Our new garden (planted near San Jose, CA) in December includes 12 Acacia Cognata (Cousin Itt), a beautiful plant. The ones planted in partial shade have been doing OK, and seem to have grown a bit over 5 months. The ones that are more exposed to sun seem to have suffered from the start, with ma...

I bought Casuarina 'Cousin It' from a nursery in Arizona and am trying to grow the woody cuttings but it has been three weeks and though parts are still green I'm not getting any roots. Even though I have used rooting hormone and put them in perlite after the …

This is a 're-question' to my original "Name of plant?" to make it more specific. Trying to find the real name of a plant I bought about 5 years ago at Home Depot but lost this winter: HD's name was Rose of India, shiny green leaves, white flowers that look like gardenias, no fragrance, grew well in shade, got about 4 ft tall & about 2 1/2 - 3 ...

So come spring plant the one gallon plants in rich well worked soil add compost of any thing you can get your hands on. leaves, grass clippings, pine bark mulch,pine needles etc. keep the plants well watered and well fertilized. They grow amazingly fast. Good luck James

Mike I'm an old bird (86) and my clivias sit on a tray beside a plant stand about 1 1/2 Ft from the light and gets watered regularly.Last year the mother plant bloomed in Oct,Dec,March then threw up four pups which are all repotted. Here's the last set of blooms Bill

I'm thinking of getting a unheated small greenhouse (about 8'x10') in Z6b. It is mainly for starting seeds, propagation and warehousing several tender plants (like jasmine, etc.). I do not plan to install electricity. My questions are: 1. How low the normal or …

But Oleander, and extremely common plant sold just about everywhere, is equally caustic topically but far deadlier if ingested and can even be deadly if inhaling the smoke of a burning plant. It may be far more forgiving if just bumped into (or Im sure it too would be maligned more often), but my friend ended up in hospital from just trimming ...

Plant a mini orchard in fall, winter or early spring to enjoy fresh-off-the-tree fruit the following year ...

I like to plant in Sept-Oct and will have greens sprout for some varieties before "winter". I have yet to plant my entire crop at one time, but I think the varieties that sprout greens give better sized bulbs. I will confirm this when all cloves are planted at once. From what I understand, weather that allows repeated freezing and thawing is bad.

Fast growing & shade do not go together. No matter what you plant you cant expect more than 12" per year growth. That said the hemlock is good but disease & pests can be problematic (both insects & deer). Ilex Opacca (American holly) will grow to 20-50 feet in shade & is deer resistant. Holly is easily pruned into a thick hedge.