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Elledee asked: Who knows what these are?
I remember finding these, I think growing wild, years ago, though I’m not sure where – probably in the woods. They aren’t balloon flowers. I’m zone 6b and they blossom about mid-July every year. Nice clumping. Lovely purple flowers.This question is about Elledee's Campanula in the Stone - Left of Front Steps garden.
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Kesky asked: Why won't my iris bloom?
I got some hybrid iris tubers from a friend about 5 years ago. They continue to multiply each year, but of about 40 plants only 5 ever bloom (the same five each year.) They get afternoon sun. Should I fertilize? and with what kind of fertilizer? Or what else could be wrong with them? I live in zo...This question is about Kesky's Iris in the Flower garden.
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Sjwalton asked: What is this plant?
My mother-in-law gave me this plant about 5 years ago as a 6 inch shoot she “harvested” from a potted plant in Florida. She thought it was a nutmeg tree, but the leaves are nothing like a nutmeg. I’ve kept it as a house plant and put it outside for the summer. The first few years, it lost all its...
This question is about Sjwalton's Medicinal Herb garden.
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Crystalwill2 asked: Picking cantaloupes?
I have heard to wait until to pick the cantaloupe until it falls off the vine when you touch it. My first two have started splitting all around the outer shell so I picked it off the vine. It was perfectly ripe when I ate it, but I’d like to get them before the splitting stage. How do ...This question is about Crystalwill2's cantaloupes in the first year farm garden.
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Flowerlady asked: hibiscus propagation
i have a very lovely hibiscus plant called Lord Baltimore i also have another one is pink and one is white i was wondering if anyone can tell me how to start new plants from the seeds of these plants? i have tried letting them fall off the main plant but do not see any new little plants and have ...
This question is about Flowerlady's around the bird bath flower bed garden.
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Tbuser asked: Is this tomato blight?
My tomatoes are big and healthy looking. (see the three next to tires in the second picture) The leaves are fine and there are lots of flowers and little green tomatoes growing. However, several of them have these nasty looking brown spots on the bottoms. My wife cut this one open and said the...
This question is about Tbuser's Tomatoes in the Vegetable garden.
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Themissiah asked: Squash turning yellow (leaves)
We’ve had a wonderful harvest from our yellow squash plants and they continue to fruit, but a couple of them are looking yellow on the leaves and the large stem looks as though there is rot on one of them. Does anyone know what this could be?? I’ll try to get pictures later. Thanks! ...This question is about Themissiah's Blackberry 'Thornless Ouachita' in the T/M Berries garden.
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Angrywayne asked: Does anyone have other suggestions for the yellowing of these bean leaves?
the hidatsa beans that I have in my container box seem to be lacking some minerals. I checked on yougrowgirl.com forums and someone said that it is probably a magnesium deficiency and that I should give it more with an epsom salt solution. I did yesterday and again today and was wondring if anyon...
This question is about Angrywayne's Hidatsa Shield Figure Bean in the All Boxed In: Container and Small Plot Gardening in Brooklyn garden.
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Webcompanion asked: Mystery mutant bee
We were looking at our petunia’s here in southeast Michigan yesterday evening before dark and came across this crazy looking bee-like insect I had never seen before. Does anyone know what these are called? He was loving the flowers and visited just about all my blooms it seemed!
This question is about Webcompanion's Flower garden.
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Judith505 asked: How do you tell the difference between a Day Lily and a Iris?
I rescued from a field what I believe to be Orange Bearded Iris but my sister says that Iris’ don’t flower this time of year (and they lost their flowers after I transplanted them last week) and that she thinks they are Day Lily’s. How do you tell the difference between a Day L...
This question is about Judith505's Daylily - Orange in the Flower and Non-Edibles garden.
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