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How Do You Landscape Plants That Deer Will Not Eat?
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In winter when snow covers their normal food sources or during periods of drought that diminishes their food supply, deer move down from the mountains in search of food and water. If you live in areas with deer, you already know how difficult it is t
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Why is my friend's hydrangea covered in foliage but no flowers?
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I can't wait until someone answers this. We just moved to house with a huge hydrangea plant and it only put out one bloom..I was wondering the same thing.
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Do I need to debud dahlia's after they are done blooming so I get more flowers?
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Ok....Dahlias do much better when they're "dead headed" (pinching the dead flowers off) BUT the flowers are not the source of seed. Your Dahlias grow from tuberous roots, not bulbs but roots that have bulb like tubers and once the weather gets cold,
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Where I will get white chestnut flowers in Hyderabad India?
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If you know Osmania University campus it is easy to get one from there. There are two very big gardens in the university campus area (1) Landscape Garden, its just opposite to Osmania University Library and the other is (2) Botanical Garden its besid
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Can I grow flowers in a ice-cream tub?
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Sure you can grow flowers in just about anything. Do put some holes in the bottom for drainage.
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How would you describe the colour of fuschia flowers?
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There are different Coloured Fuschia Flowers. I have seen Pink tops with Pale Pink Bottoms, Red topped with Purple Bottom, Red topped with Pinkish Bottomed or white Bottomed. It varies, I have seen ones that are Scarlet or Bright Red all over.
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What are the best flowers/plants for a shady patio that faces north?
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These are what I have that grow happily in the shade on a north facing patio. Skimmia Japonica Aucuba japonica Viburnum tinus.
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Does any one have any advice for a person that planting flowers for the first time.?
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My advice for beginner: - Use annual plants in planters, that way you don't have to worry about soil quality, just buy potting soil. Also don't need to worry to mix different kind of plants in one planter, just use same plants in one planter like imp
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Why are there so many types of orchid flowers?
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The short answer is nobody really knows. In geologic time Orchidaceae, where all orchids are classified, is an old plant family and one of the largest- there are hundreds of thousands of cultivars, varieties and hybrids. One possible theory is that o
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Can rhododendrons flowers change colour?
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In Sandy in Bedfordshire there are thousands of them,all colours. You can get changes of colour with different pH of the soil or through local variations of chemistry within the plant, but it's quite rare. They like acid soil. You may have an increas
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