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can you identify this plant please

We have a plant in our garden (England). Last year we had a lot, but this year only one has survived and we do not know...
4 comments posted 21yrs
posted by woodcocs
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by woodcocs

Prickly Pear Cactus

Can anyone tell me how to get rid of cactus. Any of the sprays I have used do nothing and I am too old to dig it all out...
20 comments posted 21yrs
posted by pixi
20 comments posted 21yrs posted by pixi

prunus serrula seeds

having given up on trying to find a local source for our tibetan cherry, we're seriously considering purchasing seeds....
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by rottyguy70
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by rottyguy70

Yellow leaves on water plants

I have a small water garden, maybe a foot and a half by a foot and a half, with a few plants, a fish and a snail. The l...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by dustinholmes
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by dustinholmes

Chinese Pistachio

I'm thinking about putting a Chinese Pistachio tree in my back yard but haven't found any information on it's root syst...
22 comments posted 21yrs
posted by robmills
22 comments posted 21yrs posted by robmills

Cut down a tree or remove a section instead?

I have a mature maple tree in my backyard, about 30 feet outside my kids' bedroom. The tree is V-shaped, with two major...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by andrei338
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by andrei338

Giant Alaskan veggies

Folks, you jes' gotta read this story from the L.A. Times about contests in Alaska to grow the biggest vegetables. Do y...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by aspasia
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by aspasia

BER question

I'm growing 6 tomatoes in containers of different varieties. Yesterday I noticed that on one plant, one of the set toma...
10 comments posted 21yrs
posted by mea
10 comments posted 21yrs posted by mea

new bonsai

I received a bonsai, not sure what KIND of tree yet. Was hoping I could get recommendations on a web site or 2 for the b...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by chaznsc
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by chaznsc

Ants destroying lupines!

I have lusted after these flowers since we went to PEI. I have a few plants but armies of small brown ants are sucking...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by mad-lucey
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by mad-lucey

Gilson Brothers Co. garden tiller query

Long story short: acquired this tiller (Model # 10 511 05) from a co-worker, who had it for years at the lakeside cotta...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by polarismb
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by polarismb

Corn Plant?

I've got a plant that I have always called a Corn Plant because it resembles corn growing in a field. It grows from a s...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by miatamaniac
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by miatamaniac

Bargain basement gaura

I scored five rather healthy looking gaura on sell at a big box store for a buck each. They're in one gallon pots. I pl...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by donnaspammenotdemedicis
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by donnaspammenotdemedicis

Dead Heading Hydrangeas

Should you dead head hydrangeas? Would it promote more flowers as it often does with other plants? Patrick
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by NoOption5L
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by NoOption5L

Sunflower flopping...

I am on my second sunflower and it's starting to flop like the first one. This one grew straight up, presented a nice 1...
7 comments posted 21yrs
posted by anonymous
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by anonymous