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| Winterberry Shrubs/Bush | 8/29/2008 |
Q: I have planted 12 female shrubs in a row of approx. 100 feet. I then planted 2 male shrubs 6 feet ...
A: For good fruit set, you need a ratio of 1:4 males to females and they need to be within 100 feet of ...
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| asteraceae | 8/27/2008 |
Q: is it possible to help me to identify these flowers? i think those are from asteraceae family, is ...
A: They are both certainly flowers of the asteraceae family, but it does not appear to be a midwest ...
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| plant ID | 8/12/2008 |
Q: I have a vine growing in my camelia bush and would like to know what it is. The vine looks like ...
A: The leaf looks like a moonseed, but the fruit doesn't at all! Are the leaves opposite or alternate? ...
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| Largest organism | 8/1/2008 |
Q: Robin, I remember reading a couple of years ago that the world's largest single (same DNA) living ...
A: Yes, it's in Oregon and its name is Armillaria ostoyae or honey mushroom. Like all mushrooms, it ...
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| corn plant height | 8/1/2008 |
Q: Mom good wife and I have a silly but fun disagreement. She grew up on a farm in Ohio. I say that ...
A: Though I'm not at all an expert on agricultural crops, corn is a native species so I'm going to have ...
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| An out-door plant for cat odor? | 7/30/2008 |
Q: I don't have a plant that needs identifying, I'm looking to see if you're familiar with something: ...
A: The best thing I've found for neutralizing cat urine odor is vinegar... which isn't a plant. I'm ...
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| Toadflax? | 7/11/2008 |
Q: On my walks I often see a yellow flowering plant that I've always thought was toadflax, Linaria ...
A: It could indeed be a variety of Linaria as there are over 100 in a variety of colors, sizes and ...
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| Plant identification | 7/7/2008 |
Q: My husband and I live in Buffalo, NY. We were recently on a walk on a trail in Western NY. ...
A: I suspect that you're looking at an unripe fruiting jack-in-the-pulpit with broken leaf stalks. The ...
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| unknown wild plant | 7/6/2008 |
Q: Recently, I've found a very tall wild-flower growing near my house. It's configured like a very ...
A: It looks like a wild parsnip but a wild parsnip has a distinctive parsnippish smell. You'll know for ...
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| unknown wild plant | 7/5/2008 |
Q: Recently, I've found a very tall wild-flower growing near my house. It's configured like a very ...
A: Sure a picture would be great. The problem is the Apiacaea (carrot) family to which Queen Anne's ...
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| tree identification | 6/20/2008 |
Q: i have a tree that I keep cutting down but it keeps growing back. It has these HUGE deciduous ...
A: I remember those trees. They were everywhere when I lived in New York. Unfortunately I never ...
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| ? Type of Tree | 6/19/2008 |
Q: I would really appreciate it if you could tell me what type of fir/pine tree this is. Here is a pic ...
A: Wow. You're lucky you've still got it. Most trees they sell at Christmas time are half dead already ...
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| Tree Identificanion | 6/14/2008 |
Q: epatwIt is a vine growing in my backyard at Altoona, Pennsylvania.Just moved in in September so I ...
A: Hrm. On this one I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's some sort of clematis. Perhaps Clematis ...
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| peace lillies | 6/10/2008 |
Q: i have my peace lilly near a window that has ample light from the outside..i was told by the nursery ...
A: Remember I'm no expert on houseplants! I would take off the whole affected leaf. It seems to me that ...
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| peace lillies | 6/10/2008 |
Q: i have my peace lilly near a window that has ample light from the outside..i was told by the nursery ...
A: Peace lillies Spathiphyllum are a houseplant, not a midwest native, so I don't claim to be an expert ...
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| black headed fungus | 6/9/2008 |
Q: Today I found some black headed fungus in one of my flower beds. Do you know anything about this ...
A: I'm afraid I'm not sure what it is. Is it on the plants themselves or is it like a mushroom growing ...
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| Atthea Syriacus Plant | 6/2/2008 |
Q: What is the possibilities of having Atthea Syriacus yellow color flowers?
A: Do you mean Althea Syriacus aka Hybiscus Syriacus or Rose of Sharon? The Yellow Rose of Sharon is ...
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| Breeding | 5/29/2008 |
Q: If one plant mates with another plant, can they create a whole new type of plant?
A: People crossbreed plants all the time to get different varieties, but usually it is the same type of ...
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| flower | 5/21/2008 |
Q: Robin; Can you help me identify a wildflower? I live in eastern PA, and it grows along hiways and ...
A: It's hard to tell without seeing it, but phlox has five petals so I think what you're looking at ...
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| Tree Identification | 5/8/2008 |
Q: Can you tell me what kind of tree this is? As the blossoms open, they are becoming white versus the ...
A: That appears to be some sort of apple tree. It's difficult without a closeup of the leaves, bark and ...
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| Eastern Red Bud Trees | 5/7/2008 |
Q: I want to purchase some red bud trees but want to be sure they are purple. Is there more than one ...
A: Alba is white and Silver Cloud is white and pink. Forest Pansy has reddish leaves but with the ...
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| Clear Sugar Maple Leaves | 5/3/2008 |
Q: We have a Sugar Maple that we planted three years ago in our yard in North Central Wisconsin. I ...
A: Wow. That's a strange one and I'm having a hard time picturing it. Do you mean that the leaves are ...
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| Dracaena fragrans | 4/18/2008 |
Q: I have been told I have a Dracaena fragrans, but every one I see looks nothing like what I have. ...
A: This plant is not native to the United States, and it's a tropical plant, so I am not claiming to be ...
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| Yucca canes | 4/16/2008 |
Q: Robin, I'm a novice gardener and I bought two yucca canes in one pot last summer (2007). One was ...
A: Yucca is not native to my area of expertise, but alot of people do grow them around here. They are ...
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| true lavender | 4/13/2008 |
Q: I live in North Carolina. I'm surrounded by flat woods, as well as a valley that has a creek. ...
A: Lavender (Lavendula spp) is not native to the US. It is native to many parts of Europe, Africa, a ...
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