Rose Fertilizer – Rose Magazine This article has a formula for organic rose fertilizer. It looks worth investigating.

I need an online “to-do” list for all this stuff I plan to do. This is a reminder to fertilze the heck out of my roses this year. In a few weeks, I need to give them a granular fertilizer high in phosphorous. Some people recommend tomato fertilizer. I’ll have to check how the container […]

I received some good responses to my post on my Clematis vines: Yes, tree roots are a problem for clematis in my opinion. They rob so much of the moisture and nutrients that clematis may well struggle. Your Ville de Lyons are only babies still, and will take several years to reach normal size. Wayside […]

Yes! I’m seeing some of the white coneflower seeds beginning to send out roots now. I sprinkled a bunch of them on top of the soil in one of my seedling trays. I put the heating pad under that tray yesterday or the day before. It’s working. Also, I count something like 25 of the […]

I haven’t gotten any answers on GardenWeb yet, and I did a quick search on clematis and tree roots I found this statement below. Note what it says about tree roots (bolded): Clematis have a reputation for being difficult to grow, however, like any other plant, if their needs can be met by the site […]

I posted the following on the clematis forum at gardenweb.com. Let’s see what the experts tell me. ‘Ville de Lyon’ questions – root competition, etc.Posted by stevation z6 Utah (My Page) on Wed, Mar 8, 06 at 13:44 I am an experienced gardener, but not with Clematis. Two years ago, I planted two bare-root Clematis […]

I have two Clematis ‘Ville de Lyon’ in my front yard next to a little arbor entrance to the backyard. I think I planted them two years ago. Last year, I was disappointed to not see much growth from them. I worried that they might not have survived the winter, since they were weak last […]

Many of my little seedlings are growing now: Cosmos: I have about 20 seedlings growing now, and every day a few more of the seeds sprout in their little paper towel/ziploc bag environment. I think they would have done better if I hadn’t had that one day that they got scorched. Some seeds are clearly […]