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It looks quite a lot like chokecherry to me. If so (or anything of that type) the only way to get rid of it that I know of is to pull the suckers up all the way back to where they break off. DO NOT cut them, it just makes the problem worse; DO NOT snap off just the aboveground stem/foliage, as...

Those are two of my favorite perennials too -- so beautiful, SO low (well, NO) maintenance! :) Beautiful pics, thanks for sharing them. The iris looks Siberian to me, fwiw. Pat

What is the foliage like? I wonder if it might be a large-flowered Ornithogalum of some sort? You could google the genus and see if anything looks right. It is lovely, let us know when you figure it out!! Pat

Well that pretty much convinces me then I guess it's an imposter LOL When they finish blooming I'll relocate the ugly tall pale-purple thing to somewhere it won't bother me, and move some genuine Immortality into the place where it was. Thanks very much!! Pat

My parents had a bunch in various places, transplanted from forest on my uncle's upstate property. The ones that did best were under a Styrax tree growing with violets and pink spring primroses, in considerable shade but not especially moist nor acidic soil (frankly it was pretty clayey and...

I know this is a very specific and weird-sounding question, but by any chance do any of y'all have iris "Immortality" (a white rebloomer) growing in shade or under pines? The reason I'm asking is because a couple years ago I wanted some in the morning shade near some pines, and stupid me...

Best off with open air. Research shows that paints/waxes/etc on pruning cuts are more apt to seal pathogen spores IN than to keep them out. Good luck with the Blue Boy, hope it comes back for you! :) Pat

It's not just overwatering, it's VARIABLE watering or letting them dry out occasionally. If water transport to the growing tomato is interrupted, that can cause blossom end rot even with sufficient calcium in the soil. A period of very hot weather, especially if it's windy hot weather, can...

I got lambasted a year or two ago for suggesting that redbuds are only reliably hardy (in zone-typical sites) up to USDA zone 6 and better sites in 5. (As opposed to the list of zones that someone, somewhere, is growing them in, under unusually favorable or lucky circumstances). Next time the...

The fastest thing would be to use Roundup. The danger to the trees is not entirely zero, and I'd be leerier of using around your young trees than if they were 30 years old, but as long as you follow directions it is likely to be ok. Then, as you say, mulch right over the grass, perhaps with...

Not wild; probably a shrub rose variety, could be older or not, who knows. DEFINITELY hardy to still be doing relatively well there on its own. DEFINITELY worth saving/tending! :) Prune off the dead parts. Weed around it, including hand-pulling grass if possible (important not to damage the...

If anything survives it will be the rootstock they're grafted onto (which tends to be, like, rugosa or multiflora rose, not a fancy variety) NOT the named variety on the label. Them's DEAD. (the topgrowth anyhow). They should have leafed out several MONTHS ago. If you're going to soak them...

All brands of any kind of pectin will have a package insert with recipes, and they always include strawberry jam. You *can* make strawberry jam without commercial pectin but it will, at best, be a rather runny soft-set affair, and often ends up as syrup or ice cream topping instead. I'd...

Look at it this way -- if you use deck or galvanized screws, if the screws outlive the lumber then you can remove them and reuse them for the next version of the bed :) (Seriously.) It sure beats having some rusted-up too-weak-to-hold-wood-together...

It's a fine year for rhubarb here -- OTOH you're pretty far away and different weather, so <shrug> I agree that the most common reason for small unhappy plants would be needin' of division, especially if you may have slacked off a bit on fertilizing them over the past season. I dunno as I'd...

You can, but don't freeze them with sugar (the normal way of freezing strawberries, for most people, as it preserves the texture/color better) because then it's nearly impossible to ensure you get the right am't of sugar added to the jam recipe, and it really matters that you get that right. Or...

would it be possible to get a closer-up pic of one or just a few of the 'fronds'? Pat

Much as I love katsuras, they do kind of need evenly-moist soil... you wouldn't want to put one where it will sometimes bake at the roots. And they are not the fastest growers, and not generally cheap or easy to find. But I bet a colored-leaved katsura would be gorgeous (only familiar with...

If you don't care too much about next year's blooms then do whatever you like. All the nattering on about "prune this shrub this way, prune that shrub that way" is oriented almost entirely towards getting best bloom the next year. Also to some extent towards maintaining a pleasing architecture...

Can I ask, what USDA hardiness zone are you? Maples are really not a good southern tree, zone 8 is pushing it for most of them, and it seems to me you could probably do better with something else. Or if you want a red-leafed tree (and please remember, red maples DO NOT normally have red...