Clay soil is not poor soil but actually has mineral richness just waiting to be unlocked with applications of humic acid combined with healthy organic methods. The fact that it holds water can be a benefit at times. Please see pages 18 to 24 of my new organic month by month book for advice how […]
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Categories : Soils
Container-grown Cape Honeysuckle with Wet Feet
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Wednesday,
March
3rd,
2010
at 12:09 AM
Q: A couple years ago I bought a 5 foot staked cape cod honeysuckle, (orange trumpet clusters). It is in a 3 foot tall 18 inch wide plastic container on my balcony. I live in P.B. across from the bird sanctuary, southern exposure. It grew and developed into a lush fabulous dense plant, (about 15 […]
Categories : Gardening Tip, Patio Plants
Next to October, March is the best planting month of the year. If you planted cool-season flowers last fall, however, your borders are already overflowing. So take advantage of March’s other virtue: It’s the first month of the year for planting summer vegetables. As soon as the ground is no longer soggy, dig up a […]
Categories : Month by Month Gardening, Planting
But gardens are moveable feasts and I have changed mine with the times, the water restrictions, and my own requirements as I grow older. I am hoping to live in my home and garden for another twenty years at least which would bring me to age 100. I have seen aging folks let plants die […]
Categories : Uncategorized
Regarding a list of fragrant roses, Sunset Western Garden Book has a long section on roses and says which ones are fragrant. In a box on page 595, the great hybridizer, Tom Carruth explains why few new disease-resistant roses are fragrant and names his favorites: ‘Memorial Day’, ‘Scentimental’, ‘Secret’, and ‘Yves Piaget’. (‘Yves Piaget’ is […]
Categories : Roses
Regarding pruning, perhaps in a rainy climate a slanting cut allows rain to pour off. I do not know. Here in our dry Mediterranean climate, a straight cut provides less open space for disease to enter or wood to dry out. Cuts heal quicker when cut straight across. But many books still recommend the angled […]
Categories : Pruning
Question: Hi Pat I am an amateur gardener living in Perth, Australia and I was wondering if you would be interested in being interviewed by me for my e-book and subscribers. I would do this by phone as a recording. I like what you have on your website and feel that many could benefit from […]
Categories : Roses
Garden Design can be done by a professional or by the garden owner. To design your own garden you should have some design ability, either trained or innate. When consulting a professional garden designer or landscape architect, be sure first to define your own needs and desires. Only you can know what you want and […]
Categories : Garden Design
I once asked my gardener Raymundo why he never weeds. “Because in your garden, Senora,” he replied, “you can ‘t tell the difference between a weed and a flower!” He had notice d that in our mild Southern California climate many garden plants are self-sowers, plants that drop fertile seeds which germinate to become “volunteers,”little […]
Pat’s wisteria & clivia & fountain. (Photo by Aenne Carver)
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