Garden & Landscape - September 2007

I have it on the kitchen window sill. It was doing very well there midsummer. It was sending out long shoots and looked very green and happy. Now it just will not stop developing dry and dead ends. Dirt is moist, no one appears to be touching it. I remove dead stems with scissors. I can't think what might have changed. I hate to watch it dwindle away.

2007-09-28 16:19:08 · 8 answers · asked by sjcamp 1

2007-09-28 15:07:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-28 14:50:55 · 11 answers · asked by ~~~Tara~~~ 1

2007-09-28 14:39:36 · 13 answers · asked by ~~~Tara~~~ 1

My wife is running a daycare from our home and there are 5 plants that bloom in early fall. They attract A LOT of bees. I'm just trying to keep them away w/o digging up the plants.

2007-09-28 13:22:34 · 5 answers · asked by after_bar_allstar 1

i need a picture of a big beautiful flower
because on one wall of my room i want a huge flower on it.
the background will be a light/lime greenish color and i want the flower to be black,purple,white.
whats the perfect flower?

2007-09-28 13:05:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Wildflower growing in my Northern California garden, perennial, violet color, many 4-petaled tiny flowers create
a cluster on a 12" stem with intermittent leaves.

2007-09-28 12:57:51 · 5 answers · asked by sillyone 2

Do they multiply by themselves? Which flowers multiply by themselves in order for me to save money?

2007-09-28 12:48:06 · 4 answers · asked by angelikabertrand64 5

i live in a house where i rent a room, i take care of the lawn to help trade for rent. there is an entire Fence line of rose bushes that bloomed for a week, then nothing the rest of the summer. however there is one bush by the back door that has not stopped blooming even till now! what makes the difference?

2007-09-28 12:33:05 · 6 answers · asked by Priestcalling 3

2007-09-28 12:18:28 · 3 answers · asked by lladnylnavillus 3

I've read that it's hardiness is 4-9, and I live in Chicago which is zone 5. I bought the tree, more like a twig, today. It's less than 12 inches, but has many leaves. If I plant it outside know will it be too young and die in the snowy weather?

2007-09-28 11:53:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-28 11:52:20 · 13 answers · asked by d w 2

Our new flat has a quince tree in the garden. It is really heavy with fruit and the fruit is already pretty huge. Does anyone know when to harvest quince? Some have come away easily already so I did an experimental pudding with it (baked with honey) but it had a really bitter aftertaste. Is it still unripe and
will it ever ripen in the uk? I hate to waste it if I can cook them but I have never dealt with quince before!

Thanks for your help

2007-09-28 11:47:03 · 4 answers · asked by Rats 4

The question I asked about native plants for front of house outside two bedroom windows - more info. We live in Townsville, Queensland and need Australian native bushes etc. Sorry about leaving this important info out of original question. Cheers.,

2007-09-28 09:34:43 · 3 answers · asked by Buttercup 1

I love peach roses but I have never found them at a local nursury. So I was wondering if it is called by a different name. Also what is the scientific name of this rose. I so desperately want to get one to plant in my yard. I know that there are several that have been called peach roses so her is a picture of the specific rose and color I am talking about. http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1307/1008595574jg7.jpg Any help in this will be greatly appriciated. Thanks in advance.

2007-09-28 08:07:10 · 7 answers · asked by Julie H 2

I found these two plants growing near the edge of a pond/swamp-ish thing in the Boston area.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/donkey1234/DSCN5534.jpg?t=1191005909
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/donkey1234/DSCN5533.jpg?t=1191005926

There are 2 plants and 2 pictures of each plant.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/donkey1234/DSCN5537.jpg?t=1191005956
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/donkey1234/DSCN5536.jpg?t=1191005957

Thanks so much

2007-09-28 07:59:45 · 6 answers · asked by MLBfreek35 5

A lot of my houseplants have spent the summer on the front porch, and they've done beautifully. Now I need to bring them back in ... some are in their own pots, others are in mixed baskets with summer annuals that are ready for the trash heap.

Any tips on how to reacclimate the plants to the warmer indoor temperatures? Also, is there anything I should spray or wash them with to make sure they're not bringing bugs in? Should I re-pot everything first? The plants are crotons, white butterfly nephthytis, palms, and some other kind of tropical.

Any help would be appreciated ... Thank You!

2007-09-28 07:08:14 · 6 answers · asked by * 4

My husband just bought me some roses. How do I keep them longer than just a few days and can I plant cut roses and grow them?

2007-09-28 05:44:11 · 7 answers · asked by Kathy Y 1

i have an allotment and i used a part of it for my herbs. unfortunately as my herbs grew they have all mixed in together like a gigantic herbal jungle, and although i've cut them back.i can't quite decide where one plant ends and another begins. can they be left in a herbal mass...or are they better grown singularly with lots of care ??? thanks

2007-09-28 04:56:49 · 5 answers · asked by MOON WITCH 3

a neighbor has asked me to help find a spot for a small white spruce she bought. we're near chicago il. u.s. they aren't native around here so i don't know much about them. we live in a well and septic area with a semi high water table. i've read these trees don't do well in this type of soil. she'll only be out $10 if it doesn't grow but i'd like to give it a shot. anyone out there have experience with these? is there anything specific i should know? i've tried some websites but they really don't give much info beside the growing habits.

2007-09-28 04:33:57 · 2 answers · asked by racer 51 7

I sometimes have a couple left which have gone too ripe.

2007-09-28 04:10:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Its only about a foot tall, its leaves are already turning red. I can't plant it in the ground because I live in an apartment.

2007-09-28 04:02:28 · 2 answers · asked by brew81 1

I'm having a contractor install an underground sprinkler system. He said that he would be using Rainbird sprinkler heads, but now that they are all in the ground, I noticed that only the fixed heads are Rain Bird; the rest are Irritrol.

Does anyone know anything about Irritrol? Should I insist that he switch out the Irritrols with Rainbirds?

2007-09-28 03:56:35 · 3 answers · asked by dougneb 3

2007-09-28 03:21:57 · 14 answers · asked by larchmores 1

2007-09-28 03:10:06 · 4 answers · asked by rose 1

we are living in a country side , we have one Golden retriver and one German shephered , also we have snakes around

2007-09-28 00:25:31 · 11 answers · asked by ali kandil 1

Have a new puppy 5 month olds and she eats everything, I don't want theare grass, unable to care for it.

2007-09-27 18:44:15 · 2 answers · asked by babyduck 1

2007-09-27 16:36:35 · 3 answers · asked by klayklomi 2

I have sprayed with lysol and it kills molds, but it keeps coming back.

2007-09-27 16:03:15 · 5 answers · asked by Fauna 5

Two years ago, all the leaves along a major branch shrivelled up and died in September. In the following spring, no buds appeared and the entire branch was dead, so I cut it off.

The tree was fine all summer. There was plenty of rain and water. Now, again, I'm seeing the same thing. Leaves turning brown at the tips, then the whole leaf turns brown and shrivels up. It's not the entire tree, though. Only certain branches - in groups about the size of a football.

What is the problem?

2007-09-27 15:46:08 · 7 answers · asked by Alice Lockwood 4