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Wildlife Gardens Poisonous Plants Shade Tolerant Grasses or Grass-like Herbs/Forbs Trees	Wildlife garden for Austin May 19, 2013 I am trying to make my backyard more wildlife friendly. I have pecan trees for the canopy and some understory shrub/trees like rough leaf dogwood and redbud. I am having a really hard time finding sui... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
Invasive Plants Non-Natives Container Gardens	Non-native and invasive bamboos from Staten Island, NY May 19, 2013 Hi I put some black Bamboo and some bias Bamboo in a large container about 6ft by 2ft and ht 18 inches .How can I get this Bamboo to thrive ? Suggestions on types of plant food or fertilizer or ant t... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
Diseases and Disorders Trees	Problems with fruit of Mexican Plum from McKinney TX May 19, 2013 MY Mexican plum tree (about 5 years old) has small fruit on it. Some of them are severely deformed, and look rotten almost. They are bumpy and ragged looking. Or they are pasty white,rotten and dried ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
Plant Identification	Identification of small mint-like plant in Virginia May 19, 2013 I am looking for a mint plant my mother use to have but we didn't plant. It grew in Earlysville, Virginia in red clay soil. The cat loved it but it was neither catnip nor catmint. It was under six in... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
Diseases and Disorders Trees	Bark splitting in old tulip tree in Red Creek, NY. May 18, 2013 Hello, We have a tulip tree that has some bark splitting I guess I would call it. The tree is older and very tall. On the north side of it starting at the bottom of the trunk to about 8-9 feet up i... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
Plant Identification	Unknown blue flower growing in New Boston, TX May 18, 2013 A light blue wildflower, similar to a cosmos, appeared in one of my beds this spring. I've never grown this flower and would like to identify it. The flower also has similarities to a passion flower... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
Meadow Gardens Grasses or Grass-like Wildflowers	Creating a wildflower meadow May 18, 2013 I have an area 1-6 acres worth that is currently grass that I would like to overseed with wildflower seed. The local native plant nursery says that would be a waste. I don't really want to kill gra... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
Pruning Trees	Suckers from Oak Tree Roots in Austin May 17, 2013 Hi. I am a home owner in Austin TX with several live oak trees. We love them and want to keep them healthy. We have a nice landscape in the back yard and I’m wondering if you can answer a quest... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
Plant Identification Problem Plants	Identity of and how to get rid of plant in planter in Indiana May 17, 2013 We moved to Mooresville Ind. (Brooklyn area) 3 yrs ago. In one of the 12x12 planters out back, these one THINGS keep cutting back and spreading everywhere. They are tall, hollow stem, seems like ther... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
Planting Pruning Trees	Planting and care of Desert Willow in Golden Valley, AZ. May 17, 2013 I got a desert willow to plant in yard. Some of the leaves dried out before I could plant. Will that stop the tree from growing into a decent size tree or stay as a shrub? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
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