gardening question

New Guinea impatiens will provide some flower colour in shady areas. (Photo by Proven Winners)

What are suitable plants for windy balconies?

Beckie Fox

What are suitable plants for a windy north facing fifth floor balcony in Toronto (zone 6)? I am looking for plants that can withstand the wind, and can do reasonably well without much direct sunlight.

Pothos plant (Photo by Pixabay)

Why aren’t my pothos plants growing?

Judith Adam

I planted cuttings of my variegated pothos that had been rooted in water. That was over a year ago and they have not grown a centimetre.

Rose slug damage (Photo by Wikipedia)

How to eradicate rose slug sawflies?

Judith Adam

How to eradicate rose slug sawflies? Each year they devastate my roses, and this year they added Mountain Ash to their menu. I try and keep up by picking them off daily, and I spray with the appropriate bug spray. Even so I cannot keep up. The Mountain Ash is now a skeleton, except for a few of the lower branches!

Hydrangea macrophylla flowers on old, second-year wood. (Photo by Joanne Young)

When and how to prune hydrangeas?

Judith Adam

I have just read an article on hydrangeas, saying that some hydrangeas flower on the old wood? Eureka! Is pruning mine back each spring the reason why the bush has luscious green growth, but no flowers?

Fallen maple keys often produce saplings in unwanted places. (Photo by Pixabay)

How to remove maple saplings?

Beckie Fox

How to permanently get rid of the hundreds of maple saplings (about 2-3 inches tall) which grew naturally from dropped keys?

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