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trees

would like to plant a tree in asunny location near my patio, facing south. live in portland..what kind of tree would you...
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posted by mukunddevan
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Mystery Vine

Could someone tell me what vine this is? I'm assuming it is in the cucumber family - Cucurbitaceae. It's scrambling aro...
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posted by kathy
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Poor size marigold plants?

I have been planting the Lady (First Lay) series of marigolds for over 20 years and every year they have grown 20 - 24...
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posted by petruska
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how to persuade thunbergia to bloom?

Hello, For the last three years I have grown orange thunbergia (sometimes called black-eyed Susan VINE) in a hanging po...
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posted by shoemakerted
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by shoemakerted

Bringing a lawn back from the dead

Hello gardening types, I just bought my first house last year - in winter. The health of the lawn wasn't even something...
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posted by bigpurplenose
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by bigpurplenose

A Ground Cover That Has Balls

Even though the oxalis is an excellent, weed-choking, low growing ground cover that needs mowing only once every three...
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posted by windswept
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Canna lilies

Does it make any difference to "deadhead" the blooms of these lilies ? Does it promote new blooms ? I remove the wilted...
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posted by bentuinman
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by bentuinman

crab apple?

I just bought a house which has an apple tree in the backyard. I'm told it is a crab apple tree. Right now the apple's...
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posted by dave
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by dave

Potatoes dying off - normal?

I planted a patch of potatoes mid spring. My girls took a bad of rotten potatoes that had started to grow, cut them up,...
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posted by nousenetspam
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by nousenetspam

Sickly tree..

Hi, A bradford pear tree in my front yard (about 7 years old) looked sickly and dead last summer. This spring it seems...
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posted by rkannan
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by rkannan

We are beginners, trying to plan Fuschia...

So we've planted a couple fuschias on 2 different sides of our house here in the norhtwest, and we're not sure if they...
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posted by alice
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by alice

Mums changing colour

I have one chrysanthemum in my garden. This year, it began to bud very early (in June); I removed the buds. In no time...
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posted by sue
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by sue

Winter veg.

When is the best time to plant Brussel sprouts and winter cabbag please. I live in Dorset uk -- hostajohn
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posted by hostajohn.2awgvy
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by hostajohn.2awgvy

96 Hardy Amaryllis bulbs

Hi: I have 96 Hardy Amaryllis (Naked Lady, Magic Lily) bulbs available for sale. Half are very large or large, and the...
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posted by petite.jardins
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