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Plant picks and seasonal advice for everything from mountain gardens to humid coastal yards.
North Carolina The Flower Seeds North Carolina Gardeners Sow Before September Ends For Spring Color
You drag your patio chair into the last of the late August shade, cicadas buzzing, the first cool edge sneaking into the morning air. A thought…
North Carolina The Native North Carolina Plants That Starve Out Spotted Lanternfly By Feeding Its Predators
You drag your patio chair into the shade as another muggy Carolina afternoon settles in, and you scan the grapevines out of…
North Carolina The One Task Your North Carolina Bougainvillea Needs Before Fall Or It Quits Blooming Early
Your bougainvillea put on a real show this summer, and now you are watching the color fade and wondering if that is…
North Carolina Why North Carolina Homeowners Keep Spritzing Vinegar Around The Yard All Summer
Pull up to almost any neighborhood in the Piedmont on a hot July morning and you might catch a neighbor crouched at…
North Carolina The Low-Water Shrub North Carolina Homeowners Grow Instead Of Fussy Oleander
Plenty of Carolina yards have a shrub that looks great in the nursery tag photo but turns into a family safety concern…
North Carolina The North Carolina Farmers Markets Where You Actually Find Native Plants Grown For Red Clay
North Carolina 8 Tips For Growing Lemon Trees In Containers Through A North Carolina Summer
North Carolina The 8 North Carolina Patio Plants That Shrug Off Full Sun And Reflected Concrete Heat
North Carolina The Underrated North Carolina Native That Keeps Blooming Straight Through a Red-Clay Drought
Most summers in the Piedmont, there comes a week in July when the garden just gives up. The coneflowers droop, the black-eyed…
North Carolina 8 Reasons Beautyberry Earns A Spot In Every North Carolina Yard That Still Skips It
You drag your patio chair into the shade one late-August evening, the air still thick and warm, and you notice most of…
North Carolina The Tick-Eating Birds North Carolina Homeowners Can Actually Draw Into The Yard
You drag your patio chair into the shade of the old oak, sweet tea sweating in your hand, and the July heat…
North Carolina The North Carolina Native Wildflowers That Beat Annuals In Summer Heat And Come Back Free Every Year
You drag your patio chair into the shade in late July, and the annuals you planted in spring look tired and crispy.…
North Carolina The North Carolina Native That Turns A Weedy Full-Sun Border Into A Wall Of Blooms Instead Of Landscape Fabric
North Carolina 7 North Carolina Perennials That Triple In Size In One Season And Look Established Day One
North Carolina North Carolina Native Plant Nurseries Worth Turning Into A Weekend Road Trip
North Carolina The Low-Growing Herb That Keeps North Carolina Zinnia Beds Weed-Free All Summer
Pull a single crabgrass clump from your zinnia bed in July and two more seem to appear by Friday. North Carolina summers…
North Carolina These Native North Carolina Plants Build The Damp Leafy Corner Fireflies Come Back To
You drag your patio chair into the shade as the sun sinks low, another muggy North Carolina evening settling in. You reach…
North Carolina Skip The Butterfly Bush And Plant This North Carolina Native That Pollinators Swarm Instead
Walk past a butterfly bush on a July afternoon in North Carolina and you will see a handful of swallowtails sipping nectar,…
North Carolina The Underrated North Carolina Native Vine That Covers A Bare Fence Before Summer Ends
Most North Carolina homeowners stare at a bare backyard fence all spring and wonder if anything can fix it before the cookouts…
North Carolina What It Really Means When A Possum Keeps Turning Up In Your North Carolina Yard At Night
North Carolina The North Carolina Native Plants That Can Support Eastern Box Turtles Already in Your Landscape
North Carolina North Carolina Moonflowers Run From The Sun While Everything Else Chases It
North Carolina The Most Stunning Underrated North Carolina Perennial That Stays In Bloom Longer Than Anything Else
Walk past most North Carolina garden beds in late August and you will find a lot of brown, a lot of tired,…
North Carolina Skip The Fussy Astilbe And Grow These North Carolina Perennials That Take Full Sun And Never Wilt
You drag your patio chair into the hot afternoon sun, hoping for a few quiet minutes, but the wilting astilbe in your…