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- Q.Plant Named Ruby - Hi, I wonder if you may be able to help me please? I have just become a grandmother ...
- Q.What Will Grow In Phoenix Area Now? - Flowers - especially for cutting. And veggies, nothing exotic. Need heat hardiness, 60 days to bloom.
- Q.I Want To Create A Temporary Plant Flower Display At Our Fair At The Door Entry, Suggestions? - Outdoor area beside a sidewalk, would like a bench,seating area. Lots of people pass through, possibly a water feature.
- Q.Windowless Office Plant? - I work in an office with no windows. I wanted to know if there were any plants or growing systems ...
- Q.Can You Propose All Weather Plants/flowers That Will Prosper In A Shady Area – Two Trees Overhead – All Year Long Without Removal Or - replanting during the winter period? Temperature may fall to minus 10 during the winter.
- Q.What Are Some Good Bushes And Perennial Shrubs For A Shady Area? - I'm landscaping an area that gets about 3 or 4 hours of sun a day. It's an eight foot ...
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Nicola Sinclair on
August 6, 2019
LondonQ.Plant named Ruby
Hi, I wonder if you may be able to help me please? I have just become a grandmother and I would like to plant a flower in her name. Right up until her birth she was going to be called Grace and I found a beautiful apricot rose. On meeting their new daughter, they changed their mind and she is now Ruby. Everything I have found is for a ruby wedding anniversary. Do you know of any flower named Ruby please? Thank you for your kind assistance. Regards, Nicola
Answered by
BushDoctor on
August 6, 2019
Certified ExpertA.A google search reveals many, many plants that go by the name "Ruby"
Roses, Alternantheria, Magnolia, Buddleia, Crocus, Clethra, and many more all have cultivars that bear the name "Ruby".
You have quite a selection for the occasion!
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- Asked by
silkyapril on
August 7, 2019
Tempe, AZ 85283Q.What will grow in Phoenix area now?
Flowers - especially for cutting. And veggies, nothing exotic. Need heat hardiness, 60 days to bloom.
- Answered by
BushDoctor on
August 7, 2019
Certified ExpertA.We have a few articles that will help you out here: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/gardening-by-zone/zone-9-10-11/zone-9-sun-tolerant-flowers.htm
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Jan Itle on
August 8, 2019
Loretto, Pa 15940Q.I want to create a temporary plant flower display at our fair at the door entry, suggestions?
Outdoor area beside a sidewalk, would like a bench,seating area. Lots of people pass through, possibly a water feature.
- Answered by
BushDoctor on
August 9, 2019
Certified ExpertA.Sure. Here are some plants that will do well in your area: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/gardening-by-zone/zone-5/zone-5-gardening.htm
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Anonymous on
August 11, 2019Q.Windowless office plant?
I work in an office with no windows. I wanted to know if there were any plants or growing systems that I could use to grow a small plant to help keep my air relatively pure, and maybe brighten up the place a bit.
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
August 11, 2019
Certified ExpertA.Here are some suggestions that need low light. You probably have fluorescent lighting in the office that will help, too.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/hpgen/good-indoor-plants-with-flowers-for-low-light.htm
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Thomas Wells on
August 14, 2019Q.Can you propose all weather plants/flowers that will prosper in a shady area – two trees overhead – all year long without removal or
replanting during the winter period? Temperature may fall to minus 10 during the winter.
- Answered by
MichiganDot on
August 14, 2019A.You have several issues to contend with. Tree roots are #1. If you are planting under the canopy, you will encounter tree roots. It isn't a good idea to damage these; contrary to popular opinion, most trees have feeder roots only in the top 8 inches of soil. Big roots that go deeper help to anchor the plant but do not nourish it. So tree roots will pull moisture from the soil potentially leaving your plants to wither. Is anything growing there now? Next is shade; there is dappled sun/shade with filtered light reaching the plants and deep dark shade where little will grow. Are perennials that die to the ground in winter OK or are you looking for evergreens? Attached are two links with plants that will tolerate the cold and do OK in shade. https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/gardening-by-zone/zone-5/zone-5-shade-plants.htm
https://www.prairiemoon.com/search.html?Search=zone+3+#/filter:ss_usda_zones_facet:Zone$25203/filter:sun_exposure:Shade/filter:ss_usda_zones_facet:Zone$25205Was this answer useful?00 - Asked by
csm96 on
August 15, 2019
Louisville, KentuckyQ.What are some good bushes and perennial shrubs for a shady area?
I'm landscaping an area that gets about 3 or 4 hours of sun a day. It's an eight foot wide area between our neighbor's privacy fence and our house. I need tall evergreen bushes (like arborvitae, but they take full sun) to line the privacy fence and some other smaller perennial flowering shrubs to go up against our orange brick house, preferably blue or purplish. Do you have any suggestions? I've included a picture of the area. Thanks!
- Answered by
BushDoctor on
August 16, 2019
Certified ExpertA.You have quite a few choices here! There are evergreen shrubs in various sizes that will do well in shade. This article will help get you started: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/shade/evergreens-for-shade.htm
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Zach on
August 18, 2019
12723Q.Looking for a wavy grass for full sun area
I am looking to identify a wavy grass (like Japanese Forest grass) that will do well in upstate New York in full sun. Many thanks!!
- Answered by
BushDoctor on
August 20, 2019
Certified ExpertA.You could tray the Corkscrew Rush! This is hardy in your area, and is quite curly and wavy. This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/foliage/corkscrew-rush/growing-corkscrew-rush.htm
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