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| Dwaft Peach Tree | 4/29/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I believe it is called a dwarf peach tree. It has purple leaves and little fuzzy peach like buds and ...
A: Irene, When watering potted plants, you should always make sure that the soil doesn't get over ...
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| oleander | 4/29/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: Edward: The leaves are drying up and falling off, The ends of the new stems are turning black, and ...
A: Jack, From the symptoms, it sounds like frost damage or low temperature injury. I would recommend ...
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| small whte flying bugs on Gardenia | 4/28/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: We have a rather large gardenia bush with lost of tiny flying white bugs on it. This is our first ...
A: Juanita, The small white insect that you see are called Whiteflies. These will need to be sprayed ...
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| Spring freeze Atlanta, GA - Crepe Myrtle | 4/28/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: Or should I say re-freeze? Well, I live in Georgia and this spring did my prunning when the ...
A: Rich, I would recommend thatyou fertilize all the Crepes to stimulate new growth. Hold off on any ...
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| Caribbean Copper Plant | 4/27/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have a few Caribbean Copper Plants in Los Angeles, and we had a particularly cold (freezing) ...
A: Stan, The copper plant is a succulent, which means that it is better suited for areas where the ...
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| American arbovitaes | 4/26/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have planted a row of 5-6 ft American arbovitaes two weeks ago facing west. They appear to be ...
A: Paul, What are the soil conditions like? Are the Arbs planted in clay soil? Clay soil retains water ...
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| American arbovitaes | 4/26/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have planted a row of American arbovitaes two weeks ago facing west. They appear to be healthy at ...
A: Paul, What are the soil conditions like? Are the Arbs planted in clay soil? Clay soil retains water ...
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| Hydrngea | 4/26/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: We moved our Hydrangea in for the winter (North Central MN.) and it grew about 2 feet. It is now ...
A: Karl, I think the reason the Hydrangea drooped had to do with the change from the inside conditions ...
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| transplanted crepe myrtle dying or in shock? | 4/25/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: 4/25/07-As a New Yorker (living in MS now), I have always transplanted things constantly. Last fall, ...
A: Fran, The Crape Myrtle is probably in a weakened state from the transplanting. Sometimes it takes ...
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| Cutting back Lemon Tree | 4/24/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have a lemon tree in my yard that appears to be a dwarf for it is only 6' or so. I am told it has ...
A: Patricia, This type of pruning cannot be taught over the internet. I would recommend that you look ...
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| barberry | 4/24/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have some small barberrys. I thought the leaves are supposed to be a dark green to deep purple ...
A: Michael, Are you sure that it is not just the new growth emerging? New growth is normally bright ...
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| dying English laurels | 4/23/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: We have an informal hedge of 30 English laurels about 10 years old. Several are now dying; leaves ...
A: Margi, I think that the poor drainage and the overabundance of rain has caused the plants to ...
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| forest flame plant | 4/23/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: my forest flame went all dry and crisp is there anything i can do
A: Wendy, I would recommend that you check to see if it still alive by cutting a small branch from an ...
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| Pruning Dwarf Globe Blue Spruce | 4/23/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: We moved into our Cincinnati home last year filled with abundant plant life well taken care of! Our ...
A: Mary, If you really want to prune the spruces, it can be done at any time of the year. I would ...
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| shrubs | 4/23/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have a small front yard and our house is very close to a busy road.We also have children so we ...
A: Ryan, The list that you have is a good one. To it I would add the following plants- any Viburnum ...
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| China Girl Holly dying | 4/22/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have sevral hollies that appear to be dying...in fact one is completely dead. The leaves turn ...
A: Peggy, Was there any flooding in your area from the Nor'easter? If there was, this is probably the ...
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| rose of sharon | 4/22/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: For two years in a row there were no blossoms on my rose of sharon bushes. They bloomed previously ...
A: Jane, To be honest, I cannot think of any reason for the plant not to flower other than it is too ...
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| planting holly schrubs | 4/22/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: How should I plant holly shrubs in clay soil?
A: Rhonda, Hollies do best in well drained soil, so if you are going to plant them in a clay soil I ...
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| Laurel problems | 4/21/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I live in Salt Lake City, Utah and have about 20 or so large laurels along my backyard fence (I am ...
A: Ben, I would start by first examining the trunks of the laurels, look for any holes. Laurels can be ...
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| Should I cut back my Spirea shrubs? | 4/21/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I'm in northeast Iowa (zone 4). We had a few 60-80 degree days in late March or early April and my ...
A: Bob, I would recommend waiting to see how they leaf out this spring and prune back any dead areas. ...
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| Boxwood shrubs | 4/19/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have purchased 4 Wintergreen boxwood and 2 Japanese boxwood plants. I am planning to put the 2 ...
A: Chrystal, The spacing on the palnts should be approximately 18 inches apart for them to have enough ...
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| leyland cyprus | 4/19/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: Our home is bordered by leyland cyprus that we planted about 15 yeas ago. They are approximately 50 ...
A: Marie, The browning on the inside is completely normal for any evergreen. I would recommend only ...
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| photina red robin | 4/19/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: Why is my photina red robin losing its new red leaves?Their is no sign of pests.
A: Wilma, If there is no sign of any scale or aphids, then I must come to the conclusion that the ...
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| cedar shrubs | 4/18/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I want to purchase a couple of cedar shrubs in pot. They are about 41/2 - 5 feet tall and very thick ...
A: Josie, You can leave them in the pot on the patio. You just need to be aware that as the plants ...
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| Holly bushes | 4/18/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have two 10 year old holly bushes that I have never pruned. We live in zone 6A and I would like to ...
A: Lanie, I would not recommend pruning them down that much all at once. You can trim them back by 1/3 ...
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| Gardenia bush and aphid damage | 4/18/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: We have a huge gardenia bush in the back yard that was ragaged by aphids last year. We had no idea ...
A: Annie, Your welcome. I think the best way to answer your question would be to have you read the ...
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| JAPANESE RED MAPLE | 4/17/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: Japanese red maple. Main trunk seems to have died but there off-shoot branches from the base. any ...
A: Tony, There are many reasons why this could have happened, but the most probable cause would be ...
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| Acer Plant | 4/17/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have a sticky substance on the leaves of my acer plant. Can you tell me what it is and how to ...
A: June, The sticky substance is most probably honey dew from either scale or aphid feeding. Treat the ...
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| purple plum shrub | 4/16/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I would like to trim my purple plum shrub. It is getting very leggy and some of the branches do ...
A: Sheila, I would recommend first taking out the dead branches, then waiting until after it has ...
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| RedTip Bushes | 4/16/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have redtip bushes in front of my house and the middle one looks like it is dying, the others are ...
A: Raymond, It sounds like the middle plant has fallen victim to Entomosporium maculatum, a ...
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| Red Tip Photinia | 4/15/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: What is the best solution for disease photinia with brown spots?
A: Eugene, I would recommend treating the Photina with a fungicide early. Spray with fungicide at ...
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| HARBOR DWARF NANDINA | 4/15/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: SEVERAL OF MY NANDIAS LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING IS EATING THE LEAFS OFF OF THEM. THEY JUST HAVE THE STEM ...
A: Jean, I know of no insects that attack Nandina. It is possible that the leaves are being stripped ...
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| Alberta Spruce Dying | 4/15/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have an alberts spruce that is dying from the bottom up. Is this caused by spider mites? And if so ...
A: Lou, The damage is not being caused by spider mites. If mites were the culprit, they would kill off ...
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| Tea Olive Plant | 4/15/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: Gulliksen, I have two Tea Olive shrubs/plants which I planted in November. We live in Central ...
A: Robert, There are two things that come to mind regarding this problem. The first would be a freeze, ...
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| Japanese Maple Tree | 4/14/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: My 12 yr old Japanese Maple tree has what I have been told is a fungus which is yellow in color, ...
A: Diane, The only "fungus" that I can think of that would be on the libs of a Japanee Maple is ...
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| Azalea dry off | 4/14/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have a area in front of our house where I have a number of bushes planted. At one end of the area ...
A: Frank, To lose three plants with that much of a age difference means only one thing in my ...
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| crepe myrtle frost damage | 4/14/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I live in charlotte nc ,have a pair of crepe myrtles and we had a late frost and they were budding ...
A: Patrice, The only thing that can be done at this point is to fetilize them well, make sure they are ...
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| Yellow leaves on Lemon tree | 4/14/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: The leaves on my lemon tree are turning yellow and dropping off. What can I do to remedy this. I ...
A: Karin, Without know a few details leading up to the leaves becoming yellow, I am hard pressed to ...
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| Shrub selection | 4/12/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: We moved from southern CA to NW New Jersey and looking for shrubs to plant along front of house. ...
A: Amy, I would recommend using a mixture of some of the following plants: Andromeda, Forsynthia, ...
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| What to plant on the north side of house | 4/12/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I live in Tulsa, OK and have a very long (probably 25-30 feet) bed on the north side of my house. ...
A: Judy, I would recommend any of the following plants- Hammamelis- Witchazel Hedera helix- English ...
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