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April 19, 2011Q.What Flowers – Acidic Soil
What annual or perennial flowers will grow in acidic soil? I have a rhododendron in a huge pot and want to plant sonething below it to fill in the pot. Would sweet peas be one of the ones that I could grow?
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Nikki on
April 20, 2011
Certified ExpertA.You might want to look at lantana. Sweet peas would not work as they do not like acidic soil.
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April 22, 2011Q.Looking for Dwarf Bushes and Ground Cover
I'm 67 and need to take out the bushes around two sides of my small ranch home. I want to replace them with something slow growing that won't take much maintenance. I need several dwarf, green pointed-type bushes and a very low green ground cover. As you can see, I don't know much about plants. I need plants that will do okay in sun in the summer and snow (in Michigan) in the winter. I also have lots of rabbits, woodchucks, and other critters that like to eat things like burning bushes, etc.
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Nikki on
April 22, 2011
Certified ExpertA.The pointed bushes would be cedar or arborvitae, maybe a dwarf norway spruce. For a flat bush, a trailing juniper might be of interest to you.
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April 23, 2011Q.Water Loving Plants and Bushes
I want to plant some flowers and bushes on my river bank, but the tide sometimes covers the land. Can you recommend plants that would survive these conditions?
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Nikki on
April 23, 2011
Certified ExpertA.This article will help with that: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/wet-soil-trees.htm
The flowers in this article will work for wet areas: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/spaces/rain-garden-design.htm
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April 23, 2011Q.Fast-Growing, Noise Reduction Bushes
I want to plant some bushes to stop noise. Can you recommend a fast-growing, noise reducing bush?
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Nikki on
April 23, 2011
Certified ExpertA.This article will help you:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/spaces/plant-a-privacy-screen-plants-that-grow-fast-for-privacy.htmWas this answer useful?00 - Asked by
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April 25, 2011Q.Plants or Trees and Water
I just bought a new house. The backyard tends to collect a lot of water and stays damp to soggy most of the time. I am close to a flood zone. Is there a plant or tree that I can put in that will take lots of water and help to dry up my yard a bit? I live on the coast in Mississippi.
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Nikki on
April 26, 2011
Certified ExpertA.This article will help you:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/wet-soil-trees.htmWas this answer useful?00 - Asked by
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April 25, 2011Q.Shrubs for Total Shade–Zone 4
I have a spot on the north side of my house under a large maple tree where I want to plant shrubs. I had a Kieria japonica in there for three years and it's barely alive. What else will work?
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Nikki on
April 26, 2011
Certified ExpertA.This article will help you:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/shgen/shade-loving-shrubs.htmWas this answer useful?00 - Asked by
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April 25, 2011Q.Climbing Shade Perennials
I'm in Zone 7 and I'm looking for some shade flowering perennials to plant along a 6-foot-high wooden fence, facing west with shade all day until 5 p. m. Can you recommend some tall or climbing flowering perennials that bloom all summer?
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Nikki on
April 26, 2011
Certified ExpertA.You might like a trumpet vine for that area:
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/trumpet_creeper.htmMost places have it listed as partial shade, but I have seen it grow fine in full shade. It will not grow as fast, but this is not a bad thing with trumpet vines.
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