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washingtonpost.com - Scott Aker: Digging In
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Digging In: Advice on Plants Deer Won't Eat, Crape Myrtle, Arsenic in Soil
Q Can you recommend plants that deer won't eat?
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Digging In: Advice on Negronne Fig in and Out of a Pot; the Best Mulch
Q I have a Negronne fig still in its pot. Is now a good time to plant it in the garden? Do I need to net it to prevent birds from getting the fruit?
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Digging In: Battling Scruffy Woodland, Fertilizing Daffodils, Help for Peonies
Q A wooded area near my house has become scruffy. I have some ivy and vinca there but would like to add another plant. I don't want to go to the trouble and expense of planting; rather I would like to seed the area with a perennial ground cover. What would you recommend?
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Digging In: Advice on an Ailing Hawthorn Tree, Pruning Crape Myrtles
Q We planted a Crimson Cloud hawthorn six years ago. In the spring it produces a wealth of healthy-looking leaves but hardly any flowers. By early summer the leaves have turned yellow-brown and begin to drop. By the end of August it looks dead. The tree starts bravely again the next spring. What is the problem, and what can we do about it?
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Digging In: Advice on Plum Tree Alternatives, Topping Trees
Q Can you recommend a plum tree that would grow to 30 feet, shade a sunny corner of my house, bloom fragrantly and produce fruit? The site is hilly and has sandy soil. I recall seeing a Myrobalan plum growing well in such a hot, difficult spot. Would you recommend that, or others?
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Digging In: Advice on Shrubs for a Shaded, Boggy Area, Getting Rid of Ants
Q Can you recommend any shrubs that would thrive in a boggy area with dense shade?
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Digging In: Finding the Right Cypress
Q: I admire the tall and slender Italian cypress, though when I found one for sale recently it was a dull bluish color with ugly leaves. I wonder whether there are other evergreen trees with the same desired shape. Also, when I was in Vancouver, B.C., I saw evergreen trees whose foliage was almost fanlike. I wonder what they are and whether I can use them in Northern Virginia.
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Digging In: Advice on Ivy Geraniums, Dogwood Blooms
Q In France and Israel I've seen beautiful trailing geraniums planted everywhere in window boxes and planters. They have red and white flowers and look like the common upright geraniums except that they trail. I would like to plant them but haven't been able to find them locally. Will they grow well here?
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Digging In: Advice on Rooting a Magnolia Tree From Cuttings
Q How can I save an old Southern magnolia that is in the way of an upcoming remodeling project? Can it be moved or, failing that, propagated?
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Digging In: Advice on Watering Plants in Big Containers, Photinia Disease
Q Can you recommend screening plants
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