The best thing you can do to maximize your fig harvest would be to keep the plants moist at all times, mulch them with 3 or 4 inches of loose compost, avoid nitrogen fertilizers, and avoid any ...

Plants that are not desert plants will suffer greatly in small containers. Doubling potting containers -- so that one container sits inside of a second container -- will help a lot.

Q. One of our neighbors planted golden bamboo several years ago. It has become a terrible nuisance, not only to us, but also to neighbors on both sides of her. When I approached her several years ...

Golden bamboo, or Phyllostachys aurea, is the most common culprit in control issue situations. These spreading bamboos move by thick underground stems called rhizomes, which can grow over 100 feet ...

Golden bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea) is a towering member of the grass family. Native to southeast Asia, it was introduced into the U.S. in 1882, in Alabama, and has spread throughout the ...

The state rules, however, do not regulate plants that have already been planted. Anselmo brought the issue to Orangetown officials about a year ago, urging the town board to regulate invasive bamboo.