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Will recycled tire mulch harm butterfly larvae?
December 05, 2012
I discovered orange butterfly larva in the hardwood mulch under my Turk's Cap. Will it harm the larva if I switch over to recycled tire mulch?
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Dirt at tree base from Austin
November 03, 2012
Hello, I recently bought a home in Austin with a live oak tree which is about eight years old. The previous owner did exactly what all the experts say NOT to do, which was to mound dirt right up agai...
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Ground cover under trees from Austin
November 03, 2012
I need ground cover plants that can tolerate leaf litter and grow under oak tree shade.
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Suitability of Carolina Cherry Laurel for Bulverde TX
October 24, 2012
The local Home Depot is selling Carolina Cherry Laurel Trees. They look beautiful. Is this a good tree for Bulverde TX..20 miles north of San Antonio? Can it survive? Will it be a high maintenance...
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Feeding live oak and redbud trees from Fredericksburg TX
October 23, 2012
Can you please tell me what to feed my live oak and texas redbud trees that survived the drought? We have granite soil.
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Destructive landscape crews in The Woodlands TX
October 20, 2012
Hi. We need help. We recently moved to a house where landscape crews have been blowing away the leaf litter from the front yard for many years. The underbrush was also cleared long ago. The result...
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Area under live oaks from Austin
October 08, 2012
We have many live oaks in our mostly shaded half acre. While I have tried to plant mostly native plants, often beneath them, the plants are showered with leathery leaves, acorns and sap, while oak sp...
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Splash-proof plants from Oakton VA
October 01, 2012
Hi Mr Smarty Plants, Re: low, evergreen ground cover, Northern Virginia The bare soil around my freshly painted screen porch splashes up onto the white framing when it rains so I am looking for ...
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Removing St. Augustine for natives in Grapevine TX
September 29, 2012
We have St Augustine in our yard and we hate it. It guzzles water, we have to cut it often, and it's thick and hard to work with. Anyway, we want to replace it with a combination of some kind of g...
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Varieties of Ceanothus suitable for Illinois
September 07, 2012
Ceanothus Velutinus is the smell of western Montana, my home, to me, and I have relocated to Illinois. I miss it so much that whenever I go home I bring back a jar of ceanothis leaves and keep th...
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