Question from Yvonne: Is it possible to grow hydrangeas in southern ca, I live in Pico Rivera..not sure my zone #, 3 have died in containers. Not sure what I ma doing wrong. Answer from Pat: Hydrangeas grow wonderfully well here. They love facing east, but they do need plenty of water and good drainage. […]
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Flowers – Page 2
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Categories : Flowers
Tags : gardening, Hydrangeas
Question from Julia: We just moved into our new home with a 7 feet poinsettia in our back yard. The plant doesn’t look good with drooping leaves. I water it every night for a week but nothing changes. Then, I set up a gallon water bottle. The plant seems to drink, then the bottle is […]
Categories : Flowers
Question from Debbie: Hopefully you know about indoor plants as well…. I am sure you do!!! đ  I have two antheriums that were beautiful but they are becoming smaller and smaller now đ I have each sitting in the bathrooms, thinking the humidity would be good for them. They each keeping getting brown on the […]
Categories : Flowers
Tags : Antheriums, Pat Welsh
Gardening Question from Debbie: I have this pot outside in my garden in a location where it receives morning shade but direct sun most all afternoon. It did well for a while; then all leaves dropped but coming back now as soon as I watered less. How often should I water this pot?? and what […]
Categories : Flowers, Pots & Containers
Tags : bonsai bouganvillia, Pat Welsh
Question from Margaret: Hi Pat, My husband and I are not gardeners, but now we have a house with a big yard and we have some very happy star jasmine. They are planted near a wall and we installed some wire trellis above so it could eventually grow up and over the trellis. Basically, I […]
Categories : Flowers
Tags : Star jasmine
Question from Patricia: What can I do to get my phalaenopsis TALL again? I’ve had one for several years and unfortunately each year it’s become successively shorter. Even though it produces over a dozen blooms, the stem is just barely six inches above the leaves!?! What’s the best time of the year to force the […]
Categories : Flowers
Plant seeds of zinnias now. âBenaryâs Giantsâ (sold as âParks Picksâ by the Park Seeds) is immune to mildew. Choose a spot in full sun, till the ground to spade depth, work in organic soil amendment and balanced fertilizer into the top six inches. Soak the soil, let settle overnight. Plant seeds one by one, […]
Princess Plants (Tibouchina heteromalla and Tibouchina urvilleana.)
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Wednesday,
September
3rd,
2014
at 03:49 AM
Question from Shannon: I have two sickly Princess Plants (Tibouchina heteromalla) that I planted about 3 months ago. I had had one at the beach (in Playa del Rey CA) that was as big as a house, hearty, and virtually care-free. The ones in question are planted further inland, in Culver City, where the air […]
Question from Jeff: I recently bought your So Cal Organic Gardening book and like it very much. Â Helped me right away on winter time sweet peas, and made me feel better about poinsettias. Â That is, I have been trying to grow poinsettias for the past decade, bought from nurseries, promised they can “grow” outside. Â Yet […]
Question from Roger: My clivia is huge. It been in it’s current pot since 2005. It is getting to big to move and manage. How do I split it. I’ve had this clivia since 1998, so kind of found of it. It blossoms every year in late spring, sometimes 4 or 5 blossoms, I think […]
Categories : Flowers, Pots & Containers
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