
DEAR JANET: I live in West Little Rock and recently got told by our homeowners association that we need to be mindful of when we turn our sprinkler systems on,…
by Janet B. Carson May 27, 2023DEAR JANET: I am sending a photo of my camellia shrubs. I have trimmed them once this spring, perhaps a 10%-15% cut. They have always been evergreen and health…
by Janet B. Carson May 20, 2023DEAR JANET: This bush is about 12 feet tall and under three large oak trees. It gets little direct sunlight before about 2 p.m. Some leaves have turned yellow …
by Janet B. Carson May 13, 2023DEAR JANET: My crape myrtle tree does not seem to be doing well this year. It only has leaves from certain limbs and has not leafed out as it has in the past. …
by Janet B. Carson May 6, 2023Here’s the list of chores and choices home gardeners should tend to in May.
by Janet B. Carson April 29, 2023DREAR JANET: It appears the hard freezes have killed both my guava and banana shrub. Both have bark blown off at the base and no leaves or buds emerging. I pla…
by Janet B. Carson April 29, 2023DEAR JANET: With all the advice from you and others about being patient and waiting for plants to grow, I did the same thing with my roses. Now they are bloomi…
by Janet B. Carson April 22, 2023DEAR JANET: Will the evening primrose I planted to cover a ditch by the road spread over the yard to choke out my spiderwort and catmint? Will black-eyed Susan…
by Janet B. Carson April 15, 2023Can you tell me the name of this purple ground cover? [The reader sent the above photograph.]
by Janet B. Carson April 8, 2023My asparagus bed seems be producing smaller diameter shoots, which I am allowing to grow into ferns. Could the bed be getting old (it's approximately 10 years …
by Janet B. Carson April 1, 2023All of our plants are thriving and blooming again. April Fool's! Sorry, we need a laugh these days when it comes to our gardens. But truthfully, in spite of th…
by Janet B. Carson April 1, 2023My gardenias, 5 and 6 feet tall, were hit bad last year. I babied them and they had mostly recovered and even had a weak blooming last fall. December's freeze …
by Janet B. Carson March 25, 2023We have had one of the bleakest winter landscapes in recent memory. The December deep freeze turned our normally green world into a brown and burned one.
by Janet B. Carson March 18, 2023A few weeks ago, a few of these items showed up in our yard. Do you care to hazard a guess as to what they are? They look like alien creatures to me, although …
by Janet B. Carson March 18, 2023Another week of answers to all manner of questions related to gardening, courtesy of Janet Carson.
by Janet B. Carson March 11, 2023