An update: The lily is spoken for. -Valerie -------------------------------------------- Valerie Mates, web developer https://unixmama.com (734) 973-2472 https://valeriesrecipes.com ------------------

I ordered a bunch of bulbs and got an "Easy Beat" Asiatic lily free with my order. I don't want it and would be happy to give it to somebody who does. The description says that its flower is mango-ora

An update: They are all claimed. -Valerie -------------------------------------------- Valerie Mates, web developer https://unixmama.com (734) 973-2472 https://valeriesrecipes.com --------------------

I dug up some baby pink coneflower (echinacea) plants. They are super easy to care for: Plant them in the ground, water once or twice, and they are good to go. These are young, so they should bloom a

My local microclimate looks like it probably won't get frost tonight, but it's going to be close, and maybe some people will: https://www.mlive.com/weather/2020/09/all-of-lower-michigan-just-added-to-

I just picked up plugs and small plants of native plants from a local nursery, New Leaf Natives: https://www.newleafnatives.com/. I;m excited to have natives plants for my prairie and to buy locally.

I have a packet of very random dahlia seeds. Each year I grow a few and see what I get. Some are amazing, some are not. These two are up for adoption: https://unixmama.com/mystery_plant/2020_available

Is there someone who could spare a scoop of mums that are approximately purple or pink and come back year after year on their own? I would really appreciate that! -Valerie ----------------------------

I have: Hostas Periwinkle (Vinca) Sunflower ( Helianthus x multiflorus) Lamb's Ear (Stachys byzantina) If you're interested,reply to me and I'll dig some up and leave them in front of my garage for yo

I've never had much luck growing bell peppers in my shady yard of clay soil, but for the first time this year there were actually a few peppers large enough to harvest. However, the only fruit current

If anybody is interested, ArborTeas is having a photo/video contest about composting at home. There are $5,000 in prizes, and I figure that since ArborTeas is local, anybody who enters stands a good c

Hello! I have trillium in my front yard that I would like to give away. I understand that September may be the best time for transplanting. Please let me know if you are interested and email me at thi

Free for pick up in Southeast Ann Arbor - one small/medium currant bush. - Marsha marziesue@...

Hello, I returned from a short trip out of town to find a new ant infestation of my two indoor orchid plants. I've never had ants infest any of my indoor plants before. I read that I'll need to repot

I've got yet another mystery plant that I am trying to identify -- likely a plant that I picked up at an Arborseeds plant swap. There are a lot of other plants in the picture, but the mystery plant ha

Two plants that I've been wondering about: 1) I've noticed a plant in people's gardens that makes a single green spike about 5 or 6 feet tall, and then it gets an elongated globe of white flowers that

Over the winter, one of my two compost bins broke, and while I was overthinking which kind to replace it with, my other compost bin filled up with kitchen scraps. I finally ordered a new compost bin,

Does anybody have pink or purple mums that come back year after year that I could have a scoop of? I have yellow ones that come back (but I annoyed them last year and there aren't enough to share) and

Does anybody grow purple maypops / passionflowers? Does it grow well? I have a spot on my house that needs a climbing vine, and maypops look intriguing, but I'd like to hear from someone who has grown

Yes, I love them, Yes, I have too many. I cut off the flowers earlier this week to limit the number of offspring in the future. I have ripe seeds and some flowers with seed pods. I don't know if the s