Jump Start Spring with Early Annuals There are plenty of cool weather annuals besides pansies that are perfect for planting in early...
Magnificent Moonflower Vines If you want to add beautiful drama to your landscape this summer, buy a small pack of moonflower...
Geraniums If you’ve never grown geraniums, this is the year to do it. The National Garden Bureau has...
Wave® Petunias When Wave® Petunias were introduced in 1995, they helped change the way gardeners grow petunias...
How to Grow Microgreens Three years ago I attended a workshop with Will Allen, the former NBA basketball player turned...
The Basics of Potted Citrus If your plans don’t include a trip to the Caribbean, you can still enjoy a sense of the tropics...
Eating My Houseplants I’m eating my houseplants. Or rather I should say I’m growing plants indoors that I can eat...
The Foodscape Revolution “Garden to Table” is the best way to describe my passion for adding purpose to landscapes in...
7 Easy-to-Grow Plants for Indoor Beauty Adding plants to indoor spaces adds beauty to our surroundings, helps remove toxins from the air...
Picking the Perfect Poinsettia It’s that time of year when poinsettias show up in garden centers, grocery stores, and just about...
Christmas Cactus Care 101 The Christmas cactus is a very pretty ornamental, but it can also be a confusing plant. Many...
Easy-Care Poinsettias Everybody loves to add festive color and blooming beauty to their home with colorful poinsettias...
Self-Sowing Flowers Expand Your Garden Display Like most homeowners, I’m constantly seeking new ways to reduce the time and money I spend...
Why Plant Native? A Bird Lover’s Perspective As I was growing up, my mom instilled in me a deep love of bird watching. I remember she always...
A Guide to Native Spring Ephemerals In the woods, before the deciduous trees leaf out to produce shade, the sun begins to warm the soil...
2016 North Carolina Wildflower of the Year The Northern rattlesnake-master (Eryngium yuccifolium), an unusual prairie species native to the...
Fill in Those Holes in the Garden We all have them: holes that exist in our perennial borders. I’m not talking about the holes...
Growing Chrysanthemums Are you familiar with those huge, larger-than-life chrysanthemums your grandmother or grandfather...
Growing Goldenrod – Fall’s Golden Wands According to Aesop’s Fables, “a man is known by the company he keeps.” While there may be...
Fragrance and Flowers in Winter The dream of most Zone 7 gardeners is to have flowers in the garden for twelve months of the year...
How Do You Know Which Rose to Grow? We were intrigued when we heard about the world of rose judging and wondered how this could apply...
Growing Hybrid Tea Roses As someone who fell hard for sustainable roses, I have avoided hybrid tea roses like the plague. I...
Historic Roses at the Ben Lomond House, Manassas, VA Most gardeners think of their little plot of earth as hallowed ground, but the volunteers at the...
Rose Rosette Disease: Be Vigilant, It’s Here in NC To the dread of North Carolinian rose lovers, rose rosette disease (RRD) has arrived in our state...
Orchid Growing Tips from An Expert Triangle Gardener caught up with Graham Wood, of Lehua Orchids in Hawaii, for some orchid growing...
Growing Air Plants Air plants (Tillandsia) are fun and interesting plants—perfect for enjoying indoors any time of...
Succulents, Southern Style We are somewhat spoiled in the South with colorful, bodacious plants to create lush landscapes, but...
Hardy Palms Create Tropical Feel When people think of palm trees, they envision tropical beaches. So you might be surprised to learn...