fighting horsetail, moving hydrangea, and more: q&a with ken druse

Because you keep asking your questions in comments here on the website, in emails, on Facebook, and now at @awaytogarden, on Instagram, too, my friend and fellow garden writer Ken Druse keeps coming back to help me answer them.

Read along as you listen to the May 20, 2018 edition of my public-radio show and podcast using the player below. You can subscribe to all future editions on iTunes or Stitcher (and browse my archive of podcasts here).

Q. So, we’ve got quite the list. But is everything O.K. over there in New Jersey?

A. You know, it was cold and spring was late, and it wasn’t going to happen, and I was afraid it was going to happen all at once, and all it’s done is caught up. Now we’re on schedule.

Q. Right, right. We had three days of 80 something, or close to 90, or whatever. And that sort of brought it right to a little more normal-ish, sort of, ish. Ish!

A. [Laughter.] Ish.

Q. Yes. So, I have a question from Bonita that came in the comments on the blog. She has aHydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’—a Pee Gee hydrangea, yes? She’s had it for nine years. And so, it’s now 6-1/2 to 7 feet tall. What she wants to know, is do we think it’s possible to move this tree? It’s a tree form that has been trained to a standard. It’s just not exactly in the right spot, getting a little too big, and it’s shading out other things that are beneath it and around it, and so she’s wanting to move it. And