Gardening Questions and Answers from The Gardening Register

What kind of evergreen shrubs are good for carving and shaping?

September 8, 2010 by Linda  
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Is there a certain type of evergreen shrub that is best for carving into, making twists, and balls?? Thanks!

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Is there a small tree which I could plant quite close to the house?

September 8, 2010 by Linda  
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I would like a tree with a good bark, like an eucalyptus or cherry. I have lots of shrubs in the garden which is long and narrow but not a lovely tree to look at and admire. Please help someone. thanks

Green disease on tree and shrubs?

September 8, 2010 by Linda  
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There are green spots/stains on the branches of a tree and various shrubs. I don’t know what kind of plants they are, but I have at least 4 different kinds of bushes. they are all planted close together. The green is moss colored and is splotchy and pretty flat. It looks kind of like the mold that forms on bread.

How to protect plant bed from burrowing animals?

September 8, 2010 by Linda  
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New landscaped garden. Raised bed of shrubs, alpines ,heathers etc. Holes being dug quite deep into soil. Have squirrels and foxes in area.

Is it safe to plant shrubs now? I live in hot Wisconsin summers and cold winters.?

September 7, 2010 by Linda  
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We planted some carnations in our front yard and half of them dies because we planted them in early spring, but then we had a cold weather/hot weather mix on and off. So now we just want to plant some shrubs in its place. Any ideas?

information about an old stick in the garden?

September 7, 2010 by Linda  
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answer is flowers,shrubs or plants

Can large shrubs be kept small?

September 7, 2010 by Linda  
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We are doing some planting in our front yard! There are alot of shrubs I like, but the tags on them say the get 3 feet wide, and 6 feet tall! My hysband says these are too big, and to take them back. Can’t we just prune them to control their size. I’ve already took one back, and now I bought another shrub that he says is too big. It’s called ” Green spire Euonymus. I would like to keep it at 4 or 5 feet tall. Can I control it’s size, or will it take over the yard, and be too uncontrollable?

Any ideas on some good online tree nurseries?

September 7, 2010 by Linda  
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I want to plant some trees and flowering shrubs in my garden and would like to know of any online tree nurseries that are good to order from. I live in Texas.

I have 6 Spiraea shrubs, 2 are 4 ft wide & look great, the other 4 are not even 1 ft wide. What do I do?

September 6, 2010 by Linda  
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We have central landscaping area in front of our home along our home’s walkway that these 6 Spiraea shrubs are located at leading to our front door. In this landscaped area we have these shrubs, 3 hosta’s, 1 small crabapple tree and 6 green bushes. The Spiraea’s are on the left outer edge of the walkway, then we have a crabapple tree in the middle along with 3 hosts plants around the tree. On the right side towards our home and garage we have 6 green bushes that were planted by the previous owner as well. The previous home owner who lived here planted them 5 yrs ago and we have moved here 2 yrs ago. We want to remove all of these Spiraea shrubs, but we are afraid whatever we plant there will not grow also. Since we have 2 Spireaa’s that look good and 4 that do not, should we remove all of them or keep the 2 and replace the others with new Spiraea’s? The last 2 yrs we tried to water them, put fertilizer spikes and also pruned them every year, but they didn’t grow 1 inch. i live in Milwaukee, WI

I need so much help with what to plan outside. I do not have a green thumb when it comes to outside plants.?

September 6, 2010 by Linda  
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Anyway, I need some help in figuring out which shrubs I should plant to border my lower deck. the shrubs will be in a rock garden. I need a shrub that grows quickly and is hardy. Also, something that isn’t toxic to my dog. Please help!

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