Q. Is it a good idea to prune my Roses way back this time of year? I didn’t prune them earlier and they have a lot of black spot. I would burn the branches. Thanks Dottie Morris – Shelton, WA A. Whether it is a good idea is debatable. Rose pruning seems to me to…
Month: June 2005
Peony flower flop
Q. My peonies have good foliage, however the last two years they grow tall stems have heavy flowers that fall to the ground and don’t last long. Lora Fleener – Vernal, Utah A. The flowers are not lasting very long because of their contact with the soil, which introduces soil microorganisms that begin to precipitate…
Black Spot on Roses
Q. Black spots my rose leaves can you help? Evelyn Moore – Parkland, WA A. It’s that time of year again. One of the problems with many of gardener’s favorite roses is that they are susceptible to a common fungus called black spot. The breeding of roses over the centuries rivals the plots of afternoon…
Plant Identification Help
Q. I have a strange plant growing next to my walkway. How can I go about identifying it? Conrad Cinq-Mars – Gig Harbor, WA A. That all depends on how strange it is. If your neighbor’s name is Seymour and he feeds it blood it might be Audrey II. I think it is doubtful that…
Leaf blight on Western Red Cedar
Q. One of our cedar trees has brown tips on the needles in one area of the tree. Both pictures are of different sides of the same tree. The brown area developed almost overnight about three weeks ago. We have not done any digging or grading in the yard from 15 years. I hope you…