Pepper

Cynara scolymus

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Festuca glauca

Helictotrichon sempervirens

We recently bought a house with a metal fence in the backyard. I’m a beginning gardener and would like to plant a border garden that would give the fence some character. Can you make some recommendations? I don’t want plants that will spread into my neighbor’s yard.

I would like to plant shrubs in my Laredo, TX yard so that I have continuous blooms year-round.

I have a row of pyramidal arborvitaes.  The one next to the telephone pole died.  Is there something I can treat the soil with to neutralize the creosote used on the telephone pole that may have leached into the soil?  I would like to plant another one to fill in this gap.

Pennisetum alopecuroides

Solanum melongena

Baptisia australis

Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'

Allium aflatunense

Pennisetum setaceum

Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

Imperata cylindrica var. rubra 'Red Baron'

Brassica oleracea var. acephala

Actinidia species

In late spring, tall plants come up in our patio bed. At first there were three or four, and now there are 10. The branches almost look like a fern.  It gets great fall color.  My neighbor called them Kochia.  Does this sound correct?

What flowers are in season in the Milwaukee area in the month of November? Why I ask, a November 10th wedding.

Miscanthus sinensis species

Could you please tell me how long it will take for an established clump of Miscanthus sinensis "Silberfelder" (Silver Feather) to reach its full height each summer?

Molinia caerulea

Chasmanthium latifolium

I would like to plant small ornamental grasses 6-8 inches tall in an area that is shady and very moist. The area does dry out some during the summer but is very wet during fall, winter and spring.

I am looking for some ornamental grasses to grow in my small city lot. Can you suggest some that tolerate our clay soils and Great Lakes winters?

Everyone keeps talking about the beauty of ornamental grasses. I want to add a few to my landscape. Which ones are the hardiest and easiest to grow?

I am looking for a few shade tolerant ornamental grasses that will combine well with my hostas.

I purchased a Dwarf Zebra Grass from a mail order catalogue. It recently arrived this fall and is very tiny! It is in a 2.25" pot and I am worried it will not survive the cold northern winter. Could I grow the grass in a planter indoors until spring? This is my first venture into gardening in general, and I know nothing about ornamental grasses.

If we dig up our ornamental millet and bring them in the house for the winter, will they make it for replanting next year?

I have three huge pampas grass plants. How and when can I divide these?

I live in Portland, Oregon and have a huge pampas grass clump that flowers by the seedheads are brown like seed pods rather than fluffy and white. My neighbor has one just two houses from me and his is gorgeous and fluffy. They have the same growing conditions and receive the same care. Please tell me how I can get mine to look white and fluffy.

Sporobolus heterolepis

Phaseolus coccineus

Are there any plants I can grow in front of my fence to create a sound barrier?

Allium christophii

My sister-in-law spotted a pink-blooming strawberry plant in her garden. What caused the flowers to change from the typical white color?

Beta vulgaris subspecies circla

Panicum virgatum

Allium karataviense

Allium obliquum

We discovered a long vine of 30-40 feet long growing around a large evergreen tree in northern Waukesha (WI) county.   This vine had prickly seed pods. Needless to say, we are curious of its identity.