Milkweed
I have some milkweed in my garden. I know they are good for butterflies but I just read they are invasive. I need to pull some out. When is the best time of the year?…
Tag Archives: propagation
Growing trillium grandiflorum from seed
Hello! I purchased 60 trillium seeds that will be coming within the next week (now July 10th) to grow underneath my beech trees.
I lnow they are slow growers and will take 10 yeara to flower but I want to…
Bald Cypress
Hello, I was wondering if a bald cypress could be grown as a tropical and if seeds don’t need stratification, I thought so because they grow in the Florida Everglades but I just wanted to make sure…
Propagating wisteria from cuttings
Hello, does anyone have experience propagating a wisteria from cuttings of a mature wisteria vine? I am trying to start a wisteria from cuttings taken from a Wisteria that my mom grew. She is now gone, but it would be…
Cuttings budding with no roots
I took some Cedar (Cedrus) cuttings a week ago and some have started budding, but they have no roots. I was wondering why this is happening?
The cuttings have bottom heat, humidity dome, and are kept indoors. (took…
Cedrus Brevifolia Propagation
Hello, do you have any tips on propagating Cedrus Brevifolia Kenwith in sand?…
Morning Glory invasive?
I purchased Heavenly Blue Morning Glory seeds (McKenzie) and a friend said they were invasive. My research has proven unhelpful. Some call bindweed (which I am very familiar with) Morning Glory. I do not want to plant anything that is…
Apple Trees
Why can you take seeds from an heirloom tomato and grow more tomatoes but it does not work with apple trees that have been on the property for 100 years? Are all apples trees garden centers sell grafted? I thought…
Canada Thistle
My garden is being taken over by Canada Thistle. I have pulled and sprayed and tried planting to crowd them out to no avail. What is the best way to get rid of them?…
Tomato leaf disease
This summer, as with many years past, I nurtured three tomato plants on my south-facing balcony. Two were Roma tomatoes, and, for the first time, I experimented with growing an heirloom tomato (featured in the bottom left picture).
Around mid-summer,…