Garden Reference Desk Archives

Annuals
- Angelonia
- Begonias
- Callibrachoa
- Candle
- Bush
- Candlestick Tree
- Cassia
- Celosia
- Cleome
- Cockscomb
- Coleus
- Cuphea
- Deadheading
- Dianthus
- Dusty Miller
- Fertilizing
- Flowering Kale/Cabbage
- Flowering Maple
- Four O'Clock
- Garden Balsam
- General Info
- Geraniums
- Globe
- Amaranth
- Heliotrope
- Hibiscus
- Impatiens
- Iochroma
- Lantana
- Lemon
- Grass
- Marigold
- Melampodium
- Mexican Heather
- Mexican Sunflower
- Ornamental Sweet Potato
- Pansy
- Penta
- Periwinkle
- Persian Shield
- Petunias
- Plectranthus
- Plumbago
- Polkadot Plant
- Sawtooth Sunflower
- Shade Plants
- Snapdragons
- Summer Color
- Sun Plants
- Sunflower
- Sweet Potato Vine
- Sweetpea
- Swiss Chard
- Tithonia
- Torenia
- Transition Color
- Variety Selection
- Verbena
- Vinca
- Violas
- Wave Petunia
- Weed Control
- Winter Color
- Winter Greens/Mustard/Beets
- Zinnia
Biennials
Bulbs
- Agapanthus
- Allium
- Amaryllis
- Arum
- Caladium
- Calla Lily
- Canna
- Container growing
- Crinum Lily
- Crocus
- Daffodil
- Dahlia
- Easter Lily
- Elephant Ear
- Fall Crocus
- Fertilizing
- General Info
- Ginger
- Gladiolus
- Grape Hyacinth
- Hyacinth
- Iris
- Jonquil
- Lily (General)
- Naked Lady
- Paperwhite Narcissus
- Ranunculus
- Snowdrops
- Spider Lily (Surprise)
- Transplanting
- Tulip
- Voodoo Lily
- Weeds
- lack of blooms
Butterfly Gardening
- General Information
Climate
- Hardiness Zones
Composting
- Composting
Container Gardening
Diseases
- Anthracnose
- Azalea leaf gall
- Black spot
- Canker
- Cedar Apple Rust
- Crape Myrtle Scale
- Fire blight
- Fruit diseases
- General information
- Leaf spots
- Ornamental diseases
- Powdery Mildew
- Root Rots
- Rust
- Vegetable diseases
- Wet Wood/Slime Flux
- Wilt
Fall Cleanup
- General
Flower Set
- General
- Perennials
- Shrubs
- Vines
Freeze Damage
- General
Fruits
- Apple
- Apple Tree Diseases
- Blackberry
- Blackberry Diseases
- Blueberry
- Cherry
- Crabapple Currant
- Diseases - Spray Schedules
- Fertilizing
- Fig
- General Info
- Grape
- Insects
- Jujube
- Lack of Fruit
- Lemon
- Lime
- Mold
- Muscadine
- Nectarine
- Orange
- Pawpaw
- Peach
- Pear
- Pecan
- Persimmon
- Pineapple
- Plum
- Pomegranate
- Pruning
- Strawberry
- Tangerine
- Wild Huckleberry
Groundcover
- Ajuga
- Creeping Jenny
- Diseases
- General Info
- Houttuynia
- Insects
- Ivy
- Juniper
- Liriope
- Mondo Grass
- Moneywort
- Monkey Grass
- Moss
- Pachysandra
- Vinca
- Walkways
- Weeds
- Wild Strawberry
Herbs
- Basil
- Chives
- Oregano
- Parsley
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Scented Geraniums
- Thyme
- Wild Garlic / Onion
Holiday Plants
Houseplants
- African Violets
- Anthurium
- Ants
- Arrowhead
- Avocado
- Begonia
- Bird of Paradise
- Bleeding Heart Vine
- Bromeliad
- Cactus
- China Doll
- Christmas Cactus
- Citrus
- Clereodendrum
- Clivia
- Corn Plant
- Croton
- Crown-of-Thorns
- Desert Rose
- Dracena
- Drosophyllum
- Ferns
- Fertilizing
- Ficus
- General Info
- Glorybower
- Holiday Cactus
- Hoya
- Insects
- Lipstick Plant
- Mealy Bugs
- Mother-in-law's tongue
- Night blooming cereus
- Norfolk Island Pine
- Overwintering
- Palm
- Peace Lily
- Philodendron
- Plectranthus
- Prayer Plant
- Propagating
- Sansevieria
- Scheffelera
- Snake plant
- Spider Mites
- Thanksgiving Cactus
- Tiger's Jaw
Insects
- Ants
- Aphids
- Armyworms
- Asian Ambrosia Beetle
- Bagworms
- Beetles
- Borers
- Box Elder Bugs
- Caterpillars
- Centipedes
- Corn earworm
- Crape Myrtle Bark Scale
- Fall Webworms
- Fireants
- Fungus
- Gnats
- General Info
- Honey Bees
- Hummingbird Moth
- Insecticidal Soap
- June Bugs
- Lace Bugs
- Ladybug Beetles
- Leaf Rollers
- Leaf Miner
- Mallow Sawfly
- Mealybugs
- Mosquitoes
- Moths
- Moths
- Nematodes
- Scale
- Slugs
- Sphinx Moth
- Spider Mites
- Spiders
- Spittle Bugs
- Tent Caterpillars
- Termites
- Tree Girdlers
- White Flies
Lawns
- Bermuda
- Centipede
- Diseases
- Fertility
- Fescue
- General Info
- Insects
- Moss
- Mushrooms
- Rye Grass
- Seeding
- Selection
- Sod
- St. Augustine
- Turf type
- Tall Fescue
- Weeds
- Zoysia
Miscellaneous
Ornamental Grasses
- General
- Liriope
- Miscanthus
- Pampas
Overwintering Plants
- General
Perennials
- Agapanthus
- Agave
- Air Potato
- Amsonia
- Angel's Trumpet
- Artemisia
- Astilbe
- Bamboo
- Black Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Calla Lily
- Candytuft
- Cast Iron Plant
- Century Plant
- Chrysanthemums
- Chrysanthemums
- Columbine
- Coneflower
- Confederate Rose
- Coral Bells
- Coreopsis
- Creeping Phlox
- Daisy
- Daylily
- Deadheading
- Deadheading
- Dianthus
- Diseases
- Dividing
- Echinacea
- Evening Primrose
- Fertilizing
- Flowering Tobacco
- Forget-Me-Not
- Fountain Grass
- Fragrant Plants
- General Care
- Gerber Daisies
- Ginger
- Green Dragon
- Heuchera
- Hibiscus
- Hosta
- Italian Arum
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- Japanese Anemones
- Japanese Painted Fern
- Job's Tears
- Lady Slipper
- Lantana
- Lenten Rose
- Low Growing Maiden Grass
- Mexican Petunia
- Monarda
- Mullein
- Orange Cestrum
- Ornamental Grasses - general
- Oxalis
- Pampas Grass
- Passion Flower
- Peony
- Perilla
- Phlox
- Plumbago
- Poppy
- Resurrection Fern
- Rosemary
- Sedum
- Shade Plants
- Siberian Iris
- Spider Lily
- Spiderwort
- St. John's Wort
- Sun Plants
- Tiger Lily
- Turks Cap
- Violets
- Weeds
Pests
- Armadillos
- Beavers
- Birds
- Cats
- Cedar Apple Rust
- Crawfish
- Deer
- Dogs
- Field Rats / Mice
- General Info
- Microorganisms
- Moles
- Snakes
- Squirrels
Plant Selection
- Annuals
- Butterfly Attraction
- Perennials
- Shade
- Shrubs
- Sun
- Trees
- Vegetables
- Vines
Propagating
- Cuttings
- Division
- General
- Layering
- Roses
- Seeds
Pruning
- Arborvitae
- Azalea
- Bougainvillea
- Camellias
- Chrysanthemums
- Clematis
- Crape Myrtle
- Flowering Shrubs
- Forsythia
- Fruit Trees
- Gardenia
- General Info
- Groundcovers
- Herbs
- Hydrangeas
- Ornamental Grasses
- Pampas Grass
- Perennials
- Rose
- Shrubs
- Small Fruits
- Tomatoes
- Trees
- Tropicals
- Vegetables
- Vines
Raised Beds
Roses
- Antique
- Climbing
- Diseases
- Fertilizing
- General Info
- Hybrid Tea Roses
- Insects
- Knockout Roses
- Miniature
- Propagating
- Pruning
- Rooting
- Shrub Roses
- Transplanting
- Variety Selection
- Wild Roses
- Winter Damage
Shade Gardening
- General Info
Shrubs
- Abelia
- Althea
- Arborvitae
- Aronia
- Aucuba
- Azalea
- Bamboo
- Barberry
- Beautyberry
- Boxwood
- Buddleia
- Burning Bush
- Butterfly Bush
- Buttonbush
- Callicarpa americana
- Camellia
- Carolina Allspice
- Cherrylaurel
- Chinese Photina
- Choke Cherry
- Cherry
- Clethra
- Cleyera
- Confederate Rose
- Deutzia
- Dwarf Crape Myrtle
- Elaeagnus
- Esperanza
- Euonymus
- Evergreen Shrubs
- Fatsia
- Fertilizing
- Firebush
- Flowering
- Flowering quince
- Forsythia
- French Mulberry
- Gardenia
- General Info
- Golden Currant
- Groundsel Bush
- Hedges
- Holly
- Hydrangea
- Illicium
- Itea
- Juniper
- Kerria
- Lack of Flowers
- Laurel
- Lavender
- Leyland Cypress
- Ligustrum
- Lilac
- Loropetalum
- Mahonia
- Mock Orange
- Nandina
- Oleander
- Pieris
- Pomegranate
- Privet
- Pruning
- Pyracanthas
- Red Top Photenia
- Rhododendron
- Rose of Sharon
- Sasanqua
- Selection
- Shrub Honeysuckle
- Snowball Bush
- Spiraea
- Texas Sage
- Transplanting
- Viburnum
- Wahoo
- Wax Myrtle
- Weigelia
- Winter jasmine
- Witchhazel
- Yew
- Yucca
Soils
Transplanting
- Daylily
- General
- Perennials
- Roses
- Shrubs
- Trees
Trees
- Amur Maple
- Arborvitae
- Ash
- Aspen
- Bark Peeling
- Blackgum
- Bodark
- Bradford Pear
- Buckeye
- Catalpa
- Cedar
- Chaste Tree
- Cherry Laurel
- Chestnut
- Chinaberry
- Chinese Parasol Tree
- Chinese Pistache
- Chinese Tallow Tree
- Chinkapin Oak
- Contorted Filbert
- Crabapple
- Crape Myrtle
- Cryptomeria
- Cypress
- Dawn Redwood
- Devil's Walkingstick
- Diseases
- Dogwood
- Drought Stress
- Elm
- Empress Tree
- European hornbeam
- Fall Color
- Fir
- Flowering
- Flowering Cherry
- Fringe Tree
- General Info
- Ginkgo
- Golden Rain Tree
- Gum
- Hackberry
- Hawthorn
- Health
- Hedge Apple
- Hickory
- Honey Locust
- Invasive
- Japanese Maple
- Japanese Snowball
- Leyland Cypress
- Lightning Damage
- Live Oak
- Magnolia
- Maple (General)
- Mimosa
- Monkey Puzzle Tree
- Mulberry Oak (General)
- Osage
- Orange
- Pawpaw
- Persimmon
- Pine (General)
- Planting
- Plum
- Poplar
- Possumhaw
- Princess Tree
- Pruning
- Pussy Willow
- Red Maple
- Redbud
- River Birch
- Royal Paulownia
- Saucer Magnolia
- Selection
- Serviceberry
- Silver Maple
- Smoketree
- Spruce
- Sugar Maple
- Sweetgum
- Sycamore
- Texas Mountain Laurel
- Trifoliate Orange
- Tulip Magnolia
- Tulip Poplar
- Walnut
- Water Oak
- White Oak
- White Pine
- Willow
- Willow Oak
Tropicals
Vegetables
- Arugula
- Asparagus
- Beans
- Bell Peppers
- Broccoli
- Brussel Sprouts
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Celeriac
- Chard
- Corn
- Cucumber
- Cucurbits
- Eggplant
- Endive
- Garden Soil
- General Info
- Gourd
- Honeydew Melon
- Husk Tomato
- Insects
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Lima Bean
- Okra
- Parsnip
- Peas
- Potato
- Radish
- Rhubarb
- Squash
- Sugarcane
- Sweet Potato
- Tomato
- Turnip
- Watermelon
- Weeds
Vines
Water Gardens
Watering
- General
- Over watering
- Pots
- Trees
- Under watering
Weeds
Wildflowers
Winter Gardening
- General