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Category - Perennials
Perennial plants for Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
How to Grow Dahlias
Native dahlias found in the mountains of Mexico and Guatemala are the genetic source for the modern...
Growing Goldenrod – Fall’s Golden Wands
According to Aesop’s Fables, “a man is known by the company he keeps.” While there may be...
Unusual Plants for Hummingbirds
One of the joys of the summer garden is those winged, iridescent jewels we all call hummingbirds.
Pollinator Plants for Summer and Fall
The phrase “In the springtime, everyone is a gardener,” has been attributed to writer Elizabeth...
Growing Gorgeous Gingers
Few plants can bring a taste of the tropics to temperate gardens quite like ginger lilies or...
Spring Wildflowers At a Garden Center Near You
People often tell me that they would happily add more southeastern native plants to their...
Growing Dwarf Clematis Vines
Few flowers are as evocatively beautiful as the big-flowered clematis hybrids.
The ABC’s of Bees
Bees are the “A Team” of pollinators. Nothing and nobody pollinate plants better than bees.
Great News! Bambi Won’t Eat These Flowers
Deer are the plague and frustration of many an area homeowner attempting to landscape their yard.
Phlox – A Perennial for Pollinators
During the dead of winter, our senses long for the summer ahead. I use this time of the year to...
Say Hello to Hellebores
Golden paperbush, winter jasmine, camellias, winter daphne…we have plenty of flowers we love for...
Amaryllis: Indoor Color for Winter
Many people shy away from growing amaryllis for the holidays, concerned that these are too finicky...
Adventures Growing Daffodils
In her authoritative book on gardening with bulbs, Louise Beebe Wilder cautions us to “never...
More than Mums – 10 Plants for Fall
Add Color, Fragrance and Food to Your Fall Garden Mums will always be requisite in the fall garden...