Q&A - Veggies & Fruit - Strawberries
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Some people are known as “glass half full” folks and some drift towards the “glass half empty” side. Personally, I’m a “Whoops!
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It seems that I’m either easily amazed or not fazed at all by new information. If you were to tell me that science ...
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One of the things I've come to notice about the horticultural racket (and I'm using the term with extreme fondness, unless I'm n
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I’ve been trying to characterize exactly what happens in my yard as the days grow shorter and the nights grow colder...
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I was reading a gardening book the other day (yes, I occasionally do research – don’t start on me this early in the column …
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Miniature gardening is the rage. What enchanting miniature plants work well in a shaded area?
What does it take to make a climbing hydrangea flower? Ours was planted 3 years ago and is growing energetically. It’s in a protected nook near the patio and gets very little direct sunlight, but doesn’t act sun starved. We gave it a shot of slow release fertilizer on planting, and once since. Somewhat inadvertently it gets plenty of water, since the hose spigot is nearby and leaks, but drainage does not seem to be the problem. It now fully occupies an 8-foot trellis but shows no interest in flowering. Is it youth, lack of sun, too much or too little fertilizer, bugs, lack of pruning or what? When do these plants bloom and what conditions do they like?
Besides mums, what are a few other plants you would recommend for containers for fall color?
