Hello Photopro, Thank you for your prompt reply. Your advice and success are very encouraging. I have always failed to regularly feed any...
Hello Photopro, I don't know what type of orchids I have. They were both given to me as gifts while in bloom and it's been so long I can't...
Hello Photopro, Thank you so much for the useful information. Unfortunately, the orchid in my post didn't make it, but I have a couple of...
thanks for the reply saltcedar, i'm beginning to think some local grower named it that without it being an official name, because i can't find...
hello rima and james d., thank you for your replies. i did try google-ing it but can't find a thing. i don't know where my friend got this...
hello, i've heard of this ficus but can't find any information online for it. it may be that i'm spelling the name wrong or was misinformed....
growing maple in the near tropics hello tony, yes, of all the islands in the chain, hawaii, "the big island", would seem best suited for...
hello abdussyukur, i think that if you are dead set on trying to grow a japanese maple in your climate, then by all means, you should go for...
tight bark and verticillium hello jimweed, i'm of the firm belief that mr. shep knows his maples -- blindfolded with both arms tied behind his...
anthracnose hello laurie, thank you for your very informative, detailed post. i see that i shall have to do quite a bit of reading on...
hello mare, is there any way you can post a photo of your tree. i think you should hold off replanting until we can see how serious your...
hello gomero, i'm not familiar with anthracnose or the cultivar 'akane', but the seemingly random pattern of drying on your leaves, reminds me...
the dreaded Tight Bark hello, it's pretty serious stuff. do a search for it on the ubc, but meanwhile, read this . . ....
One of mr. shep's more favorite landscape plants hi daniel, hanami nishiki was also one of the trees i had narrowed it down to ( if a dozen...