Garden & Landscape - July 2006

I live near the border in southern calif about 15 miles inland. im in a valley where it can get very hot in the summer, but is nice the rest of the year. No frost. Ive dug deep and ammended the soil with about 50 % grow mulch. I've filled the holes 3 times with water to check for drainage. The 3rd fill drained in under an hour. All my friends at work have at least one lemon tree and can't use what they have, so I know I don't want lemons. But i would like to try something different in it's place. Basically I want 3 med sized citrus and want help telling me what to buy? thank you.

2006-07-20 22:00:57 · 4 answers · asked by Dead Polly 2

As in, about 1 - 2 metres from the house? Our house is on a now busy road, it was built in 1860. Most people's front gardens are now 'car parking'. We have a narrow bed currently with a holly in it which looks pretty awful. Our neighbour (we are semi detached)
has a japanese cherry outside his front door, I would like to mirror this as it looks so much nicer but I am wary of causing any structural problems.

Given that councils used to plant trees on pavements very close to houses are there some 'municipal' types I could safely try? Or tree-like shrubs? I like blossom and 'country cottage' looks!

2006-07-20 21:54:49 · 16 answers · asked by Emily 3

2006-07-20 21:08:28 · 28 answers · asked by nick w 1

2006-07-20 19:26:32 · 12 answers · asked by chacho 1

2006-07-20 18:47:41 · 10 answers · asked by Joe Blow 1

I have been pulling nut grass out by the roots and it keeps coming back month after month.

2006-07-20 16:26:50 · 5 answers · asked by Goldenrain 6

every time I plant lobelia it looks good for the first month or so. It will have lots of flowers and fill out nicely. Then all of a sudden it will start to turn brownish red, it will quit flowering and fall over in hanging baskets and flower beds. I water about every day, have given it miracle grow. They are in 50/50 sun and shade. Help me, I love this flower-I cant get enough of it.

2006-07-20 15:44:34 · 8 answers · asked by luvnuttydog 3

2006-07-20 15:33:53 · 16 answers · asked by endofthetailbunnies 2

2006-07-20 14:55:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-20 14:47:08 · 11 answers · asked by Tina Q 1

2006-07-20 14:35:39 · 13 answers · asked by Nelson * 1

2006-07-20 14:03:29 · 10 answers · asked by princess 2

2006-07-20 13:49:20 · 4 answers · asked by GUYSMILY99 1

Me and my family recently decided to rent a new house and when we were taking a tour, we saw a peach tree in the backyard. When we got up close to it, we saw that there were two peaches that looked like they recently appeared, but were not ripe. Finally to my two questions:

1. How long will it take for the two peaches to ripen so we can pick them and eat them?

2. Will we be able to plant another peach tree in the back yard?

Thanks so much

2006-07-20 13:47:12 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-20 10:43:10 · 0 answers · asked by glove1958 1

2006-07-20 10:38:44 · 10 answers · asked by delsg1 2

2006-07-20 10:35:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want them out of my garden, and I have this vague idea that if I flush them down, I will not kill them but they have a chance on survival in the sewers. I hope so anyway.
What do you think?

2006-07-20 10:32:09 · 7 answers · asked by Bloed 6

2006-07-20 10:14:08 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to do my garden up, and need plants that will come back every year but don`t have a clue what sort is best. Any gardeners out there with some variaties for me,want colour but like grenery as well.

2006-07-20 10:05:33 · 9 answers · asked by lizardlover 2

2006-07-20 09:59:41 · 4 answers · asked by Karl 1

What can you tell me about the camphor tree? Thank you.

2006-07-20 09:42:34 · 2 answers · asked by suez 2

It's about twenty foot across, round, and about two foot deep.

2006-07-20 08:57:32 · 5 answers · asked by Kaykay 1

I have fallen in love with topicals. If any one wants to trade cannas. I am looking for tall varaties. I have cannas name unknown they have burgundy leaves and redish-ornge flowers. Or if anyone has any tropicals or perrinals they would like to share I will gladly pay postage.

2006-07-20 08:43:49 · 4 answers · asked by ebonybutterfly4u 3

2006-07-20 08:41:15 · 10 answers · asked by vic 4

The leaves on the rose bushes have holes in them. Is this natural or is there a type of bug eating the leaves? If so, what can I use to stop this problem.

2006-07-20 08:15:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

While weeding today, I was pulling a tomato stalk up, and broke it at a junction between two stalks. It has split the main trunk about a half an inch. Is there any way to salvage the plant? Thanks.

2006-07-20 08:05:31 · 5 answers · asked by Cadros 1

i have seen branches at the base of the plant, yet no seperate root system for these "buds". is it a good idea to carefully snap 'em off and replant them, or let them sit in water? or maybe they, in time, will shoot out roots like runner plants?

just in case it'll help, here's a description of the aloe and its growing conditions....

this aloe is five years old, and has never reproduced before. it is grown in a two-gallon plastic flower pot, and weighs nigh on thirty pounds, at least. (not including the weight of the dirt and pot) it is grown on a shaded balcony with probably... four to five hours of sun every morning, and receives copious watering. it's soil is a mixture of topsoil, composted cow manure, and miscellaneous composted plant wastes from my garden.

2006-07-20 07:57:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-20 07:56:48 · 6 answers · asked by OMA 1

I trimmed a substancial branch from my Rhodo, and would love to grow another as it was planted in the memory of a family member. I can't bear to throw it away. I have successfully rooted forsythia, but am unsure if it is the same process.

2006-07-20 07:44:38 · 4 answers · asked by lupin 1