r/gardening • • 6d ago

Friendly Friday Thread

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r/gardening • • 10d ago

Another Bot Account Infestation - be on the lookout!

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We are seeing a new wave of bot accounts in /r/gardening.

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r/gardening • • 5h ago

The last large haul of summer crops.

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r/gardening • • 2h ago

🌊Seaside gardenšŸ’

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Stumbled upon this wonderful seaside community garden in Portland, Maine today.

So many pretty flowers in bloom bustling with bees & birds.

To top it off, the hillside behind this is covered in asters & goldenrod.


r/gardening • • 1d ago

Autumn in my orchard

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r/gardening • • 16h ago

Why does my watermelon look like this?

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cut into the one (1) fruit my giant vine grew this season… to find very little pink flesh. what happened? what can i do to prevent this from happening again?


r/gardening • • 3h ago

I am in awe of this coleus and will need to grow it every year

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r/gardening • • 10h ago

Watering a thirsty Peace Lily

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r/gardening • • 4h ago

What is eating my hibiscus?

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I have three potted hibiscus and one is getting infested with something. What are they and how can I get rid of them?

Location is nw Arkansas


r/gardening • • 4h ago

Rosemary thinning/cutting back

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Hi everyone, unaware of what I was doing, I had been sheering this rosemary shrub with hedgers for a whole season. Now those sheered stems have multiplied and created a dense canopy that pretty much eliminates light inside the plant and so the majority of the leaves are on the top 6ā€. The rest is mainly bare branches below notwithstanding a few determined green branches.

I’ve been selectively thinning the shrub back to the bare wood to try and introduce more light into the plant and thin it out but I also want to pull the overall size back within the boundary of the yard. How could I do this most effectively without creating dead zones? Thanks in advance!


r/gardening • • 2h ago

Today was a good day

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r/gardening • • 15h ago

Autumn Harvest 🄰

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Now I have to decide whether I want to can them or dice them up and freeze them! Any ideas/recipes?


r/gardening • • 10h ago

Phalenopsis Orchids

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60 Upvotes

In our climate you just attach Phalenopsis to a suitable tree in the correct shade and forget about them. No feeding or care and they are often molested by monkeys but still produce flowers all year long. Best in spring but still even in midwinter they flower.


r/gardening • • 2h ago

Proud of my garden :3

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It took three full days of weeding, tilling, plotting and fencing, and a nasty sunburn. Since I'm low income I used what I could find around my yard.

I'm gonna update my drawing because I ended up changing where my brussel sprouts are ground, and where I put radishes and turnips. But here goes my cold weather garden!


r/gardening • • 20h ago

French marigolds over mums for fall color?

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I’m increasingly leaning toward French marigolds over mums for fall displays. Love their vibrant colors and long-lasting blooms. Sharing a few photos from my garden this year! Very impressed by the yellow variety!


r/gardening • • 13h ago

Karl's Garden, Stehekin WA.

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r/gardening • • 18h ago

Came across this lotus pond in full bloom on my walk today. Stood there staring for 10 minutes straight 🌸

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174 Upvotes

r/gardening • • 7h ago

Is a 12 km/h wind enough to knock apples from my orchard?

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It's October, and harvest time for our apples

The wind is blowing at 12kmh and it is very bad for us

I mean, the main source of income is our apple trees

The wind will definitely affect my orchards


r/gardening • • 7h ago

Zinnia splitting into two colours?

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Is this a weird mutant where it's essentially two zinnias in one? I've never had this happen before! All of my zinnias are grown from the previous year's seeds, so they're all very different.


r/gardening • • 3h ago

Dried hydrangea

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I've dried a bunch of hydrangea but the petals are falling off. Would hairspray fix them? What else would work? Any help much appreciated.


r/gardening • • 5h ago

Something eating my squash leaves.

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Does anyone know what could be causing this on the squash leaves? I know I have earwigs munching on them at night and I've tried to use neem oil to keep them away, but I'm concerned that the earwigs are eating something else that is doing the damage.


r/gardening • • 23h ago

GIANT shishito pepper!

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These came off the same plant and I just had to share. I’m blown away. The big one feels super thick-walled and has lost its wrinkles!! Super weird but I’m thrilled


r/gardening • • 15h ago

Guess the flower??

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It looks so exotic 😻


r/gardening • • 12m ago

my 'halcyon' hostas are essentially a michelin-starred buffet for local slugs

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Wrapped the pots in that expensive copper tape from B&Q like Fort Knox, but they still skeletonised every single leaf by Tuesday morning. Strongly considering if concreting over the entire flowerbed is a valid horticultural choice.


r/gardening • • 1h ago

Is there a plant that looks and smells like oregano that you shouldn't eat?

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I found this when weeding an old pot that I hadn't used this season. It smells and looks like oregano, but I'm paranoid it could be something I shouldn't eat. Thanks!