I received this question from Ms. Frye:
I need to know how to kill a parisite vine.  It has elongated,
heart shaped leaves, no blooms.  It has all but ruined my miniture
rose bush and my hydrangia. I try to pull it up by the roots, but it
is very fast growing and aggressive.
For the Garden Lady to identify [...]

Matthew wrote:
Did you know it is Carl Linnaeus’ 300th birthday this year!  Read about him here. 
Thank you Matthew for reminding us and sending the excellent website. Readers can google up lectures and events around the world celebrating this birthdate.
 

I received a great question from Matt about plants that children can care for.  He wrote,
My kids (7 & 10) are showing a natural interest in raising their own plant or tree (similar to their interest in having an ant farm or collecting caterpillars) and I was hoping you could tell me of some plants [...]

Pho_chan wrote the following to me:  
Bonjour Madame de Jardin, Je suis étudiante en biologie et je m’intéresse beaucoup à l’aconit napel,plante sur laquelle je suis en train de faire un mémoire d’études.  Pourriez-vous m’envoyer un échantillon de la plante ou quelques graines pour que je puisse la faire pousser moi-même? Je vous en remercie.
Since I [...]

I was asked the following plant-related question by someone named Sarah:
I saw a suggestion to bury used tea bags in your houseplant soil to retain water in winter.  Any other hints to help keep plants moist when we’re away for the holidays?
I had never heard of burying used tea bags in your houseplant soil to retain [...]

Winter will be here in the Northeast in a few days. The Garden Lady wants you to have a safe Holiday season and New Year.
Our plants are indoors for safe keeping and are making the house decorative as well as pretty. But some of these plants we have are poisonous, such as this Jerusalem Cherry [...]

I received the following questions from Jen:
Are there any plant related reasons to worry or any precautions to take about the unseasonably warm November and December we’ve had on the East Coast so far this year? Is the weather going to mess up the natural cycles of native trees and plants? I’m mainly concerned because [...]

Here is a question from Micah and his wife  about growing plants in general.

Whether it’s about the lawn or potted plants, my wife thinks it is good to use chemicals like Miracle Grow and anti-weed fertilizer. What are your thoughts?  I’m a “natural” guy while my wife is an artificial supplement girl.  Who is right?  [...]

In response to a November 7th post about growing plants in the dorm, the Garden Lady received the following question from a Marklen about how to care for your dorm plant when you are away for a month or so.
What about if you are away for the summer break? What can you do if you [...]

One of my faithful readers, Stephanie, and her husband are getting excited about Christmas.  Here are three questions she had about Christmas flowers and plants.
1. Are there any pretty Christmas/winter plants for the outside?
2. Besides the Christmas tree and the poinsettia, are there any other nice indoor Christmas plants?
3. Do you happen to know which types of Christmas [...]