When I tell people I grow rice I am always met with looks of mystification. The reality is most...
Category - Plants
Growing Kniphofia – Red Hot Poker
How many African plants are growing in your garden? Chances are, not too many. One African native...
Growing Vegetables: The Importance of Water Quality
While adding fertilizers and pesticides to your plants can amplify their growth, water quality...
Growing Vegetables at Home
Our isolation at home has given us an opportunity to reflect on the importance of food, where it...
How to Grow Snowbells
The snowbells or Styrax are a group of flowering trees and shrubs native to warm temperate and...
Best Ground Cover Plants to Save You Time In the Garden
Not everyone is born with a green thumb or a desire to turn their yard into an oasis.
How to Grow Dahlias
Native dahlias found in the mountains of Mexico and Guatemala are the genetic source for the modern...
Top Considerations for Starting Your Own Vineyard
Grapes have been cultivated in vineyards for centuries to produce table grapes, raisins, grape...
Grow Winter Jasmine for Its Spectacular Blooms
In the dregs of winter, early blooming flowers are a welcome harbinger of spring.
Lady Slipper Orchids – Unique Blooms to Enjoy Indoors
When most North Carolinians think of a lady slipper orchid they picture the native pink Cypripedium...
Growing Colocasias: They’re More Interesting Than You Think
For some unaccountable reason, I was asked to give a presentation on bulbs to a group of...
Winter Gardens: A Season Full of Fragrance
Designing a garden using fragrant plants is a great way to extend the enjoyment of your landscape.
What’s the Point of a Cactus?
If you are interested in gardening or home decorations and house plants, you will have probably...
Growing Daphne
Few plants can bring as much rapturous praise one day followed by angry cursing the next than...
Butterfly Orchids Brighten Up Winter
During cold times of the year, blooms can be few and far between. Luckily we have orchids indoors...