Tomato – Rescuing Very Old Seed

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Arum – Propagation

I just can’t figure out why a certain plant I …

Tree Leaves – Calculating the Number

Q: My house is surrounded by very large, beautiful trees. …

Loropetalum – Canker on Limbs

Q: My loropetalum has several dying limbs. I had assumed …

Clay Pots – Cleaning

Q: Regular water removes only the lightest salt deposits …

Weed Killer

Q: We had a large oak tree removed and the …

May Beetles

Q: Every August, I hear a distinct buzzing sound when …

Distinctive Native Plants

Q: In Boy Scouts there is a requirement to identify …

Dwarf Palmetto – Separating

Q: I bought a potted dwarf palmetto and noticed there …

Sycamore (also oak, sweetgum) – Bacterial Leaf Scorch

Q: My sycamore was losing leaves and I hired an …

Bacterial Leaf Scorch – On Oak

Q: My oak is turning brown and dropping leaves earlier …

Puss Caterpillar – Identification

Q: These critters are on my Japanese maple and English …

May Beetle – Wrong Identification (and Correct ID as Sugarcane Beetle)

I’m right about a lot of things but I’m sometimes …

Poison Caterpillars – Identification

Yowsa!

Fall is stinging caterpillar season…watch where you put your …

Zoysia – Watering

The best time to water a lawn is in the …

Agapanthus – Blister Beetle

Q: I live in Levy County, Florida, near Gainesville.

We …

Landscape – Effects of Wet Weather

In my line of work, few things give me more …

Storing Pesticides and Tools

Walter’s Garden Joke of the Day: How are my garden …

Landscape – Photographing

Severe thunderstorms and lightning in the summer can do major …

Garden Phrases – Misunderstood

I was reading late at night recently when I came …