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I was the Assistant Propagator at Heronswood Nursery in Washington state. I have an Associates of Arts degree in Ornamental Horticulture. I am also a member of National Plant Propagation Society.
s.hudson51@yahoo.com.
Shawne Hudson
Po Box 78, Heron Montana 59844
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Hello,I am looking for a vine to grow on my window box. I forgot the name of one I saw on a plant catalog that I once had. It looks like round buttons on a vine.I have my heart set on this particular plant and I can not remember the name of the plant.Can you help me? Most Sincerely,Ruth Coba (NYC)
I’m going to ask the plant lady a columbine question. I just arrived here on Cape Cod to find that the columbines planted by the previous owner have already bloomed and gone to seed. However, there are tiny little 1″ dark purple double-daisy-like flowers growing from the stem joints below the gone-to-seed flowers. I’ve never seen this before. Is this some special variety?
I have a step slope, 30′long with 4-5 hours sun (Colorado red dirt!) with many boulders at bottom as a retaining wall. I really dislike all the boulders and would love to cover some of the rock with some trailing, evergreen ground covers. I want to plant up higher and let it grow down and over. I’d love a mix of plants but would like to keep it green year round since it is very visible from our front porch. Also, I need plants that don’t require a lot of water!! Should I amend the soil before planting? Any thoughts? Thank you, Carol
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Can you tell me where I can buy Dorothy Perkins rambling rose plants? I need 2 or 3 and cannot find them anywhere. I don’t understand, because they are so popular. Thanks.
I need to know if Select herbicide is safe for strawberries out of season, iris, bachelor buttons and poppies? Thank you.
Hi there! I love your web site. I just wish I had more time to devote to it so I could benefit from your expertise.
I am writing because a plant keeps popping up in my memory and I really would love to know what it is. When I was a youngster–9 or 10ish–I had a friend who was a natural botanist (redundant perhaps but I was impressed by her interest at the time and as an adult, often think about how I have only come across one other person/soul who had this Naturalist’s spirit. I believe that the Harvard U. professor, Howard Gardner, after already written his book about multiple intelligences, added one other that I know of, later on in his studies. He must have written a paper on this and the news was published in a journal on education, for I was a teacher at the time and found this to be so encouraging…? Hm…more like, Eureka–he got it! Kind of moment. He added on the intelligence of the Natural World.
For more info:
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/pis/hg.htm
Now, sadly, I do not have a high intelligence in this area, but I do have a keen interest. I am glad I found you, a genius on the subject and offering to help us who need guidance!
: )
So, original question: What is the name of the plant that grows on the Decidious Temperate Forest floor that has one stem, and looks like a …. it has …. it grows up to about 18 or 10 inches at the most. It has breen, “leaves”–but like that of a conifer. The growth from the stem looks like one of those end of the July 4th celebration fireworks that start off from one bright, swirling upward point and explodes into lines of light…they eventually curve and fall downward, but the plant lines/branches stretch out straight and bright green. Am I giving you a description you can work with?
She used to tie natty, acrylic pieces of yarn around their stems to mark them as research project plants. She had a small blue school examination notebook she would bring with her to the woods so she could record measurements. I remember her squatting down, gently parting the dead brown leaves from previous years’ autumns with her tapered, elegant fingers–she pulled out a ruler and measured the height. I think she had name these little plants in her research notebook and had different colors of yarn to identify the leggy looking mossy coniferous looking plants….
So. If at all possible, would you mind emailing me your thoughts about the identity of this ground plant. I wouldn’t call them a ground “cover” because they were cast sporadically about, here and there amongst the tall maples.
Here is my email address: shokorama@yahoo.com
I write to you with much appreciation for any guidance you can give me,
Christine (CeCe)
Thank-you!
My endless summer hydrangea is falling on the fall. I have sprayed with an antifungal the nursary gave me. Is my plant capable of being saved?
I WAS UP @ MY COUSIN’S IN lIGONIER, Pa last week and saw this flower in their garden. I took a picture, and need help identifying it. I was wondering if you could. I can e-mail the photo.
Thanks
Patti Brown
My daughter and family live in downtown Milwaukee overlooking Lake Michigan on the 9th floor looking East. It’s very windy (cooler by the lake) and sunny on a good day. Any flowers you could possibly suggest for pot growing that withstands the wind? thanks.
My daughter and family live in downtown Milwaukee overlooking Lake Michigan on the 9th floor looking East. It\’s very windy (cooler by the lake) and sunny on a good day. Any flowers you could possibly suggest for pot growing that withstands the wind? thanks.
Ask the plant lady if there is anything that can be put over a clay and rock yard as a barrier before adding dirt and grass seed. Our yard has loads of rock and we can hardly get weeds to grow. WE have picked up rocks for ten years and still can’t see a end
thanks sharon
Hello,
I was traveling through central Kentucky last week and we saw a tree in many residential yards. It was a red/hot pink flowering tree. I don’t think it was ever more than a story high. Seemed to spread a bit, but wasn’t very tall.
Do you have any idea what it might be? We live in Ohio, not far away at all, but we hadn’t seen anything quite like it. A tree with that color blooming at this time of the year.
I appreciate you taking the question.
i just moved into a new house and in the front yard is a beautiful tree and i am trying to find out what kind of tree it is. hopefully you can help me. the leaves are big and broad. in the spring it had beautiful white blossoms and they smelled so good. it also has bean like pods hanging from the limbs that are very long and skinny. i have tried to look for pictures and or names online but am not good at researching online! i don’t want to purchase a tree just want to know what i have in my yard. could you send me a picture of what you think this tree may be along with a name or give me a site to check out? thank you—b
My neighbors red tip bushes have grown over onto my side of the property line by approximately twenty feet. Can I legally cut them back to the property line?
I am looking for a plant that resembles a fern, rather wispy looking plant that multiplys and flowers are on long stems that resembles baby’s breath, but just larger. I was told that this is an old fashion plant.