Pat demonstrates dividing and growing Cymbidiums in this entertaining video!!!
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Gardening Questions From Moira: My enjoyment of making garden improvements knows no bounds, but this morning I woke up at 4 am with asthma symptoms from seasonal pollen exposure/allergies. I’m sure I should have worn a HEPA mask as I tore out 1/8 acre of overgrown grass, and happily dead-headed geraniums. Have you any suggestions […]
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Gardening Question From Lynne: Can I plant bougainvillea on a steep hillside and use it for ground cover rather than having it climb a wall or fence? We have a steep embankment by our driveway and I’d like to plant some and just have it cover the embankment rather than regular ground cover. But from […]
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Question About Roses From Nancy: I am in Sunset zone 9 and because of the direction our house was built my planters are almost total shade. I need suggestions of flowers to plant in shade. I love roses. Along with flowers are their any roses that can survive shade? Answer From Pat: For many years […]
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Gardening Question From Lesley: Planted three 5-gallon Kniphofia “Ember Glow” in bloom in mid November. Six months later the plants have doubled in size but no bloom spikes. When should I expect plants to bloom again? Answer From Pat: The bloom season of most kniphofia is May and June. To me that is too short. […]
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Gardening Question From Janet: I live in San Diego, in the mission bay area. I have a huge hill/ slope in my back yard. I have planted Rosemary and ceonothus. Some survived but the side of the hill that didn’t survive there was a pine tree at the top of the hill. We have since […]
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Gardening Question From Reybo: This spring I bought from an online garden center 5 lbs of wildflower seed. It should have gone to a larger site than 15 x 30 but that’s where it went. It’s been more than 60 days and it’s become a weed patch, 98% Yellow Foxtail and the rest Zinnia, plus […]
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Gardening Question From Clare: PLEASE HELP…..we are building our new house in Fallbrook CA .and have a very long and steep bank which has to be stabilized > I do want to do a more long range landscape plan but need to get seed mixture on bank for building inspector …There are so many seed […]
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Question from Mari Jon: Hello! Intended to cut back dead leaves from the fortnight lilies. I pulled on some of them, and they came out easily. Is this an acceptable way of getting rid of the dead leaves, or must I cut them back near the base? Seems like I might be freeing up space […]
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