursery. I now read that they are only hardy to zone 8. Is it a lost cause to try and keep them? How can I give them the best chance if I plant them? Thanks!
I have a large climbing rose that is 3 years old. I’m wanting to move it over to center it about 5 feet. Do climbing roses do well with transplants like that? Will I not get a good flower show this year if I transplant it?
I’m in Bham Alabama. I have collected dandelion seeds over the last few years and put them in various areas in my yard. Trying to give my bees something to forage early in spring. Is it possible that the previous owners of my property used lawn treatment that is still working? I’ve had no success getting dandelions to grow. 😢
Hi Jim! Do you know if pruning an Abelia grandiflora back to the ground every year would weaken the plant overtime? I have one that was planted by the previous owner and it wants to grow too big for the space it's in. I tried keeping it as a 3 foot hedge, but since it blooms on new wood and Abelia's tend to send out arching branches, I was always cutting off would be flowers. Someday I would like to replace it with a smaller cultivar of Abelia, but until then I would prefer to prune it back to the ground. I live in zone 7a (used to be zone 7b) for some reference. Thanks!!!
Hi Jim!
I was told I have weeds because I don’t have good soil. I was surprised by the comment. From what I know, every garden has weeds. Maybe gardeners with good soil have fewer weeds??? I think a mature garden with many plant materials tend to have fewer weeds for the obvious reason. What are your thoughts? Thank you in advance.
I have only recently seen scale on Japanese maples in east Texas, zone 8a/b. It is at a friend's house, who is an accomplished gardener. Is dormant oil effective against it? If so, what would be a schedule to apply? If not, would any other remedy be effective. The two beautiful large mature Crimson Queens are on either side of the entry of an east facing house in a protected area with a large live oak tree about 50 feet away toward the east and a garage extension on the south so area is rather shady this time of year. Soil should be similar to yours, highly amended clay with some sand I assume but not for sure. Irrigated bed so probably never too dry but might be on the wet side, particularly in the winter. Thank you! Subscriber for about four years.
Is there a good way to renew or invigorate an old rodadendron? It was planted in 1964 next to the foundation and is a bit woody near the bottom. Removing it is out of the question due to the proximity of utilities. I wouldn't mind if it was shorter, right now it is about 12 ft. tall. Zone 6a Ohio
If a deer chews a branch , would you trim the branch to remove the frayed end ?
My son purchased his first house a year or so ago. The sellers evidently plopped down some new landscaping for the sale and walked away. Most the shrubs promptly died, although a few are hanging on. We found a tag labeled Virburnum Tinus Spirit on one. Will replacements be easy to find or should we pull them all out and plant something different? Need something fairly hardy as he does not have irrigation or much of an interest in gardening. (This mama and his sister can stop by enough to help get new things established. 😁)
I have been told that storing vegetable garden seeds from year to year in the freezer gives them a longer shelf life .Is this true? Your thoughts?
Gardening Question:
You mentioned putting out fertilizer "early" because it won't begin releasing until the soil has warmed up in the spring. I'm in North Texas, 8a. We're currently having weeks of somewhere around 75° highs/40° lows, down below freezing for a few nights, then back up to 70-75° for days.
If I were to put out fertilizer now, would this warmer weather not cause the fertilizer to begin releasing early?
Thanks in advance