Banana - Overwintering
Recently I described how to store summer-flowering bulbs for the winter. Let’s continue the discussion this week and focus on more...

Buying Plants - Research Before Purchasing
My old friend Von Woods sent me a question a few weeks ago that made me do a little research. “Do you have a list of dogwoods more...

Cold Damage
This article on cold damage was originally written in March, 2002 but the details it provides are accurate for any winter.
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Disease Control - Fungicides
A friend of mine recently told me about his drugstore bill. “It takes more than $100.00 per month to control my high blood pr more...

Erosion and Sediment Control Certification
If you are a professional involved with moving soil with a trencher, a front-end loader, an excavator or a shovel in Georgia, more...

Fertilization - AJC Calendar
The Home & Garden section of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution published a very nice fertilization calendar in 2004.
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Galls
S.N. recently described for me a strange sight: “For the past two springs, we have found small red or reddish-brown mounds at more...

Garden Catalogs - Rating
Catalogs offering garden plants for sale have been around for hundreds of years. My guess is that ever since the first one ca more...

Gardening - Using a PDA
My wife’s garden club came to visit our house last week. We all had a fine time talking with each other and tasting the potlu more...

Invasive Plants
When I was a kid, I loved melting plastic toy soldiers. I’d climb into the loft of our garage and position myself by an open more...

Invasive Plants - Cautions
Several plants that were once considered ornamental have escaped and caused great problems in Georgia landscapes. Kudzu, Japa more...

Landscape - Choosing Healthy Plants
I’ve mentioned before all the advantages of planting in fall: cooler temperatures, better establishment, bargains at the gard more...

Landscape - Controlling Diseases
A friend of mine recently told me about his drugstore bill. “It takes more than $100.00 per month to control my high blood pr more...

Landscape - Drainage Problems
Predicting Drainage Problems

There are a number of indicators which may help you identify current or potential more...

Landscape - Effects of Wet Weather
In my line of work, few things give me more opportunity than bad weather. I spent most of last fall blaming the preceding dro more...

Landscape - Fall Planting
A couple of weeks ago I described how to plant a balled & burlapped tree correctly. Some of the points I made in passing dese more...

Landscape - Photographing
Severe thunderstorms and lightning in the summer can do major damage to your landscape trees and shrubs. Your homeowner’s ins more...

Landscape - Planning Your Own
J. G. wrote me from Dunwoody a few weeks ago with a question common to many at this time of year.

“We are very interes more...

Landscape - Resources for Planning Your Own
Recently I listed several great landscape planning tips contributed by Master Gardeners who are also garden designers. We lea more...

Landscape Design Software - Choosing
I recently appealed to gardeners for their experiences using landscape design software.

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Landscape Design Software - List
Here are a few of the software packages I'm aware of:

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Landscapes - Evaluating Scientific Claims
One of the most ill-informed decisions of my life was to major in chemistry in college. Sure, I had excelled in the subject i more...

Landscaping - Late Summer Jobs
One of the advantages of doing a vocation and avocation for a long time is that you get a feel for what needs to be done and more...

Landscaping - Textbooks
If you are considering a career in Landscaping or Landscape Architecture, it might be well to read one of the introductory co more...

Landscaping Maintenance – Summer
FEED FLOWERS Summer annual flowers are go-for-broke types of plants. They have only a few months in which to grow, flower, fo more...

Locating Buried Utility Lines
Whenever you dig in your yard you should be aware of the attendant hazards of buried utility lines.

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Misunderstood Garden Words
I was reading late at night recently when I came upon a phrase that chilled my soul: “Dress with dried blood to accelerate.”< more...

Native Plants - Good or Bad?
Precious few opportunities for controversy arise in the gardening world but I seem to have struck a nerve with my answer to a more...

Non-Blooming Plants
Figuring out why a plant doesn't bloom, or why one thrives and another doesn't, is often a hopeless task. Sure, SOMETHING isn more...

Osage Orange
I was visiting with a group of Master Gardeners recently when I asked them: “Has anyone here ever heard of the bodark tree?”< more...

Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) - Used for Gardening
Back in the dark ages of computers I owned a Sinclair TS 1000. It had a blazing 3 MHz processor and 2 k of RAM. Forget flat p more...

Plant Societies - Locating
Lois M., who describes herself as "a seventy year old gardener who has been enjoying tomatoes, squash, beans and peppers from more...

Plants - Failure to Bloom
Few things are as frustrating as having a plant that is known for its beautiful flowers fail to bloom. Worse yet is when your more...

Pollination - Further Explorations
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the “Pollinator-Friendly” Plant Sale at the Dunwoody Nature Center (770-394 3322). A rece more...

Protecting Plants from Snow and Ice
Every family has a medicine chest where emergency medical supplies are kept. If you have children, they demand special suppli more...

Rain Gardens
It seems impossible to "garden" rain but the practice is not so far-fetched.

Rain gardening actually means planning yo more...

Taming Landscape Erosion
For the first two weeks in June I felt like Sisyphus, the Greek legend who was condemned to push a boulder up a hill whereupo more...

Trees - Transplanting
A couple of weeks ago I detailed Dr. Tim Smalley’s techniques for moving shrubbery. His horticulture students also get plent more...

UGA Horticulture Publications
The following publications about ornamentals are available online from the University of Georgia

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UGA Plant Disease Publications
The following publications about diseases of plants are available online from the University of Georgia.

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Watering Restrictions - Current - 2004
Just when you thought we could stop thinking about the drought, the Department of Natural Resources issues their final rules more...

Weather - Effect on Plants
Shannon Pable had a look of concern on her face when she described what happened to her Carolina jessamine vine. “It looked l more...

Weed Wizard Publications
Dr. Mark Czarnota is the Weed Wizard for weeds in ornamentals.

These publications may help in situations you are faced more...