Frequently Asked Questions

Many people experience the same challenges and questions when enjoying or working in their garden or landscape. Here are answers to many of the most frequently asked gardening questions.

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Bamboo 7

Frequently Asked Questions About Bamboo

Are All Bamboos Invasive?

Do I Need To Fertilize My Bamboo?

Does Heavenly Bamboo Spread Like Other Bamboos?

Why Are The Leaves Of My Bamboo Curled Lengthwise?

How Do I Stop a Bamboo From Spreading?

How Do I Get Rid Of Bamboo?

How Do I Prune Bamboo?

Bulk Materials 2

Frequently Asked Questions about our Bulk Materials Products

How Do I Calculate How Much Soil I Need?

What Types of Bulk Materials Do You Sell?

Clematis 2

Frequently Asked Questions about Clematis

How Do I Plant My Clematis?

How Do I Prune My Clematis Vine?

Delivery Service 4

Frequently asked questions about the Arts Nursery delivery service

How Much Does The Delivery Service Cost?

How Much Bulk Material Can Fit On Your Truck?

Can We Put More Than One Bulk Material On A Delivery?

How Do I Arrange for Delivery of Soil or Plants?

Fertilizer and Plant Food 1

Frequently Asked Questions about fertilizer and plant food

What Is The Difference Between Organic and Non-Organic Fertilizers?

Fruit Trees 7

Fruit trees are the source of many gardening questions including pollination requirements, varieties, pruning and general care

What is Dormant Oil And Why Do I Need To Use It On My Fruit Trees?

Why Isn't My Apple Tree Producing Fruit?

Can I Grow Figs In The Pacific Northwest?

Do Fig Trees Need Pollination In Order To Produce Fruit?

When Should I Prune a Fig Tree?

How Does Cherry Tree Pollination Work?

How Does Apple Tree Pollination Work?

Garden Pests & Bugs 0

Frequently Asked Questions about Pests and Bugs

Gardening 3

Frequently Asked Questions about Gardening

Many Plants Have Two Names, What Does This Mean?

Do I Need To Mulch My Plants?

Which Plants Should I Plant For Fragrance?

Heaths and Heathers 3

Frequently asked questions about heaths and heathers

What is a Bud Blooming Heather?

What is a Heather?

What's The Difference Between a Heath and a Heather?

Hedging 2

Frequently Asked Questions About Hedging

How Do I Prune My Cedar Hedge?

What Are Good Plants For An Evergreen Hedge?

Hydrangeas 3

Frequently Asked Questions about Hydrangeas

Why Won't My Hydrangea Bloom?

How Do I Change My Hydrangeas Flower Colour?

When Should I Prune My Hydrangea Shrub?

Indoor Tropicals 0

Frequently Asked Questions about Indoor Tropical Plants

Japanese Maples 6

Frequently Asked Questions about Japanese Maples

Can I Grow A Japanese Maple In A Pot?

Can Japanese Maples Be Grown In The Sun?

Why Is My Japanese Maple Dying Back?

Why Are My Japanese Maple Leaves Turning Brown in Summer?

How Often Should I Fertilize My Japanese Maple?

When Should I Prune My Japanese Maple Tree?

Lawns and Lawn Care 11

Frequently asked questions about lawns, lawn care, turf, seeding and sodding

How Do I Get Rid of Moss In My Lawn?

How Often Should I Water My Lawn?

What Should I Do If My Lawn Turns Brown in Summer?

What's The Best Way To Mow My Lawn?

How Do I Get Rid of Weeds In My Lawn?

When Is the Best Time To Overseed My Lawn?

How Do I Overseed My Lawn?

What Is Coated Grass Seed?

What Is Scotts Ez-Seed?

How Do I Fix a Really Wet Lawn?

Do You Sell Rolls of Sod or Turf?

Orchids 1

Frequently Asked Questions About Orchids

How Do I Get My Orchid to Re-Bloom?

Perennials 4

Frequently Asked Questions About Perennials

What is a Perennial?

Are There Perennials That Will Grow In Shade?

What Perennials Would You Suggest For a Hot Dry Location?

Can I Divide My Daylily Plants?

Planting 5

Frequently asked questions about planting

When Can I Plant In The Garden?

What is Plant Hardiness and What Does It Mean?

What is Considered Full Sun?

What Plants Need Acidic Soil?

What Does B and B Mean?

Ponds and Water Features 9

Frequently Asked Questions about ponds and water features in your garden

How do I protect the fish in my pond from raccoons, herons and other predators?

What plants can I plant near my pond?

What is causing the algae in my pond?

How Do I Overwinter My Pond or Water Feature?

What are oxygenating plants?

How Do I Calculate the Volume of Water In My Pond?

How do I choose a pump for a water feature?

What types of plants are good for planting in a pond?

How do I grow water lilies?

Rhododendrons 4

Frequently Asked Questions About Rhododendrons

Why Are There Notches On My Rhododendron Leaves?

How Do I Grow Rhododendrons?

How Do I Prune Rhododendrons?

Should I Deadhead My Rhododendrons?

Roses 4

Frequently Asked Questions about Roses

When Is The Best Time To Prune Roses?

How Do I Plant a Rose?

My Rose Has White Powdery Stuff On The Leaves. What Should I Do?

My Rose Has Black Spots on The Leaves What Should I Do?

Small Fruits & Berries 3

Frequently Asked Questions about Small Fruits and Berry Plants

Do I Need a Pollinator For Blueberry Plants?

How Do I Grow Blueberry Plants?

Do Kiwi Vines Need Pollination To Produce Fruit?

Soil and Bulk Materials 3

Soils and Bulk Materials Frequently Asked Questions

What is pH and How Does It Affect My Garden?

Do You Sell Bulk Soil?

Do You Offer a Delivery Service?

Store Information 2

Frequently Asked Questions about Arts Nursery

What Is Your Address and How Do I Get To Arts Nursery?

Are You Open All Year Long?

Trees 1

Frequently Asked Questions about Trees

My Dogwood Tree Is Having Problems, What Should I Do?

Vegetable Gardening 2

How Do I Grow Tomato Plants?

How Do I Grow Garlic?

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