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| Rose of Sharon Tree Did not Leaf Out this season | 7/9/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I have a Rose of Sharon Tree/Standard in my Perennial Garden that I planted three years ago. It ...
A: Thanx for your question. What you describe is typical of shrubs and trees that have survived a late ...
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| Nelly Moser | 7/9/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: You guy's where very helpful the first time I thought I'd ask another question on my frustrated ...
A: Thanx for your question. It's not unusual for clematis to turn brown at the bottom and remain lush ...
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| stella d'oro day lily problem | 7/9/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I have noticed that there are ants crawling in and out of my stella do'oro flowers. The flowers ...
A: Thanx for your question. The ants aren't sucking anything out of the flowers but there may be ...
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| Daylilies | 7/9/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: Some of our daylilies have so many leaves the bloom are hidden. Is there something that I can do to ...
A: Thanx for your question. There could be several reasons for the flush of green growth. Are the ...
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| Columbines | 7/8/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I have several columbines in my garden and they are done blooming now. I've harvested the seeds I ...
A: Thanx for your question. Don't cut the leaves of the columbine back. Like many plants, while the ...
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| bulb identification? | 7/8/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I recently dug out an area to re-landscape with colorful bushes instead of the blooming flowers I ...
A: Thanx for the additional information. Yup! Looks like iris to me and this is such a common ...
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| snapdragons | 7/7/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I live about 60 miles north of Napa Ca. So my snapdragons act more of a perennial than annual. My ...
A: Thanx for your question. Snapdragons are a tender perennial grown as annuals in most of the U.S. ...
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| wisteria & Acers | 7/7/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: we bought a wisteria, planted in the right compost, 5 weeks ago, the leaves have started to fall off ...
A: Thanx for your question. Most shrubs and plants will experience some kind of shock at being ...
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| Calililies - No Flowers | 7/7/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I am attempting to grow calillies in a pot for the first time in coastal north carolina without any ...
A: Thanx for your question. I believe you are referring to calla lilies which really aren't lilies but ...
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| Rose of Sharon tree | 7/7/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I have a beautiful Rose of Sharon tree which has split at the Y of the two main trunks, both sides ...
A: Thanx for your question. Yes, you can clean out the fungus from the break but putting the two sides ...
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| Magnolia | 7/7/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I recently bought a Magolia bush, i have just noticed there is something eating it as there are ...
A: Bonjour Rachel, Thanx for your question. You may have a leaf miner infestation on the magnolia. ...
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| bugs | 7/7/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I have slugs and a greyish beetle with many legs that comes out at night and eats the leaves of my ...
A: Garvey, Thanx for your question. Try Sluggo to end your problems with slugs and snails on your ...
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| ornamental grass | 7/7/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: Can these be easily transplanted? They are 1 year old and 4 feet high and wide. Northwest NJ. ...
A: Thanx for your question. Yes, you can transplant ornamental grass now. Just make sure you soak it ...
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| Beginner - Planning your garden | 7/6/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I live in Illinois (Chicagoland area) and I recently moved in to my fiance's home. I'm trying to ...
A: Thanx for your question. I'm really not a landscaper and I really don't have much experience with ...
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| Hydrangea has brown spots on leaves | 7/6/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I bought a hydrangea plant from a local nursery about 3 weeks ago. We planted it a couple days ...
A: Thanx for your question. I'm familiar with growing conditions in South Alabama. I lived on the ...
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| Changing White Snowballs to Blue Hydreangeas | 7/6/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I have the tall bushes of white, I believe they are called Japanese snowball, which are in the ...
A: Thanx for your question. A Japanese Snowball is Viburnum plicatum. The blue hydrangea is Hydrangea ...
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| perennial with fern type foliage | 7/6/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: can you tell me what perennial I have that has foliage that looks like a fern with a long stock that ...
A: Thanx for your question. Is the flower you are describing a native flower or a cultivated plant? ...
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| Hydrangea | 7/6/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I planted 5 hydrangea shrubs the second week of June 2009. I live on Long Beach Island, NJ. The ...
A: Thanx for your question. Sometimes plants will experience a delayed shock from being transplanted ...
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| Knockout Rose bush | 7/5/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I planted a new double knockout rose bush this year and the leaves are turning a burgundy color. Is ...
A: Thanx for your question. Normally, the Knockout Rose foliage is a purplish-green or various shades ...
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| Purple Coneflower transplanting | 7/5/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: Purple coneflowers have taken over my garden and I would like to transplant some of them. I'm ...
A: Thanx for your question. Mature purple coneflowers are difficult to transplant successfully because ...
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| Blooming Mums | 7/4/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I know nothing about plants. In fact most plants I try to grow I kill. I planted some blooming mums ...
A: Thanx for your question. It's too late now to trim the mums back but in the future, in the spring, ...
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| Butterfly bushes | 7/4/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I am losing my second butterfly bush in two years in the same garden where several other bushes of ...
A: Thanx for your question. It sounds like you may have stem borers. Use orthene to combat this pest. ...
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| Crape Myrtles | 7/3/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I have two Tonto Crape Myrtles that are 5 years old and very healthy. They have bloomed nicely each ...
A: Thanx for your question. By pruning this past Spring you probably cut off the blooming buds. You ...
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| kalanchoe problem | 7/3/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I have 3 small clumps of kalanchoes which have grown well in a small corner of my lawn for two ...
A: Thanx for your question. Kalanchoe usually doesn't have many pests other than mites or mealybugs. ...
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| ornamental grass | 7/3/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: Can these be easily transplanted? They are 1 year old and 4 feet high and wide. Northwest NJ.
A: Thanx for your question. Ornamental grasses are easily transplanted. The best time to do it is in ...
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| autumn sedum | 7/3/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: It's July 2nd and my autumn sedum has "buds" on it and appears that it may flower during the summer ...
A: Thanx for your question. It is normal for sedum to start showing buds now. The buds will not open ...
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| care of tiger lilies | 7/3/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: 1. is the bottom half of the stem supposed to get brown early on in the summer or at all? 2. when ...
A: Thanx for your question. The bottom half of the stem of your tiger lilies should not be turning ...
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| calla lily | 7/2/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I have a calla lily in a pot in the house. The blooms are all green now--they were lavender when I ...
A: Thanx for your question. As the spathe (the colored part of the flower) ages and the fruit (seeds) ...
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| rhododendron problem | 7/2/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: One of my two plants, planted early spring is thriving, the other is developing severe brown, ...
A: I previously answered your question but I also forgot to include some other information. If my ...
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| rhododendron problem | 7/2/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: One of my two plants, planted early spring is thriving, the other is developing severe brown, ...
A: Thanx for the additional information. This could be a fungal die back in which case you need to ...
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| red twig dogwood | 7/2/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I live in wisconsin and a few of my dogwood's didn't look like they made it this spring. I was ...
A: Thanx for your question. Did the older twigs not come back out of the winter dormancy? If not, the ...
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| French Lace Cap Hydrangea | 7/1/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I have a gorgeous lace cap that is about 3-4 years old. Very dependable - however, this year, I ...
A: Thanx for your question. It sounds like it might be anthracnose. To control this by raking and ...
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| Tiger Lillies | 7/1/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: How long do tiger lillies last if they are cut and placed in a vase?
A: Thanx for your question. If you mean Lilum lancifolium, the orange, yellow or pink lily with black ...
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| intensia pink phlox hybrid is dying | 7/1/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I received an intensia pink phlox hybrid hanging basket about 2 months ago. It was absolutely ...
A: Thanx for your question. Intensia phlox are supposedly low-maintenance, drought tolerant and heat ...
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| Hydrangeas are faded | 6/29/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I'm in Wilmington, NC (Zone 8) and have had the most beautiful hydrangeas for the past two yrs. Last ...
A: Thanx for your question. Being in North Carolina, the summer heat is most likely contributing to ...
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| Wood Peonies | 6/29/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: How far back should you prune and what season?
A: Thanx for your question. After the tree peony is several years old and has many branches, you may ...
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| zantedeschia lilies (purple and wt) | 6/29/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: My lilies have grown beautifully but the petals are now all green instead of white and purple. I've ...
A: Thanx for your question about Zantedeschia aethiopica. The spathe (the white hood of the flower) ...
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| right roses for South CA climate | 6/28/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: could you sugest me the type of roses , and methodology to plant roses in South CA climate. WHich ...
A: Thanx for your question. I'm not a rose expert and we do have one here on Allexperts, so I don't ...
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| Lily care | 6/28/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: I have several lillies that make the typical orange and white flowers. In the last few years they ...
A: Thanx for your question. Your lilies may be too crowded. Every three or four years they should be ...
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| plumbago bushes | 6/28/2009 | Tom Alonzo |
Q: We just purchased Plumbago bushes in New Jersey to plant in our Yardley, Pa garden. We are ...
A: Check out the link below. It has some images of the Cape Plumbago, Plumbago auriculata. ...
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