Ed Hume Answers Your Gardening Questions
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 This is the first year I purchased
calibrachoa and I loved it. My question is: will it come back next summer?
and what should I do to winterize it?
 It is an annual, so in a normal
winter will not survive. However, I did get one to winter outdoors
a couple of our milder winters. You can try to winter it much like you would
a fuchsia. See my article on the website Wintering
Geraniums, Fuchsias and Begonias.
My Burning bush and Bayberry
bush have no color, the leaves are falling off, they look terrible. I can
not find a fertilizer that will snap them out of it. I live in a very rural
community, not a lot of information available, what is a "Acid type" Fertilizer?
'Rhododendron' or 'Evergreen'
fertilizers are the ones generally sold as 'Acid Type' fertilizers. Burning
bush needs full hot sun and thrives on a bit of neglect. Too much care or
not enough sun are the reasons the plants do not have bright fall color.
Both are deciduous plants and lose their leaves at this time of year. The
best time to feed them is in late winter or earliest spring…not now.
have a clematis plant i just
planted it this summer. so im not to sure what i am supposed to do for it
in the winter months. i live in souther wisconsin. ive been told to cut it
back to about 6" in highth but i wanted to make sure before i did anything.
Clematis are quite hardy plants.
Usually they are cut back to about waist height, in the autumn or early winter.
Then if they have been damaged by winter, they can be cut back further, as
the new growth begins.
Our hibiscus plants are huge.
My husband wants to know if it is ok to prune them. The flowers are a tangerine
color.
Yes, they can be pruned. If
you live in the northwest or any northern area they will look pruned all
winter. If you live in the south (warmer climates) they should continue to
grow and pruning is not a factor. Usually we prune them in the spring, just
as the new growth starts.
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