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| Height of non-native gardenias May 29, 2006 How tall does a gardenia tree get? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Germination of Passiflora incarnata seeds May 28, 2006 I wish to purchase the Passionflower incarnata plants. I have found seeds, but they say they are very hard to start. I lost my very large vine and wish to replace it. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identification of Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris) in Atlanta May 28, 2006 I live in metro Atlanta. I have a rose variety growing wild in the woods that resembles a Cherokee Rose except it is pink and has seven leaves on the stem. Can you identify it from this description? T... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Protection of Mountain Laurel from Pyralid or Genista moth caterpillars May 28, 2006 I have a Texas Mountain Laurel. Every year it is attacked by caterpillars. They form a bag for lack of a better word on the ends of the branches destroying the blooms for the following year. PLEASE... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Native plants to preserve soil on river bank May 28, 2006 I live in eastern Massachusetts. We have a small stream in our backyard and a woodland area on the other side. Japanese Knotweed is pretty well established on the opposite bank of the stream from our ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Native holly (ilex) for Austin area May 28, 2006 Hi--my brother and his family live in Austin, TX--their german shepard "Holly" just died (she was 13)--I was throwing around the idea of sending them a holly plant of some sort to have in honor of H... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Source of seeds for non-native Artemisia pontica May 26, 2006 Hi, I've tried unsuccessfully to find seed for "roman wormwood" "Artemisia Pontica" Do you carry this or do you know a source in the US to get the seed? Much Thanks. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Transplanting of yucca plants May 26, 2006 We have several Arkansas Yucca plants in our yard that we want to transplant to a plant bed. How do we do that? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Learning to identify wild plants in Michigan May 23, 2006 I am trying to learn more about Michigan wildplants by taking one sample home each time I take my dog on a walk. We walk in fields, woods and wetlands in Ann Arbor. Today I found several Jack-in-the-P... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Sources of Scutellaria drummondii May 21, 2006 Dear Mr. Smarty Pants, I purchased a purple skullcap, scutellaria drummondii in the Hill Country last year. It has done REALLY well here in Fort Worth and would like more, but cannot locate it anywhe... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
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