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Best Time to Buy Perennials

When are perennials at their lowest price? I suppose that there is a time of the year that they get discounted substanti...
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posted by elec124
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by elec124

tree in fron lawn

Hi, everyone, I live in Dublin, California and am looking for a tree to plant in our front lawn to shade our front wind...
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posted by finecur
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Time to transplant D. Formosa

Hello all, Long time no see! We recently moved into a new house and I have a very large dicentra formosa in a side gard...
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posted by callenmolenda
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Chocolate Digitalis

I received an offer of a free "chocolate" digitalis from Thompson and Morgan Nursery with a minimum order. I donno, is...
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posted by wildbilly
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by wildbilly

Tithonia "Goldfinger"

Hi all, I'm growing Tithonia "Goldfinger" for the first time this year. They're from Park Seed and the catalog says tha...
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posted by msalguod
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Banana: R.I.P.

The banana we eat today is not the one your grandparents ate. That one - known as the Gros Michel - was, by all account...
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posted by b2forewagner
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Two sprinkers: connect in sereis or parallel?

I have a lawn geometry that is best handled with two sprinklers. Would it best to connect them in series (faucet to 1st...
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posted by ajanta
11 comments posted 18yrs posted by ajanta

Great day in the garden

I decided to get out and weed and do other garden chores today. Got the two smaller beds around a tree and the cement p...
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posted by cherylisaak
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by cherylisaak

Problems with Olive Trees and Star Jasmine

My Star Jasmine has hundreds of small black mites (aphids?) custering around the buds, any ideas what I should do? Are...
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posted by DLH.2b8b088
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will this sunflower die?

i have been growning sunflowers this year and i went out to water them today when i noticed that one of them had split...
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posted by agentelrond.2b8b088
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by agentelrond.2b8b088

Cheapest fencing

The fence pannels around part of my alotment have had it. I would like to replace it with more wood. What would be the...
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posted by moggyjo.2b8b088
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by moggyjo.2b8b088

newspaper pots

has anybody ever tried to mske plantpots for seeds out of newspaper. i have downloaded a how to guide but before i try t...
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posted by agentelrond.2b85c27
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by agentelrond.2b85c27

Bottlebrush - after bloom?

After bloom, how should I deadhead - or should I? This is a healthy, vigorous plant that produces beautiful blooms. I h...
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posted by Persephone
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watering shallots

I have shallots growing nicely here in Santa Barbara. They started putting out flower stalks. I have cut off the flower...
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posted by rdoctors
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by rdoctors