I have a flowering bush with yellow hanging-type flowers. It has a prickly type seed pod with about 10 seeds inside, about the size of a watermelon seed. How can I plant these seeds to make more plants? How do I dry the seed pod or when do I plant?
This article will help in planting the seed: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/seeds/cheap-seed-starting-how-to-germinate-seeds-at-home.htm
To know how to dry the seed pod, you need to know what the plant is. Usually when the seed pod gets brittle and dry on the plant, seed are ready to be planted. Some pods split open and the seed fall out. Some seed need stratification, others just need to be planted. Good luck
What is the name of this small, mustard-like cress weed that is killing my lawn at the edges? This tiny cress weed is everywhere in Falmouth - in garden walls, on pavement cracks, rock crevices, etc. It grows extremely fast and is narrowing my lawn to a small size! Help!
A description of size, shape, color, heigth of leaves, stems and blooms would help narrow the search. Have you asked your local agricultural extension service? This link describes garlic mustard: http://www.nyis.info/index.php?action=invasive_detail&id=25
Wish this site had an option to add a photo. The weed grows tall (12") and has a tough trunk like a bush, just thinner. Small to medium leaves with small round white flowers. Very hard to pull out, even the 4" tall ones, best time is after heavy soaking rain. I would love to send a pic if you already do not know what this weed is. Thank you.
You might want to consider taking a freshly dug weed to the Agricultural Extension Office in your county. Someone there should be able to identify it.
I have a plant that my sister gave me and I don't know what it is or how to care for it. Can you please help me?
I world take the plant to your local agricultural extension office for identification then do some online research. With no description or pictures, one would be hard pressed to hazard a guess.
This little weed grows low to the ground. It has tiny purple flowers and tiny, tiny thorns. It has spread over my yard over the past 3 years. Very painful when stepped on or try to pull it up.
I would suggest you take a recently dug example to your local agricultural extension office for identification.
Where can I go, online, to find out what plants I have in my yard?
You will need to know your USDA hardiness zone, found at this link: http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/
You should find this article helpful: http://southernlivingplants.com/choosing_plants/guide/grow_in_your_zone
I share this link, simply because I use it a lot, both for information and identification. They sell only to "the trade", but this resource is excellent: http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/
The page is interactive.
I have 3 bushes in my landscaping and I don't know what they are. They are very woody with small green leaves and small red flowers that grow on long stems around the outside of the bushes. They attract bees/butterflies/hummingbirds very well. I am in central Texas and they seem to tolerate drought pretty well except they do get woodier with less leaves on the inside of the bushes. Any guesses as to what they are? Thanks.
I would suggest taking samples to either your local nursery or agricultural extension office for identification.