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Vines	Will Virginia creeper harm brick walls in Las Vegas NM May 19, 2013 Will Virginia creeper harm brick walls in Las Vegas, New Mexico? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
Pests Trees	Problems with Arizona Ash from Naco AZ May 19, 2013 Hi Mr. Smarty.. Live in southeast corner of Az. My Az. Ash is diseased. Just noticed leaves are curled, (still green) and when I open the leaf it has a zillion little white, what look like mites ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
Diseases and Disorders Pests Herbs/Forbs	Problems with Gregg's mistflower from Fredericksburg, TX May 19, 2013 Dear Mr. Smarty Plants: Something is wilting the tops of my Gregg's mistflower, Conoclinium greggii. I cannot see bugs on the plant, so I am wondering if it's a disease. The problem is widespread to... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
Pests	Plants to repel mosquitoes from Leander TX May 19, 2013 What are the best plant for repelling mosquitoes in the Leander area? The land here is hilly and rocky. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
Privacy Screening Trees	Privacy screening from Prosperity SC May 19, 2013 I need to know what would be a good tree to plant for blocking my neighbor's home it needs to be an evergreen and slender in the space it would take. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer
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
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