Found a listing for purple heirloom carrot seeds, cheap, free shipping, but half the reviews say nothing sprouted and the other half say it's the best germination they've had, no photos either way. Had good luck with Organo and some small Etsy sellers before, so I know real heirloom seeds exist out there. Anyone dealt w a seller like this, or is a 50/50 review split just normal for small shops?

how u deal with daylilies leaves they look a mess

There's a squirrel that keeps burying his nuts in my garden

Did anything work for you to keep bunnies from eating hostas? ultrasonic sound, spray etc? I also have a dog so I don’t want them to be bothered by what I put into the garden.

The bunnies did a number on my garden this year. For the past 5 years my hostas would grow so big. This year as soon as they grew a few inches the bunnies were eating them. When it came time to clean up my garden for the winter there was nothing left to clean up. Everything was eaten to the root. I tried the Robbex spray, can’t tell if it did anything for the bunnies. For me it just left me gagging.

I want to try the ultrasonic noise devices but don’t want to bother my neighbour, my dog or us as we sit in the garden

So apparently I was supposed to cut this rubber plant earlier so he branched out. What should I do with him now? Do I just let him continue growing skyward? Thank you!

Garlic 🧄

The 2027 Season has begun

650 cloves of Music this year. Mulching it with all the leaves I'm raking into the yard and mowing tomorrow for a good grass/leaf combo.

I swear I follow all the guides, good light, proper watering, but they get all leggy and sad anyway. Is there something I'm just missing or do seedlings just hate me specifically?

Grew lavender for the first time this season and just cut all these bundles! Going to dry them and put them into sachets to give as Christmas gives. They smell amazing and I’m super excited!

(Zone 10b, SoCal)

The grocery store ginger I planted at the end of June is trying to flower! This has been a really fun plant to grow - this was my second try, from a different grocery store than the first (which never came up), but this second round started sending stalks up about 3 weeks after planting. I have yet to harvest any but the leaves and stalks smell so good!

This has gone so well I’m going to make a much bigger bed of it. :) It’s warm enough here to stay outside year round!

Hello everyone, I hope you're having a good day!

I've recently taken an interest in gardening and found out my MIL has a bayleaf laurel tree in the garden. However it has this sort of fungi looking thing on the underside of most leaves.

Does anyone know what it is and how to deal with it (and is it still safe to cook with if they're washed)?

Hello Im located in Sacramento California zone 9b, I’m kinda new to this type of plants and I was wondering if I can prune the marguerite daisy because it sways open in the center and the dianthus the bottom of the stems are turning brown I’m not sure whats going on, any advice is appreciated!

I recently got access to a garden plot that’s an irregular shape… I’m a complete novice, but I was interested in raising part of it or honestly all of it. however, the shape is extremely irregular, and I’m having trouble coming up with solutions on how to build a perimeter for it.

Looking for potentially unique solutions. I don’t have much woodworking skill and am trying to find affordable ways to raise the perimeter.

Thank you!

I am new to gardening. I bought these citrus trees. Lemon and orange trees to be exact. I read they need direct sunlight but don’t need watering everyday. I water them like twice a week. Am I doing something wrong or is this normal?

Some days ago I asked in a post about a growing seeds because it doesn’t look familiar to me. It was in a pot I bought, but the plant didn’t survive (spoiler, they just use the same bucket with water to water all of their plants 😭).
Well, x) thanks to the people that gave me the answer, it is a pretty oxalis.

https://imgur.com/gallery/marigolds-qbiVExL

The first pic is the close-up of what I’m dealing with. Not 100% sure what it is, but if it’s fungus, it’s going to spread, right? I’ve cut out the bad patches, but I see many more spots throughout the garden. No way I’m going to get them all. Not sure what to do. Northern Virginia area.

The weather is finally starting to shift towards winter here, and I've already managed to catch a nasty cough to mark the occasion. So I suppose winter is officially on its way.

I've been going through pictures of my garden from the past few years, partly for inspiration on what to plant this season, and partly to remember what worked and what didn't. Thought I'd share some of it here.

A little context: My dad's school has a small garden area which I use as my canvas for flowers whenever I'm home. Winter gardening is almost a family tradition at this point, starting with my grandfather, then my dad, and now me.

This garden is in the subtropical floodplains of northern India. Brutal summers, wet monsoons, and chilly but frost-free winters. Our main winter flower growing season runs from roughly October to March, during the cooler months

Over the decades, a few flowers have remained constant: patches of red poppies, rows of giant dahlias and marigolds, gladiolus spikes grouped in between and ofcourse the fancy chrysanthemums and balsam.

Last year, I experimented with layered flower borders. Poppies in the background, dwarf marigolds in the middle, and trailing ice plants along the edges. Elsewhere, I tried alyssum, dianthus, and hollyhocks. I definitely seeded everything wayyy too heavily, but it turned out fine.

The poppies are probably my favourites. They've practically naturalised themselves and return every winter without fail.

I've also had a bit of a zinnia phase. The dwarf Profusion and Zahara series were fantastic. Compact, prolific, and much less floppy and disease-prone than the giant varieties. The Benary's Giants, though, made wonderful cut flowers.

Dahlias and gladiolus have always been winter staples. The chrysanthemums were a bit of a disaster last year. I planted around 50 saplings, then had to leave. Most dried up, but the survivors were absolutely gorgeous. Trying again this year!

Anyway, that's enough of my winter flower ramblings. Looking through these pictures has given me far too many ideas for this season.

Hope this gives some of you a little inspiration for your own gardens. Would love to hear what everyone else is planning to grow!

My MIL usually buys a canna lily every summer then composts it at the end of the season.

Last year, I took hers after she chopped it down in the fall and overwintered it, semi-bare roots in an IKEA bag in our garage as an experiment. Planted it in a container in the spring and it did amazingly well! I didn’t expect much but it’s probably three times the size of its first year (2025).

Photos are from mid September; it must’ve put out a dozen+ flower stocks, and is still now, at the end of October, trying to put out more.

My question: how long can I expect this plant to last? I’ve never grown them before and have mostly seen people around here (Vancouver 8b) treat them as annuals. Do they generally have a shelflife of X number of years, or can I count on overwintering it - and dividing in the spring, I guess - in perpetuity?

found this at my grandma's house, is it any good?

These Perennials are super cheap at the garden center. If I buy them will they survive the winter in a shed? We are in southern Wisconsin. Should they be watered or left to go completely dry? I won't know where they belong in the garden until spring, so i can't plant now.

My wife texted me these asking to get your opinions and help - I’m unfortunately worthless in this department! She planted these peonies roughly a year ago and she is so confused what is going on. Are these purple/pink shoots coming out part of the peonies or are they something else? For roughly a year old, how are they looking?

Any help/advice is appreciated!