Cleaning Out a Garden Gone Wild
We have the question in my email. “I did not plant my vegetable garden this year. I let it go wild. Should I clean it out this fall or wait until the spring?” I [...]
Preparing Plants to Bring Back Inside
Carol in Perry has a question about plants, “Good morning. My question is, I have a couple of plants that I want to bring indoors, and I would like you to review proper procedures [...]
Hard Pruning a 60 Year Old Rose of Sharon to See the House
We've got Ann from Canton, “I have some Roses of Sharon growing on the east side of my house. They're about 60 years old. They're a whole bank of them. They're very tall, and [...]
Trimming a Knock Out Rose in the Fall
First of all, this one's from Ann. And Ann says, how do you recommend trimming knockout rose bushes in the fall? Great question. So a lot of people get, in my opinion, a little [...]
Planted Hydrangeas too Close! What to do?
Carol in Perry Township asks, ‘I have a couple questions. Four years ago, I bought three macrophylla hydrangeas called Glowing Ember. I know I planted them too close together. I didn't pay attention to [...]
Fertilizing Hybrid Tea Roses Up Until Frost
Tom in Massillon asks, “My hybrid tea roses aren't doing well, and aren't blooming well this year. Would it help to put the Jack's Bloom Booster on every couple days instead of once a [...]
Best Time to Prune a Climbing Hydrangea
Sandy in Canton says, “I'd like some information about my climbing hydrangea. It's healthy. I don't know how to prune it and when to prune it. Just those long branches that come up.” This [...]
Trees & Fall Decor at the Nursery in Early October
We have Mums and just everything fall. The bi-color mums, they're like in a patio pot, and they're about 14 inches. But there's three mums in there, and as they grow, they basically almost [...]
Keeping Boston Ferns Indoors Over the Winter
It's Sue from Canton, “Hi. I'd like to ask you, is there any good way of keeping ferns over the winter? I mean, my Boston ferns, I know it's been bad for everything else [...]
Trimming Redbud & Hydrangea, & Killing Off Grass in Pachysandra
It's Ed from Canton. “I have several questions, if you don't mind. I have an eastern redbud, and it had some lower branches on it. Can I trim those off now, or can I [...]