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Suggestions for Memorial Tree in San Francisco

We are planning to plant a tree in honor of my father-in-law in the backyard of his home in San Francisco. It is a very...
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posted by tombates
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by tombates

What kind of cactus?

Many years ago, I remember seeing cacti in the high plains of Colorado (or maybe it was northern New Mexico or the Texa...
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posted by zxcvbob
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by zxcvbob

Elephant Ears

Hi Was wondeing if anyone could help I live South Africa and have planted 4 Elephant Ear Plants and the leaves are going...
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posted by mr_cool183
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by mr_cool183

Sharpening Manual Lawn Mower

Hi, We have a manual lawn mower. There is a place in town that will sharpen them but is it better long term to by sharp...
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posted by soniavantassel
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by soniavantassel

Cactus survival?

The desert critters have gone to work on a prickly pear cutting I just put in the ground. It's a fairly large "arm" fro...
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posted by nospam
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by nospam

Groundcover ID help

I have some groundcover that I would like to identify. I've looked through all of the garden websites, but it is hard t...
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posted by edlisal
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by edlisal

PHOTO OF THE WEEK, Cardinal Flower

This is a striking wild flower that adds fall color to any garden. What I find most interesting about it is the strange...
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posted by jack
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by jack

Hawthorne fruit, but not leaves

I have a hawthorne tree in my front yard. My neighbor has several in his yard (he's more of a lawn guy than a tree guy,...
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posted by DarrylJ
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by DarrylJ

Outstanding Horticultural Books for Florida Gardeners

MAXWELLS FLORIDA Outstanding Horticultural Books http://home.comcast.net/~maxwellsflorida/index.htm Publisher Betty M....
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posted by maxwellsflorida
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repotting shock

I purchased a beautiful Brazilian flame vine late this summer (Pyrostegia venusta), transplanted to a big pot and was w...
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posted by claudia.depaula
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by claudia.depaula

Easier way to get denser pine tree growth?

Hi. I'm familiar with the laborious technique of pruning the many hundreds of candles on a pine tree in order to increa...
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posted by zymatikNOSPAM
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by zymatikNOSPAM

pests on Hemlock trees

Has anyone had any problem with Wooley Adelgids on their Hemlock trees? They appear as white, "wooley" covering on the...
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posted by sandy3w
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by sandy3w

plant-weed? ID.

Hello, I live in the midwest, IL., USA. I was visiting my brother and his family today and noticed a very strange plant...
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posted by Mason121
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by Mason121

Hibiscus blooms wilt

I have a small (my first) 2 ft. high pink Hibiscus on my deck this Summer. It was going great until about 3 weeks ago,...
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posted by rick
10 comments posted 21yrs posted by rick