My husband will text me while at work and say

"Spraying rhodies today"

My brain cant stop picturing warmachine from iron man.

So please enjoy my photoshop pic I made for him. This took me less then 2 mins.

Hi all, I’m looking to study Horticulture and have noticed that all the RHS courses seem to be just one day a week. Is that because they expect you to spend the rest of the week completing coursework or practical work at home?
I’ve found a similar horticulture course in Australia that’s 2–3 days a week, so I’m curious why there’s such a difference.
I’m currently unemployed and looking for a career change, so I don’t have any other commitments at the moment. One day a week feels like very little to me. Has anyone found the RHS schedule enough, or did you wish there was more teaching time?

Is this bad?

I started working as a plant management associate at a huge historical site that has a lot of gardens/lawns/etc. I originally wasn’t going to apply for the position since I had no real “job” experience in horticulture. The most I had was done through classes and personal hobby. A lot of the people that work there have been doing it for a super long time. They’re so knowledgeable and they’re great at their job, but I can’t help but feel inferior. It feels difficult to ask for help finding or identifying something without them treating me like I’m stupid. They all have these unspoken rules that I’m still struggling to figure out. I don’t mind my coworkers, they’re great people. But I’m struggling to wrap my head around having to be around people like this for the rest of my life. For anyone more experienced in this field: does it get any better?

I've had a potted Shore Pine on my property for the past nine years. This past winter (live in the western PNW) I noticed the pot was not draining. I thought it would dry and come summer I could turn the pot onto its side, drill out the clogged drain holes and aerate the soil/roots within the pot. I have done this once previously. I just notice the candles/new growth has died which is alarming. I am not sure how to address this. For context I have an extensive and expansive collection of native pacific rim plants and trees. I am relentless in my care for them. This one is approximately 5.5' in height. The pot is 36" in diameter and 24" in depth. It occupies the same space it has always been in, and is in full sun from sunrise until four o'clock in the afternoon.

I've been transforming this bed the last 4 years. I started by forking as much septoria infected rudbeckia I could. That doesn't get rid of the problem, but makes it more manageable. Plus, every other week application alternating neem oil and bloom frozen.

Violets started popping up like crazy after I cleared the rudbeckia so I kept that as a ground cover and first round of interest for the season. Adding natives and having them be at least half the species in each bed is my goal. I of course kept the Rudbeckia then added Liatris and transplanted Monarda and Chelone. This fall I'll transplant some little blue stem, and next year I want to add some native phlox to bloom with the violets.

Annuals will go in for the border as always. They still have to look showy and I still like gardening just for aesthetics as well as wildlife.

I'm zone 6a WI in case anyone was wondering

What are the best plants to grow in a hot and humid environment like florida? Looking for unique plants and aren't just 100% foliage.

HERE is a gallery of a few pics I took of the trees & leaves.

Pacific Northwest. Things here haven't been crazy dry, but I did very recently start to regularly water. I removed about 10 years' worth of old grape vines from the branches in late winter before things began to bloom, but the trees are looking really sad. I expected the canopy to be spare for the first year at least but leaves seem to be slowly yellowing and dying as well.

Do you think it could be Verticillium wilt? Or just not enough water? Just stress after being strangled by grapes for so long (house was a rental, garden was totally neglected/overrun) and I just need to fertilize and give it another year to recover? Prune them? They look so bad and I'd love to fix if I can; I would really hate to lose the tree cover.

(Also: if there is a different subreddit I should be posting this to, let me know!)

From the outside it doesn't look so bad, but my client says it's not as full as it used to be— the scales seem to be dying from the inside out though there is some (slow) regrowth. I noticed these marks on the bark and something tells me it may be insect activity. Location: Baltimore, MD

Thanks in advance for any help.

I was an EU-based Horticulture student, but due to a longstanding back injury, I couldn't finish my course. It was a mix of theory and practical work, and I miss it a lot! I found that I was pretty into the theory and had aced my Plant Biology unit and would like to continue on that path. I've got a few textbooks and pore over my notes.

Now, I read the sticky and it was a bit disheartening, to be honest. I don't expect to make the big bucks, but perhaps with enough cojones I can become some form of research assistant or something along those lines.

I can't see myself returning to a physical school anytime soon, so I would like to ask for help regarding any online certifications that are recognized in Europe mainly, though I won't turn down any opportunities should they be outside the EU. Perhaps your local trade school or university offers online courses or has anything that has to do with theory-work like research, biology etc. Even links to free quizzes and classes I can take to sharpen my knowledge would be highly appreciated. Sadly my local sources only offer theory with lots of mandatory physical work so I can't earn those certifications. I am also not opposed to landscaping design and environmental sciences, I was pretty decent at those and liked the merger of plants and art in landscaping design particularly.

This injury has made me feel fairly useless and I don't want to leave a field that has made me feel like there's future prospects for me, at least not without a fight.

Thank you all very much and apologies in advance, you all must hear shit like this on the regular. I just don't know where else to turn to.

Why are they like this? Started out big and juicy and now all have turned this way. White coating and dried. What did I do wrong? Thanks

Ive had this for about 6 years now and it has done well, but I recently put a glass table on the deck and the reflected light has burned one side. It is yellowing but not brown. What can I do to bring the section back??

Pic 5 shows broken stem...It was laying flat on the ground when I found it. Should I cut it back now or try to let it go to seed? Any advice appreciated. First time finding one of these. I think it's a Turks-cap lilly/Lilium superbum - someone please lmk if that identity is correct or wrong. Location: Dawsonville, Georgia, USA.

I am way too into the lisianthus this year. I've been showing everyone how beautiful they are, and I just feel like people aren't appreciating them enough. They have been bringing me immense joy

So im due to start level 2 horticulture in September because the end goal is to either be a gardener or a florist. Im really excited for this but im a little worried because sometimes I will deal with plants that aren't so good for cats and I have a cat she is my baby. Do you think I can do horticulture or become a gardener with a cat? I worry about coming home to her and it getting on her and then shes gets poorly or worse case dies. I might be thinking about this a bit to deeply. But any advice could help please

I posted here before.

I have a ba in liberal arts and an online certificate in conservation finance, but want to pick up a certification in horticulture because I currently work as a utility forester for a tree company.

Work is ok, but I def want to learn and expand more. Either as an arborist or in more of a growing/greenhouse role and not be limited to purely trees.

Where can I find a good online program?

I work long hours and doubt I can make it from work to a school on time.

I know the master gardener programs are not the best. How about AHS?

I tried to do one in California at a local
College, but couldn’t finish it because I couldn’t make the physical labs because of work.

I now live in NY (near NYC) btw.

Thanks!

Il ne faisait pas envie ce pauvre plant de pervenche de Madagascar défleuri sur son tablar dans la jardinerie où je l’ai sauvé de l’oubli. Je connaissais le nom indiqué sur l’étiquette qui n’indique pas la couleur par contre. A priori des fleurs blanches. Surprise ! #fleurs #jardinerie #jeuneplant