Posts Tagged ‘Spring’
Yellow Squash – Round Fruit
Q: This squash plant volunteered near my backyard garden. I’ve grown straight neck, crooked neck, and zucchini squash, but never seen any like this. Can you tell me what kind/name this is? My wife prepared some like regular squash, and...
Squirrel Damage – To Maple Roots
Q: I have a critter ripping, shredding and eating up my sugar maples. It’s becoming a big problem. A: Wow- impressive! I think it’s squirrels looking for water and/or something to eat. The base of a tree around the trunk/root...
Fescue – Remove from Zoysia in Winter
Q: I have these grassy clumps throughout my ‘Meyer’ zoysiagrass lawn. Since the zoysia is dormant, is it safe to use a non-selective herbicide to eradicate these clumps? A: The weed grass looks like fescue, which is a common winter...
Raspberry – Leaf Spot
Q: My Dorman Red raspberries appear to have some sort of disease. These spots started after fruiting in June and just about wiped out the fruiting canes. Now all the new leaves on the new canes are starting to get...
Meyer Lemon – Leaves Yellowing
Q: The leaves on our new Meyer lemon tree are turning yellow and beginning to drop. I bought this as a gift for my daughter for Christmas and would like for it to look healthy when she receives it. What...
Roundup Damage – On Lawn
Q: We would like to know what this disease is in our Meyer’s zoysiagrass and what we should do to get rid of the problem. We have a chemical lawn service but they have not cured it. We have two...
Hidden Ginger – Identification
Q: My aunt gave my mother a large tree in a pot and this plant was in the pot also. My aunt doesn’t know where it came from. Mother said I could have it, but I don’t know what it...
Shamrock (Oxalis) – Care
Q: Can I plant my St. Patrick’s day oxalis outside? If so what are the requirements? A: As you note, the common St. Patrick’s Day shamrock is actually an oxalis, typically Oxalis regnellii. I have some growing under an old...
Aphids – On Pansy
Q: I was taking out my pansies in early April and noticed three-fourths of them were filled with small bugs. I think that they are lacebugs, but didn’t think that they were out this early. I have a problem every...
Hollyhock – Rust
Q: I have some high mallow on which some of the leaves are turning a yellowish color with little spots on them. Can you tell me what it is? A: High mallow, Malva sylvestris, is also known as French hollyhock....
Hydrangea – No Leaves in Winter
Q: Last summer my established hydrangeas didn’t really bloom. I assumed this was because of the drought and the shrubs were just conserving energy and would bounce back next spring. I did not prune the shrubs last summer or fall...
Freeze Damage – Fountain Grass
Q: Last year I planted purple fountain grass. They all did great. I cut them back in November. So far this year they are doing nothing. I have been told they will not come back until late June. Is this...
Melanga – Growing
Q: Do you know how to grow a malanga? I have tried to plant the tubers but nothing happened. A: Malanga is a tropical plant whose leaves resemble the elephant ear. The tubers are edible. They can be baked, fried...
Pregnant Onion – Identification
Q: What exactly is a pregnant onion? A: There are lots of different species of onion. Some are edible and some are not but two different plants are called “pregnant onion.” In the first place, there are three kinds of...
Sweet Olive (Osmanthus) – Identification
Q: This past weekend while on an afternoon walk we smelled quite a potent and sweet aroma. However, we did not see any plants, bushes, or trees in bloom. I can only describe the smell as very sweet, almost like...
Jack-In-The-Pulpit – Raising
Q: A friend found a jack-in-the-pulpit that produced fruit this fall. I would like to know how to gather the seeds and raise more of these flowers. A: The red berries covering the end of a short stalk are typical...
Fig Trees – Blossoms
Q: I was told by a friend that fig trees have no blossoms from which the fruit comes and it is the only fruit of which that is so. Is this true? A: Figs certainly have flowers, but their method...
Mole – Pest Control
Q: I have had a mole problem for two years. I have tried a mole trap without success. I’ve also tried to control insects my yard to eliminate their source of food. Do you have any suggestions? A: Mole tunnels...
