Plants for Heavy Clay and Damp Areas Need plants for murky soils that drain poorly? With our clay soils, the answer is probably...
Hydrangea Pruning Tips It can be confusing on how and when to prune hydrangeas. Here’s a cheat sheet to help guide you.
Seed Buying 101 Seed buying is one of coziest chores of winter—sitting by the fire, flipping through seed...
Add Soil Organic Matter to the Garden Before you go to the garden center, you should stop and think about your soil. The most important...
How to Rescue Your Fescue Lawn Fall is the best time to renovate and invigorate your fescue lawn. Aeration and compost topdressing...
Tips on Growing Warm Season Grasses Do you grow cool season grasses like fescue in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area of North...
Fall Lawn Care Tip: Evaluate Before You Renovate! Is your lawn looking worse for wear? Extreme temperatures experienced this year both in winter and...
How To Invigorate Your Lawn This Fall September through early October is the ideal time to combat thatch buildup and soil compaction in...
Managing Invasive Japanese Stilt Grass Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium vimineum), occasionally called bamboo grass as well as other...
Solving Powdery Mildew Problems Fortunate is the gardener who hasn’t had to combat powdery mildew in the late spring. Powdery...
Spiders Are A Gardener’s Friend Maybe it’s because my name is Charlotte and I grew up on a farm, but I have always had an...
Treat Fall Cankerworm Now to Prevent Problems in Spring Fall cankerworm (Alsophila pometaria) is one of those insects that is more of a nuisance than a...
Heritage Camellias: A Growing History Camellias have long been a symbol of southern garden traditions.
10 New Hydrangeas for Your Garden It’s the classic garden flower. Whether you grow just one or a drift with dozens, hydrangeas add...
Winter Berry Plants to Feed Our Local Birds If you are one of the lucky ones, you only go as far as your garden to snip holly berries for your...
8 Plants That Flower in Winter No need to hurry spring in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. These winter-blooming plants put on...
Crape Myrtles – A Tale of Love, Murder, and Proper Pruning Trees and shrubs need to be properly pruned on a regular basis. Pruning provides many benefits:...
The Return of the American Chestnut Tree How far would you go for a plant you’ve never seen? I might invest a season, or two, trying a new...
Dwarf Ginkgoes – Horticultural Gems Many people express a fondness for ginkgoes (Ginkgo biloba). Perhaps it is their unique foliage...
Fall Planting Tips for Trees and Shrubs Fall is the best time to plant trees, shrubs, and perennials in central North Carolina. That may...