In my office, there's this crazy plant that become quite overgrown. There's a stem that I think should be sitting upright, but the leaves are so overgrown that it has become top-heavy and everything simply spills over the side. I tried staking the plant upright, but it fell over after a few days.
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posted by scottso17
on May 14, 2013 -
6 answers
I'm looking to outfit an apartment window garden with some kick-ass pots of various sizes and shapes. Where's the best online retailer of not-plastic, not-boring brown, pots and gardening containers? Bonus if they sell supplies like potting soil and live plants and seeds.
posted by The Whelk
on Apr 26, 2013 -
6 answers
Talk to me about building a perennial garden from the ground up. I'm a fairly new gardener, and have recently bought a number of plants online. This worked well, because we have a small but complicated garden layout (in terms of sun/shade/water) and I can figure out specifics without getting overwhelmed. I also enjoy being present in a nursery to see the plants in person, but the good places are a fairly long drive away and weekend crowds can drive me insane.
Given a list of desired plants, how do you go about buying them? What is the most cost effective way of doing this?
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posted by barnone
on May 22, 2012 -
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I have a area in my yard that is sometimes muddy and sometimes not due to a small creek that is a trickle or bigger according to the weather. I normally weed-eat this area but do not like disturbing the frogs, etc that live there naturally. This area is partly sunny and partly shade. What could I plant in this area that would thrive in mud and be able to overcome the weeds? I live in East Tennessee (Zone 6).
posted by sandyp
on May 20, 2012 -
17 answers
We bought a plum tree, originally to keep in a pot in a patio, that location didn't work out, and now we think that if we take it out of the pot and plant it in the ground it will do better next year. How close to our house can we plant it?
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posted by foleypt
on Nov 20, 2011 -
9 answers
We have a new house and huge yard. We're eager to fill it with plantlife. In fact, we're a little too eager and found some good prices, so we already bought over 200 seedlings, half of which are kale and chard.
We live in Davis, CA, in the CA central valley near Sacramento, in the west region that is known for particularly clay-y soil.
Our main source of garden information is from: http://daviswiki.org/gardening
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See inside for 9 questions we have as last-minute uneducated gardeners....
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posted by oneous
on Oct 16, 2011 -
9 answers
What ground cover will best defy the incursion of my nemesis, grass? Shady (under tree) area in Quebec, Canada.
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posted by Shepherd
on May 28, 2011 -
10 answers
Where do you plant a tree if you want to be sure you can visit it 50 years from now? How do you go about planting it, assuming a team of two adults?
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posted by swift
on Oct 21, 2010 -
13 answers
What trees (preferably evergreen) are native to the Jersey City, New Jersey (USA) area?
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posted by aleahey
on Sep 1, 2010 -
4 answers
I unexpectedly received several rare strawberry plants. Currently living in USDA Zone 6 -- what can I do to ensure they survive such late planting & a potentially hard winter?
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posted by muirne81
on Nov 19, 2009 -
2 answers
What plants are suitable for putting on our deck in Seattle? There's no yard/soil, so they must live in containers. The deck is quite large so I was thinking about large decorative plants like small trees or some form of bamboo. Climate-wise, we have the typical PNW weather of moist winters that only fall below freezing a few days out of the year. Also, we are completely ignorant of gardening and would rather have something that can survive with a minimum of attention.
posted by matildaben
on Nov 18, 2008 -
11 answers
My crazy gardener advised me to cut the bottom off of my avocado tree's pot and put the whole shebang in the ground instead of removing it from the pot. Is he crazy?
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posted by mzurer
on Sep 1, 2008 -
4 answers
I want to plant some Casablanca lily bulbs, so that I may cut them at various times and give them to the SO. I live in Los Angeles, and have sandy soil around my property at different degrees of sunniness and facing different cardinal directions, mostly directly against one wall or another. What should I know?
posted by sdis
on Aug 2, 2006 -
1 answer
The Devil went to Carolina,
Looking for a place to hide;
He found a pot,
And so he thought,
Now there will be
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posted by 1f2frfbf
on Jul 17, 2006 -
11 answers
Please share resources for learning about, selecting, and planting a garden given a particular climate and soil.
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posted by odinsdream
on Jun 24, 2006 -
9 answers
