Did you transfer the tree from your other garden to the new house?

If so, then the "operation" of moving it has cost you the bloom since it has to set new roots like any plant.

If the tree was in the garden when you moved to the new house I'm not sure I can help you with your question.

I think it is not very encouraging when someone posts a question and no one makes an effort to answer. That doesn't keep the forum going!
Have a good day!

Hi,

Would like to share landscape design idea with Garden Gate; utilized recycled Railroad ties and recycled Cobble stones from Los Angeles Train Station.

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They like moist growing places and should be irrigated in times of drought. They also like fertilizing. The recommended distance between trees is at least 10 feet.

I think your assumption about the tree hindering the competition is probably correct. To plant under a tree or pretty close can be a doomed task unless it is a tree with deep roots that won't disturb the plants. Besides robbing the plantings of light, many trees would send up shallow roots to take in the goodies in the raised beds. I have planted rambling roses close to apple trees but I put an underground barrier between the tree and rose. I did the same when I planted a hydrangea petiolaris by an old oak.

Try this link and see if you can find your tree.
http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/pl...c1018.html

Hope this helps. :ooo:

Help! Does anyone out there know how to (or even whether to) deadhead dragonflowers (Physostegia virginiana)?
Thank you,
... rita b

As the plant continues in the flowering stage, some of the leaves will dry like that. Just give them a gentle tug and if they come off easily it won't hurt. Just make sure that you're not burning the plants with too much fertilizer.

Can anyone tell me why the leaf tips on all my outdoor lillies have been turning brown? I know that they usually do this after flowering but this year it started happening before
they bloomed. Has not impacted the blooms but it's not a pretty sight.

What's usually recommended is to plant a row of shrubs between the trees and the flower garden. This serves to fill in the disparity between the heights of the (very tall) trees and the (very low) flowers. It can also give you a more solid backdrop behind the flower garden, rather than the more open or unevenly filled-in areas beneath and around the conifers.

Since you have a cutting garden, try using shrubs that you can also take useful cuttings from. Forsythia, lilacs, red-twig dogwood and hydrangea could be good possibilities. Snowberry and viburnum both have flowers in the late spring and berries in the late summer/fall. Ask at your local nursery to see what native shrubs they can recommend that will work best in your sun/shade and acidity conditions. Good luck and have fun!

Rabbits are eating my petunias, marigolds and vinca. Any suggestions for flowers rabbits will not eat.
Help!!!

LIZARDS ARE EATING THE TOMATOES. ANY ONE HAVE A SOLUTION??

Yikes! I feel sorry for you and I wished I could help, but I can't.