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Perverse Pumpkins!
Carpenter Bee - Identification
| S. M. e-mailed to ask what is the difference between a carpenter bee and a bumble bee. Since I am not a trained entomologist, I called Dr. Paul Guillebeau to find out. “Just look at their rear end,” h Click for more... |  |
08/24 - 07: South Metro Rose Society meeting
09/28 - 07: South Metro Rose Society meeting
10/25 - 25: Art Exhibit: Southern Tableau
10/26 - 07: South Metro Rose Society meeting
11/12 - 05: Coweta County Master Gardener Wreath Sale
More Gardening Events...
Q&A of the week
| Peony Leaf Disease |
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When I grew up in Michigan, my mother had peonies that bloomed without trouble. I dug up some of the roots and brought them to Georgia. I have been unsuccessful in getting them to bloom. They flourish in the springtime but before they bloom the leaves break out in dark patches and the buds turn black and fall off. |
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Your peonies have either leaf blotch, phytophthora blight or botrytis blight. Without going into how Click for more... |
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| China Fir - Identification |
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My wife and I moved into a house in Loganville. The house has trees which we can not identify. Any ideas what this could be? |
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It's a china fir, Cunnimghamia lanceolata.
see
hort.ufl.edu/trees/CUNLANA.pdf
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Fill bird feeders with black oil sunflower seeds. Birds will find and eat each seed and you won’t accidentally feed chipmunks and rats.
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