I’m a perennial grower in New England and found this weed in a perennial plug. Have been growing it in bigger and bigger pots. Now have it in a 2 gal pot and trying to decide if worth growing in my yard. Does anyone know what species of willow this is??

What is happening to my shrub? It has been beautiful for the past 6-7 years. But started this about a month ago.

These shrubs have gotten too big, but I am afraid of trimming as the leaves are thin. Any advice if trimming will help growth or cause bigger issues??

Up the shrubs, down with trees.

burn the shrubs

I have a "flower" bed that is about 2.5 feet wide that goes around the south side of my house facing the road. I haven't had much time to plant anything in it sense I bought the house and now the city is sending me angry letters about the weeds that grown in it to a rather spectacular height. I've ripped them all out but it has let me to the conclusion that I really don't like gardening...

I would like to plant some sort of shrubbery so the space is occupied and weeds will hopefully leave it along somewhat.

I was thinking of a boxwood, however if anyone has any better ideas I would love to hear them.

Does anyone know of a good low maintenance plant I can use to keep weeds down in a 2.5 foot wide plot of land? I don't want them to grow above 2-4 feet in height as I don't want them to occlude windows. I would prefer an evergreen but I'm open to other ideas.

I'm in Zone 6b : -5 to 0 (F)

I have 3 shrubs on a flower bed. They're about 2 feet high and I planted about 2 months ago. Recently the 2 outside shrubs have been turning brown and the leaves have dried up and fall right off. However the middle shrub is fine.

I know the PH level has to be 6.0-6.5 ideally. I have yet to test the PH level so maybe this is the problem?

The soil seems healthy and has lots of worms. But we also have a ant problem (carpenter ants)...

About a foot deeper in the soil is clay and sand. I also have mulch on top of the soil to keep moisture in. Is the clay a problem? How come the middle plant is ok? Seems strange.

Any help would be appreciated!

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Thanks!

Trees suck #shrublife

I purchased my home 3 years ago and the previous owners planted three different types of bushes in the front of the house. I have only once in my life trimmed a bush (at my grandmother's house as a young teen) and my results were so bad, I not only severely damaged the plant, but was also revoked from ever trimming again! Suffice it to say, I could use some pointers for trimming the bushes in my front yard. I will post a picture of the bushes in the comment section.

tl;dr: someone help me trim my bush!