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Identifying these Pink and White Flowers
This is a Spiraea shrub. Here is a general article on the genus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiraea.
There are 10s of species and probably hundreds of cultivars. One of the most common garden ...
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My long stemmed rose is growing new leaves
I bought this rose at rite aid on clearance two years ago. We put it in water, and the stem never turned brown. After about 9 months in a glass of water, I put it in soil. It grew a bunch of new ...
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What are the best fast growing field windbreaks?
There may be some difference between a fast windbreak and an ideal windbreak. Since many fast growing deciduous trees provide little wind breakage in the winter months, my go-to choice for screening/...
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Can you identify this fragrant shrub?
This is a beautiful specimen of common privet (Ligustrum vulgare). The lanceolate dark glossy leaves, the intense scent and especially the four petals are quite distinctive.
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How should I water and feed lilac bushes?
Lilacs are the original "plant it and forget it" shrub. You'll sometimes find them in the US growing in the middle of nowhere, which marks where a farmhouse once stood 100+ years ago.
I've ...
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What is this tree/bush with thorns and small blue solid fruits?
I suspect it may be Prunus spinosa, commonly known as Sloe - should have had creamy white flowers in Spring, and does have stiff, thorny branches. If left unpruned will reach about 16 feet in height, ...
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What is this shrub with large heads composed of single flowers?
Red Hydrangea macrophylla
Here we go...you lucky person!!!
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What is this extremely drought-tolerant bush with yellow flowers?
I believe this to be Acacia wirilda or retinoides or pycnantha. As I mentioned in my comment to your question, the Acacia genus is huge and it could be one of many. But I truly think that this is an ...
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Pink flowering shrub with tomato looking buds
Gosh, I've been wrong too often lately, but this sure as heck looks like Rosa rugosa a wild rose native to...Asian countries. Great hips to dry and use in teas full of vitamin C. Low maintenance!
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Pink flowering shrub with tomato looking buds
Agree with Stormy's ID, Rosa rugosa - the tomato looking things are called hips, which are seed cases, formed after the flowers are fertilized. They are indeed chock full of Vitamin C, but also full ...
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What is this plant with clusters of purple berries at junctions of opposite serrated leaves?
No, it isn't nightshade, its Callicarpa americana, commonly known as Beauty berry. Many websites warn the berries are poisonous -they're not - but aren't at all tasty to eat anyway.
http://www....
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What is this pale mint green shrub with hay-colored booms from Tenerife, Canary Islands?
It's Erysimum scoparium, (alhelí del Teide, Canary Islands' Wallflower). It's an endemic plant to the Islands and found at higher altitutes there.
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Can I mulch a plant bed before planting in it?
Yes you can. I've had to do that numerous times in order to help suppress weeds until I can get the shrubs in. I would, however, recommend against it. It can be pretty annoying to have to move all ...
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Is the rapid new growth on this rose bush a sign of Rosette?
These are most likely rose suckers. You should trace it down to where they are originating from (most likely below where your rose was grafted). If that is the case, you want to remove it ASAP from ...
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Does anyone know the name of this young plant shrub?
The plant I had the question about had very small blooms on it in July, although it could have been late June. At that point I still didn't know what it was, but now (September 1, 2017) it has small ...
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Can you identify this plant, please?
Looks like White Campion to me, Latin name Silene latifolia, a biennial or perennial plant, but check the image here http://www.toronto-wildlife.com/Plants/Pink_Carnation_family/...
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What is this bush/shrub?
Without details like leaves, bark and overall growth habit, the precise id is very difficult, but it's almost certainly a member of the prunus family.
All of them have similar blossom structures and ...
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Identify plant, and what to do with rocks
This plant is commonly known as the Hawaiian Scheffelera or Schefflera arboricola. Although the species grows to 8 - 9 M (24 to 27 feet) tall this variety is variegated and when grown indoors usually ...
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How should I grow Cornus sanguinea with respect to surrounding ground covering?
Cornus sanguinea usually provides dense shade when its leaves are out. It also gets woody fast. As the flowers and fruit are insignificant most people only plant it for the stem colour. As the stems ...
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What is this shrub on the Gulf Coast?
Based on the images shown, I'm thinking Crape Myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica. They are deciduous, with orange-red autumn foliage colour; the persistent, dry fruit capsules in terminal panicles are ...
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Does Kinnikinnick require soil amendment for planting
Arctostaphylos likes infertile, well-drained/gritty soils. You've probably got the well-drained part, since you're planting on a bank. It likes full-sun, however, which may become problematic as your ...
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What is this shrub with star-like off-white flowers?
It's a Clematis, Clematis vitalba. It's the one that pops up in hedgerows and the like quite naturally without anyone ever planting it. It has the common name of Traveller's Joy, supposedly because ...
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Any weedkillers that are safe for Catnip and Catmint?
Weedkillers for soft green growth are divided between those that will kill through the leaves, any type of leaf, and those that kill in the same way but leave lawn grass largely unharmed. There is no ...
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What chances do I stand to relocate this thuja bush?
Certainly possible, some investigation is in order first:
the more the soil drains quickly the farther out the root system will spread. Take a space and trench around the perimeter of the plant. ...
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Can a Mexican sage survive losing all its stems?
These things happen (in my case, my cats get excited and "boticidal").
They just might survive. I would leave any leaves that are still on the plants there, protect them from any further damage, ...
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What is this small shrub?
I've never heard it referred to as Monkey Grass, but it's often called Lily Turf - it is, indeed, Liriope muscari variegata, or one of the variegated hybrids, and you should leave it alone until ...
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What is this plant/bush found in Eastern Europe?
Update 2019, see below:
I think this is a young Whitebeam. Perhaps Sorbus hybrida or S. latifolia or S. intermedia.
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It is possible to keep blueberry bushes as a house plant?
It's possible to grow them indoors, provided you can stand the pot somewhere that gets 6 hours of sunlight a day, which can be hard to ensure, depending where you live. The other difficulty is ...
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What is the best way to grow lowbush blueberries from seed?
I am not entirely sure what you mean by a rock garden - blueberries prefer acidic soil conditions and plenty of sun, so if the rock garden has plenty of good soil which is acidic and in sun, they ...
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Revive dead part of a bush
This looks like Arborvitae and a Tam Juniper. No, there really is not a way to get them to revive at these spots. If you were to prune so that the tops are narrower than the bottoms of these shrubs ...
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