/r/gardening

Photograph via snooOG

A place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care.

r/gardening is a place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care.

Please give a general location when asking questions. Plant, pest and disease identification are much easier with geographical context.

r/gardening is a FAMILY FRIENDLY community. If you wouldn't say it in front of your grandmother or niece, don't say it here.

No advertising or self-promotion is allowed. This includes promotion of blogs, YouTube channels, and other social media

No Trolls in the Garden. Abusive or offensive content will result in an immediate ban.

Moderators are the sole arbiters on what constitutes offensive content.

Here is a Zone Map for the US

Here is a Zone Map for Australia

Here is a Zone Map for New Zealand

Here is a Zone Map for UK and Ireland

Here is a Zone Map for Canada

Here is a Zone Map for Europe

Here is a Zone Map for the Middle East


We're trying to keep the following list uncluttered, by only adding subreddits of more than 1000 subscribers.

You may also be interested in

/r/houseplants

/r/whatsthisplant

/r/whatsthisbug

/r/botany

/r/farming

/r/homestead

/r/GuerrillaGardening

/r/permaculture

/r/canning

/r/takeaplantleaveaplant

/r/AustralianPlantSwap

/r/frugal

/r/fromscratch

/r/livingofftheland

/r/backyardchickens

/r/Cheap_Meals

/r/hydro

/r/Bonsai

/r/flowers

/r/indoorgarden

/r/SavageGarden

/r/plantedtank

/r/mycology

/r/landscaping

/r/hotpeppers

/r/preppers

/r/greenhouses

/r/succulents

/r/orchids

/r/seedswap

/r/eatcheapandhealthy

/r/Berries

/r/invasivespecies

/r/cactus

/r/gardenwild

/r/lawncare

/r/urbanhomestead

/r/composting

/r/ZeroWaste

/r/AeroGarden

/r/Plant_progress

/r/Mightyharvest

/r/HawaiiGardening

/r/SalsaSnobs

/r/Ceanothus

/r/watchplantsgrow

/r/ponds

/r/gardening

7,500,198 Subscribers

3

Help please

I left her outside for a day and this happened to her, any siggestiong what to do?

0 Comments
2024/12/25
22:58 UTC

4

My dendrochilum formosarium putting on its winter show

I bought this orchid three years ago and each winter it goves me a beautiful display of flowers. It also flowers at least one more time during the year, but the winter blooms are the best!

0 Comments
2024/12/25
22:50 UTC

1

Help me choosing plants for my rooftop garden in Mexico

Hello!

I want to put a garden in my rooftop

First I'd like to start with colorful plants that are resilient and easy to main, then, I could move to plants that are harder to do

Second, at some point I'd like to have trees, although these would've to be light ones, because well, they're going to be on the roof

Then I'd like to plant something that gives food, maybe grapes or something like that, it could be on the trees as well

I live in Jalisco, so, right now it's slightly cold, but it also gets hot, right now I've not much in my roof to protect the plants, in the future I might have another roof and "walls", but right now there's only a small fence

I appreciate all the help that could be given

Some of the plants I'd like are

Jasmines, roses, bougainvilleas

Do you think those could work?

What could you suggest?

3 Comments
2024/12/25
22:28 UTC

18

My Grandma’s Aloe Vera

I’m not sure how she does it lol

2 Comments
2024/12/25
22:11 UTC

1

Question Regarding Soil

Hi all! I'm a new gardener in Phoenix, Arizona. I have a raised bed with that raised bed soil from Home Depot. Should I add any additives, plant food, etc.?

Thank you!

3 Comments
2024/12/25
21:50 UTC

13

My pantry garden

6 Comments
2024/12/25
21:49 UTC

8

Update on the seed my nephew gave me

1 Comment
2024/12/25
21:43 UTC

10

Did you get any great gardening gifts today? I’ll start.

Mentioned I wanted to try and grow sweet peas at some point. Today I got six pots of sweet peas already started, growing on their own mini trellises. Nice!

24 Comments
2024/12/25
21:17 UTC

7

What happens to the original garlic clove when you plant it?

Does it fully degenerate to give energy to the new plant and the new plant then makes a new bulb? Does it remain as its own clove and make new cloves around it? Does the initial clove just enlarge and create septa within itself to make the distinct new cloves? I was wondering about this since whole garlic bulbs don't have soil inside them, which I would expect if the original clove still remained since it is touching the soil without its skin.

5 Comments
2024/12/25
21:06 UTC

4

Sharing a little love for the holidays ❤️

0 Comments
2024/12/25
21:04 UTC

6

Is this watermelon ready?

Sugarbaby variety and about the size of a small grapefruit at this point. Tendril looks dry but when you thump it, it sounds hollow.

2 Comments
2024/12/25
20:12 UTC

120

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Such a lovely scene with a humbling bird after the rain

2 Comments
2024/12/25
19:54 UTC

36

Is my papaya changing sex?

10 Comments
2024/12/25
19:44 UTC

16

Early morning Christmas present

I've been patiently waiting for my tomato seeds to germinate, and was thinking last night how nice it would be if they finally sprouted on Christmas morning. I was pleasantly surprised this morning to see that almost all of them did.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

1 Comment
2024/12/25
18:23 UTC

3

Reuse cardboard mulch as raised bed filler?

We killed our lawn over this past year with a layer of clean brown cardboard. We've since scraped up the muddy, moldy, leafy, slimy mess and now have it all waiting for disposal. But! We're planning on putting up some 2 foot deep raised beds and need filler to go beneath the soil. Would a foot or so of old cardboard mulch be any good for this purpose?

I've heard that cardboard decomposition can remove nitrogen from raised beds but this stuff is already pretty far along so I was hoping that might not be as much of an issue. We have a (probably literal) ton of it just sitting around so making use of it rather than hauling it to the dump would be nice. Is there anything we could mix in (in addition to the wood and leaves we already have) to make it a better substrate?

1 Comment
2024/12/25
18:22 UTC

15

Lemon Tree Shedding

“LEMONtrè” is shedding leaves after starting to fruit. Any advice? Tree is two years old and faces the west window.

1 Comment
2024/12/25
17:35 UTC

6

Need help finding seeds (red mexican flame vine, pink jasmine, red hibiscus)

These three are evading me (seeds, not starters):
Mexican flame vine
Pink jasmine (jasminium polyanthum, not officinale)
Red hibiscus (rosa-sinensis, not other species)

The only one I found was hibiscus from a rando on ebay. Not a lot of confidence. Any help? Thank you. I'm in the US.
Edit: pictures of these plants in the comments.

3 Comments
2024/12/25
16:54 UTC

2

Why is my mango tree loosing all its leaves?

I’ve been growing my mango tree for about a year now and after the most recent cold snap in Florida it started shedding all of its leaves. It has new growth on all the branches but the existing leaves are turning brown and falling off. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

4 Comments
2024/12/25
16:29 UTC

2

Early season date palms?

Hi!

I live in the south of Europe and I would like to grow some date palms.

Due to the lack of suitable hot here, I would like to know what varieties ripen early. Raining season begins early october here and hardly ever rain from may to october.

I have read that Medjool, Halawi and Kadrawi but I am not sure.

Could you help me, please?

Thanks in advance!

0 Comments
2024/12/25
15:36 UTC

17

Wool as a water saver

Just read an article on a sheep rancher selling wool pellets to add to compost and soil to help retain moisture. Have you heard of this?

20 Comments
2024/12/25
15:28 UTC

3

Our copihue is always bwing eaten by snails no matter hor much repellent we put around it, how do we protect him from the little guys??

We need all the help, we've had this plant since 2020 it has given like 3 flowers, we are at a loss on why snails only it this plant, all others are unharmed. We put a blue snail poison under it to try and protect it

8 Comments
2024/12/25
15:07 UTC

29

Using fish tank water in flower bed?

I have been gifted a fish tank that they no longer took care of. The water is high in nitrates and has to be drained a little bit every week. Is anybody here using that water in a flower bed? It should be fine but I don't want to burn my plants out front. What are your thoughts?

30 Comments
2024/12/25
15:00 UTC

2

Corn Plant pot too small?

Is it root bound? Came from a plant dish with several other plants

1 Comment
2024/12/25
14:53 UTC

Back To Top