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    Need feedback for garden website

    Don't know why it says "this website declines this webpage" Will check into that.
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    Need feedback for garden website

    Thanks everyone for your input. :)
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    Need feedback for garden website

    Hello all, I was wanting some constructive criticism for my website. Its still partially under construction so sorry in advance for any broken links. Please visit www.landscapedesktop.com and send me a message and tell me what you like, or dislike, or think could improve. My goal is to provide...
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    A few extras

    I've got lots of green and red Japanese Maple seedlings. Woud you care to trade for some aster?
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    What are your 5 favorite flowers?

    hmm... based solely on the flower and not considering its ease of growing orchids fall aster delphiniums bouganvillea blue morning glory
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    Plants easily grown from seed?

    I've had good success (80-100% germination rate) w/ guara daylilies impatiens coleus blanket flowers forget me nots morning glories columbines What others plants have anyone been very successful in germinating from seed?
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    help with getting petunias & impatiens started

    I bought a dollar pack of impatien seeds from Lowes this year and planted them just slightly 1/8" below the surface of the soil. I had nearly 100% germination. I sowed them indoors a few weeks before the last expected frost and moved them to my cold frame after they had a few sets of leaves...
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    Bare rooted maple tree question

    I work with a landscape architect, and in the past when existing trees were to remain on a project he had said that typically no more than 6" of loose soil should be added on top of existing roots. Highly compacted soil can even kill trees with only 3 or 4" cover. As far as the sogginess. Maples...
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    Shade garden??

    I'm told a great Texas plant, Turks Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus) will bloom in shade. Also fatsia japonica, ajuga reptans, fuschias, columbines,coral bells.
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    A Peony Question??

    Zone 9 might be a stretch for peonies. They are from a cold climate and don't usually flower without a cold winter. You should plant them on the north side, mulch heavily during summer, and provide no mulch during winter. Here in Texas (Zone 8) but a very hot Zone 8, people will frequently put...
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    what is this plant??

    Ajuga Looks like Ajuga reptans:)
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