Category - Plants

How to Grow Dahlias

Native dahlias found in the mountains of Mexico and Guatemala are the genetic source for the modern...

Ask most southerners about growing muscadines, Vitis rotundifolia, and a sense of pride and...

If you are thinking of adding more native plants to your garden, but don’t want to sacrifice on...

Few flowers are as evocatively beautiful as the big-flowered clematis hybrids.

You don’t have to have a green thumb to grow herbs. In fact, some herbs can be overly happy in...

Bees are the “A Team” of pollinators. Nothing and nobody pollinate plants better than bees.

I am not an orchid aficionado. I cannot get Cattleyas to flower, Dendrobiums never rebloom for me...

During the dead of winter, our senses long for the summer ahead. I use this time of the year to...

When most North Carolinians think of a lady slipper orchid they picture the native pink Cypripedium...

If your plans don’t include a trip to the Caribbean, you can still enjoy a sense of the tropics...

No need to hurry spring in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. These winter-blooming plants put on...

Many people shy away from growing amaryllis for the holidays, concerned that these are too finicky...

In her authoritative book on gardening with bulbs, Louise Beebe Wilder cautions us to “never...

Everyone knows garlic lingers on your breath, but it’s so delicious we love it anyway! It’s...

The trophy for your effort of growing tomatoes is getting to enjoy the fruits of your labor.