Sex in the Garden With Tex

Here is our semiweekly roundup of garden articles you may have missed because you were out gardening:

Q: In a recent column, a reader asked about 50-year-old azaleas dying, as well as their replacements. One common cause of the symptoms described is the presence of parasitic nematodes. Do you think the reader should have the soil and roots tested for nematodes?

For the answer, go here:

Q: I tried to force an amaryllis for Christmas. It grew tall but didn’t flower. Can I plant it outside, or should I cut it back and let it rest until next winter?

Find out that answer, and the answer to many other questions, here:

Q: What herbs, vegetables or flowering perennials do you recommend for shade?

A very good question. The answer:

And, finally: Don’t you want to know how to plan a veggie garden? I do! Well, here’s one person’s guide:

That is all; you may return to your regularly scheduled gardening.