Category - Native Plants

Here is an extensive chart of native mid-story trees.

Observing a non-native butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii) swarming with bees and butterflies, a...

The joys and benefits of growing a native garden make it one of the best things you can do to...

North American native plants have been making their way into horticulture and gardens since at...

Movies set in the South often feature images of trees dripping with purple wisteria or the white...

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

The 2019 North Carolina Wildflower of the Year is Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (narrow-leaf...

This North American native plant is a butterfly magnet with flowers that are a nectar source for...

The style is hardly new. The New American Garden has been around since the 1960s, when Wolfgang...

Gardeners can be prone to obsessions. I knew my husband was entranced, if not obsessed, when he...

During several years when I worked for a nursery as a plant seller, the question I heard most often...

The hollow-stem Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium fistulosum), a perennial member of the sunflower family...

As I was growing up, my mom instilled in me a deep love of bird watching. I remember she always...

In the woods, before the deciduous trees leaf out to produce shade, the sun begins to warm the soil...