• Identification: Small, rather common tree-like houseplant - what is it?

    Updated: 2010-05-31 21:04:19
    Hello! I have just bought this terribly cute little tree. Can anyone help identify it? Also if you have tips on how to keep it happy - I've only had it a few days, repotted it and it already seems to be drooping a bit - let me know. Thank you!

  • Central texas tree identification

    Updated: 2010-05-31 20:00:58
    I would like some help in identifying this tree growing in Central Texas, Bell County thanks in advance. tcl

  • Orange Trees from seeds, Looking for help

    Updated: 2010-05-31 19:32:08
    Hello UBC Members I have just started at this site, and I already feel like this is where I should have started. Firstly, I am from Ontario Canada. I am growing an orange tree from seed and need some pointers. I have been growing my tree since mid March, and it's about 3 to 4 inches tall with 6 full leaves and 2 new ones starting. I have tried to contact both growers, suppliers and...

  • British Columbia: Fruit Tree Pollination

    Updated: 2010-05-31 18:41:06
    I have not had much success with my fruit trees. My fruit tree orchard in Squamish consist of three old fruit trees (transparent apple, pear and plum). Over the last few years, I have planted cheery, peach and pluot trees. With the old trees, I have had only one successfull harvest of apples. This year the old fruit trees had lots of blossoms but no fruit. With the new trees I have some cherries...

  • Need help

    Updated: 2010-05-31 18:18:18
    I need some information/help, yesterday my husband was cutting grass and ran over my grape vine. The vine was 1-2 years old, just starting 2nd year and had runners 1 1/2 feet long. It cut the vine off 1/2 - 3/4 of an inch above the base of the plant where the canes grow out of. Will it come back or should I just count my loses and dig it up?

  • Type of small palm tree?

    Updated: 2010-05-31 18:17:52
    I am in the florida panhandle in zones 8-9. There are only 2 of these in my yard and they are seperate from eachother about a good 20 meters. The whole area was underwater before but now is dry with trees planted by people, but these 2 trees are unlike the others. This is what one of them looks like http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/jamespcgamer/053110111814.jpg

  • Hoya trouble

    Updated: 2010-05-31 17:10:05
    I have over watered my Hoya plants. I have had them for years and suddenly I am over watering them !? ( I am shaking my head ) The leaves have faded a little and become limp and slightly wrinkled. Is there a chance they will recover and how can I assist them in the process other then not water them until they have completely dried out ? Thanks everyone.

  • Identification: Need Help Identifying this Plant

    Updated: 2010-05-31 16:37:03
    I am having problems with this large bush this year and the last. It doesn't look healthy and is losing it's leaves way too early (it's late May). It starts the year healthy and then the leaves start falling (and looking unhealthy). The first step is to figure out what it is. If anyone can help identify (or diagnose), I would greatly appreciate. ...

  • Identification: Identification from a Bee / Butterfly seed pack

    Updated: 2010-05-31 16:34:23
    All, A few years ago, I purchased a bee butterfly seed pack and had lots of success. We had some amazing annuals. However ... there was one plant / flower that came up, which over the years I have never been able to identify. it's more shrub foliage, however cornflower type flower head (but do not initially think it is a cornflower, I have many cornflowers around the garden, but this is...

  • Plant supports

    Updated: 2010-05-31 16:18:34
    In the past two-three weeks my perennial plants have soared upwards, and being preoccupied with other parts of the garden I took my eye off the ball.

  • Weeds of my garden near Bordeaux, France

    Updated: 2010-05-31 16:15:01
    Hello ! Can you help me to identify those 4 weeds very present in my garden ? Each picture has a number so you can ID it by number. Thank you

  • Rose bed condition?

    Updated: 2010-05-31 15:12:40
    place: SW VA variety: Peace, Mr. Lincoln, Oklahoma, Blue Girl I have 'Hens and chicks' carpeting the floor of my rosebed and as of late the the roses have seemed to suffer for this. Have I created conditions that are either injurious to my roses health or an environment that fosters the opprtunity of a detrimental insect community?

  • Identification: Plant Identification.

    Updated: 2010-05-31 14:36:15
    Hi, Could you please help me identify this plant? We live in Upstate New York in an area with a very high water table level. Many thanks.

  • SUBMISSION: Black-White-Green-Gold

    Updated: 2010-05-31 08:07:52
    Here's my humble submission: "Cucurbitaceae Blossom, Black-White-Green-Gold" It's a macro photo (with a 4-diopter macro lens) of the blossom of a melon plant. I was planting two types of melons - the honey melon and the cantaloupe melon. I am not sure, if the blossom belongs to the honey or cantaloupe melon, since the plant wasn't bearing any fruits yet. It grows indoors.

  • Diascia -- any fans out there?

    Updated: 2010-05-31 08:07:52
    I would like to hear from anyone growing various colours and cultivars of Diascia, the delightful, delicate little candidates for baskets and planters. I am not sure if they are better off in partial shade, or not... and I'd like to hear from those using them creatively...

  • Identification: Can you help identify this large tree bloom?

    Updated: 2010-05-31 01:50:50
    Thanks in advance, James

  • Beauty Secrets With Carrots For Your Skin & Hair

    Updated: 2010-05-30 19:57:39
    You must have heard of the numerous health benefits of carrots. But did you know that carrots can be extremely beneficial for the skin? Face masks can be made from them to nourish your skin in a natural way. In today’s world where we are living and breathing in a polluted environment which is damaged due [...]

  • May 30, Garden Snails

    Updated: 2010-05-30 08:07:29
    WHAT'S NEW GARDEN STORE VEGETABLE GARDENS GARDEN PESTS CARE 4 BEES FREE EBOOKS PERMACULTURE RARE PLANTS GARDEN EMBROIDERY FARMERS MARKET BITS AND BOBS Subscribe To This Site Weird and wonderful ways to naturally control garden snails and slugs Excellent ideas on how to control an over population of garden snails . Important information to have as you really don't want to spend your time and money preparing a garden only to wake up and find it all . eaten In the case of my Raised Garden Bed No Dig Garden I knew I would have a problem with these little critters . There were small shrubs nearby and it had also been raining , I had seen the tell tale signs of snail trails heading for the new garden . Combine that with a few dozen seedlings and it was the chance for a . feast There was no way I

  • Grow your own chutney

    Updated: 2010-05-28 12:46:03
    I love pointing to a jar of chutney, knowing I've grown all the ingredients used to make it ... Isn't cold meat, crusty white bread and chutney one of the great culinary combinations?

  • The Right Type of Ivy to Plant Near a Wall

    Updated: 2010-05-27 16:03:13
    Backyard Gardening Blog Blog Home Backyard Gardening Articles Backyard Gardening Forums Backyard Gardening Gallery The Right Type of Ivy to Plant Near a Wall May 27th , 2010 There is one mistake you really , and I mean really don’t want to make in your landscape . You absolutely do not want to plant the wrong type of ivy for the wrong reason . Very bad things can . happen First a word on vines Vines climb through a variety of methods , and it is important for you to know what they are and how they . work 1. Mechanically This is where a vine twists or turns around some support or framework naturally . Through a natural process the vine senses a nearby structure , and wraps around it . Examples of this type of vine include kiwi and . clematis 2. Tendrils Some vines grip mechanically , but

  • In The Garden With The Carrots!

    Updated: 2010-05-27 07:33:12
    Have you ever had really good, juicy carrots? Not the kind that’s all white and dehydrated like your skin in the winter. I mean a plump, bursting balloon of sweetness, with a few wisps of fuzzy roots and wrinkles, maybe, but a thin skin that betrays its more-orange-than-an-orange flesh? Thankfully, I have. And it’ll never be forgotten. [...]

  • Planting Sweet Potatoes

    Updated: 2010-05-26 22:17:12
    Backyard Gardening Blog Blog Home Backyard Gardening Articles Backyard Gardening Forums Backyard Gardening Gallery Planting Sweet Potatoes May 26th , 2010 I planted my sweet potatoes the other day , and I’ve got to hand it to Burpee where I ordered them they said they’d arrive on the 25th , and they arrived on the . 25th Sweet Potato Slips in a Jar Wee Little Slips Planted in a Mound Sweet Potato Slips in Containers If you’ve never grown sweet potatoes , you probably can , most areas of the US and even southern Canada have a long enough and warm enough growing season . There are also certain varieties that require a shorter hot growing . season Being in Michigan I ordered one of those varieties , Georgia . Jet Sweet potatoes are generally sold as slips . You can make your own slips , you

  • The greater bulb fly

    Updated: 2010-05-26 11:52:22
    In the bright heat of this week's baking sunlight, a buzz of black and orange fur announces the arrival of what I think is one our cuddliest hoverflies.

  • Chelsea 2010: my verdict

    Updated: 2010-05-25 01:26:36
    I don't think I have a hope of achieving the 'Chelsea look'. My garden is far too scruffy, most of my plants have been nibbled by caterpillars...

  • RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-24 08:01:44
    It's Chelsea Flower Show this week: the biggest and most famous show in the world. The tickets sold out very early but for those of you lucky enough to be going here are a few tips - both practical and aesthetic.

  • Baby Robin Photo Diary

    Updated: 2010-05-23 03:05:51
    Backyard Gardening Blog Blog Home Backyard Gardening Articles Backyard Gardening Forums Backyard Gardening Gallery Baby Robin Photo Diary May 22nd , 2010 I actually took these pictures in 2008, but only just now am getting around to blogging about . it In 2008 some robins built a nest in a barberry bush just outside our kitchen window , and so I was able to monitor it . daily May 26th I first noticed a single egg on May 26th . By June 1st there were 3 eggs , so apparently robins do not lay all at once , or even on the same consecutive days . June 1st By June 9th they had started hatching . First two , then the third . June 9th They continued their growth and I could watch their parents feed them from our kitchen . Here they are , 5 days . old June 14th Finally , just 2 days later , look at

  • Surviving the Chelsea Flower Show

    Updated: 2010-05-21 17:24:13
    I love Chelsea, in spite of the sore shoulders I get from carrying press releases, the aching knees from traipsing around all day and the weird cough that comes on in the middle of the Floral Marquee.

  • Organophosphates and ADHD

    Updated: 2010-05-20 21:10:24
    Earlier this week, 'Today' program on Channel 9 aired a segment about new research showing a link between organophosphate pesticides and ADHD. The research involved 1,139 children between 8 and 15 years and found high levels of organophosphate metabolites in urine of children with ADHD. This link is not surprising ...

  • Growing alliums

    Updated: 2010-05-19 15:12:26
    I couldn't get through the winter without snowdrops, and the prospect of daffodils, heralding spring. But right now, in May, alliums are centre stage.

  • May 18, Herbs and companion plants

    Updated: 2010-05-18 09:14:09
    WHAT'S NEW GARDEN STORE VEGETABLE GARDENS GARDEN PESTS CARE 4 BEES FREE EBOOKS PERMACULTURE RARE PLANTS GARDEN EMBROIDERY FARMERS MARKET BITS AND BOBS Subscribe To This Site Herbs and companion plants by jaime winchester nh There are a few plants that I have found thrive off of each other in the garden . Basil is a great choice for companion planting , because it works well as bug guard . Hot peppers grow great next to tomatoes and cucumbers Chile type vegetables do real well when neighboring herbs Some of my pepper plants have been hit by lacewings early in the season , but for the most part I think the herbs keep most of the insects away If you line your garden with peppermint plants you will be able to keep the ants down to very low . minimum Click here to post . comments Join in and

  • Taxodium distichum ‘Gee Whiz’, Dwarf Bald Cypress

    Updated: 2010-05-18 01:59:44
    The third and final tree I bought on my weekend trip to Gee Farms was this very cute little dwarf bald cypress called ‘Gee Whiz’. It is also called a witch’s broom, as that is the type of mutation it has. I have a thing, lately, for dwarf conifers. I have a thing for Japanese style [...] Related posts:Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’'Dawn Redwood: Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’

  • Growing wisteria in a pot

    Updated: 2010-05-17 11:13:11
    I've been training my wisteria as a standard plant in a large terracotta pot. It was a bit of an experiment really, as I bought a wisteria but then couldn't find the right home for it.

  • Gaia's Hope

    Updated: 2010-05-16 20:34:58
    a back to Gaia project

  • Dawn Redwood: Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’

    Updated: 2010-05-16 16:08:47
    In addition to the cedar I bought yesterday, I also bought a seqouia, a redwood, for here in Michigan. Crazy you say? Well, apparently, notsomuch. What gardener doesn’t dream about having a massive redwood in their yard, and if we could live for a thousand years we might be able to get one, [...] Related posts:Welcome My New Plant Wish List My Plant Wishlist

  • Himalayan Cedar: Cedrus deodara ‘Karl Fuchs’

    Updated: 2010-05-16 02:02:29
    : Backyard Gardening Blog Blog Home Backyard Gardening Articles Backyard Gardening Forums Backyard Gardening Gallery Himalayan Cedar : Cedrus deodara Karl Fuchs’ May 15th , 2010 My recent post about what a real cedar is was not a coincidence , I have been looking at buying one , and today I . did I have wanted a cedar for years , even since I saw Paul James’ on his show . Paul has a weeping Blue Atlas cedar , Cedrus atlantica and it is absolutely gorgeous and not hardy in zone 5. No matter how often I now see HomeDepot or Lowes carrying it , it is not hardy here . Now perhaps in a microclimate it might survive , a courtyard , or if you give it serious winter protection , but it really needs zone 6. However in doing some research I discovered another variety , Cedrus deodara the Himalayan

  • Growing blackberries

    Updated: 2010-05-14 16:36:00
    Like a good perfume, a distinct flavour with strong associations can transport you right back to a different place - suddenly it's not an over-cast, chilly May, it's a warm, end of summer day.

  • Now you Cedar, Now you Don’t

    Updated: 2010-05-12 22:11:21
    , Backyard Gardening Blog Blog Home Backyard Gardening Articles Backyard Gardening Forums Backyard Gardening Gallery Now you Cedar , Now you Don’t May 12th , 2010 I have a peeve , and thy name is Cedar . Or is it People are confused , I was confused , confusion abounds , what is a cedar What isn’t I’ve even seen articles , writing by some sweatshop overseas writing shops I’m sure , that are completely mishmashed confusing true cedars with fake ones . That is the quality you get I guess when you pay by the word at one of these generic article spam sites , and don’t give any bonuses for . accuracy A Thuja , not a Cedar A True Cedar Anyways , what I mean to say , is that what you think is a cedar , probably isn’t . If it is native to North America , it isn’t a cedar , if it is growing in zone

  • Squirrels and skulls

    Updated: 2010-05-12 09:03:48
    Along with the fox skulls nailed to the shed and the flag pole, and a horned sheep skull on the guinea-pig hutch, we have a horse skull just outside the back door. And very decorative it looks too.

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