Invasive Ground Cover

Hello, I have been at war with an our-of-control ground cover called Yellow Archangel. It has crowded out areas of Vinca and Japanese Pachysandra. I’ve been clearing the YA little by little, digging up roots and sifting the soil. Do…

Propagating perennials from Stem Cuttings

Hi there. I was just curious, is it possible to propagate perennials using stem cuttings, similarly to woody shrubs. The plants that I’m thinking of are blanket flower, milkweed, phlox, monarda, and penstemon. I garden in zone 5b.…

Lilac Cuttings

Hi there. I garden in zone 5b in Whitby. I have a gentle south-facing slope with clay soil. I removed a ‘Sensation’ lilac sucker last year, and planted in my front yard garden. However, I’d like to move it to…

Polka dot plant dying

Bought a polka dot plant a couple months ago. Over the past month the leaves have been turning brown and falling off. I’ve been watering regularly, keeping the soil moist and using a humidifier when possible, but I can’t maintain…

English oak tree from acorn

Good afternoon, I am attempting to grow an English oak from an acorn. I have 4 acorns, each with a different length of tap root. From 4 inches to an acorn just about to expose the root. I have each…

Growing Indoor Plants from Seed

Any recommendations of indoor plants that would be easy to grow inside a greenhouse with students (high school special needs)? Where can the seeds be purchased? Succulents seem to be popular at school for teenager’s rooms, are they difficult to…

Seed Pod

Thank you for identifying this seed pod. We have decided that we will plants the seeds. We noticed that the tree had different shaped pods, do we need to find a “male” and a “female” seed pod or do we…

propagation

Hello i have a aglonema pictum tricolour that is about to bloom. Would you be able to walk me through propogating seeds? many thanks!!…

Propagating Little Princess Spirea

Trying to propagate this plant. Took softwood cuttings in June, planted in soil less mix and kept in a portable greenhouse in the shade. They,looked good for about a week then started to turn brown. Some seemed to have roots…