Try the 'New to Gardening forum'.....there is some good info there

crunchpa- Thanks- but I don't see where the 'new to gardening' is.....can you tell me please?
Thanks

PS Do you have any favorite places that you order your roots, seeds, etc from? I didn't think much about the Burgess, Park catalogues.

Lisa11

Sure.....here it is!

Here is a link that might be useful: New to Gardening

I know how you feel (although I don't see where the man's ethnicity comes into play?). My front yard is planted with exotic plants (majesty palms, aloe marlothii, tibouchina urvilleana, kentia palm, cyathea cooperi...) while my neighbor's yard is planted with overgrown, invasive, all-too-common plants (Pampass grass, Chaste Tree, Rosemary, roses...) which get FLOODED day in and day out by their sprinkler system. They water even in the winter, which is when we get the bulk of our rain. His plants are ill looking, and disease prone becaused they are sitting in water so much. I would like to have my plants show, but the angle of the yards and the street make it to where their yard blocks mine out of sight unless you are standing directly in front of it. Seeing how it's their yard there really isn't much I can do except try to talk them into watering less and hire a landscaper. I wish you good luck and let's hope we can talk some sense into our neighbors!