Tag: Ask Burton

Ask Burton: This week, a question about suckers – not in Vegas, but in the landscape. Q: I have a Live Oak in my yard that has generated so many suckers that it almost looks like a ground cover. How can I remove them, and prevent more? Is there any sort of herbicide I can apply?
Ask Burton: Q: I have planted vegetable gardens in the past and I want to make this one as easy to maintain as possible. I don’t mind spending more time setting it up, but once I plant this time, I don’t want to fight Bermudagrass (and every other weed) – I want to water, occasionally fertilize, and get food. Can you help me get there?
Ask Burton: This week, an observation on the root cause of more than 80% of the plant questions we’ve received in the past three weeks.
Ask Burton: Q: I have areas in my lawn that haven’t greened up for me this spring – any ideas of what’s going on?
Ask Burton: Q: The leaves on my weeping redbud (pictured) are dry and the tree has started looking really bad. We just planted it in March. What do you think happened to it?
Ask Burton: Q: I want to grow cilantro, and it doesn’t like me. How can I do better with it? Mine always goes into flower, and withers.
Ask Burton: Q: I have a vegetable garden I put in a couple of years ago, and it’s pretty good, but I just can’t seem to get carrots to do what I want. Any carrots I grow are stubby or misshapen (and tougher than normal!), depending on whether they’re growing in my in-ground garden or my above-ground one. Any ideas to help?
Ask Burton: Q: I planted a windmill palm this year and I would like to know how to care for it during the winter.
Ask Burton: Q: I had a beautiful bed of summer and fall color… until it froze last week. I’d like to put some things in now that they’re gone, am I too late?
Ask Burton: Q: I have several ornamental grasses (pampas and maiden grasses) that are starting to go dormant now. Should I go ahead and cut those back now?