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Plant picks and seasonal advice for everything from mountain gardens to humid coastal yards.
North Carolina What It Really Means When An Owl Starts Showing Up In Your North Carolina Yard At Night
Something large and silent lands on your fence post after dark, and your first thought is that something must be very wrong in your yard. That…
North Carolina 11 North Carolina Perennials That Multiply Themselves Every Time You Divide And Replant
You step out onto the porch on a cool October morning, coffee in hand, and notice one flower clump has swallowed half…
North Carolina American Beautyberry: The North Carolina Fence-Line Native With a Real but Limited Insect-Repellent Research Connection
Something grows along the back fence in certain North Carolina yards, and it stops people mid-step every August when those clusters of…
North Carolina The One Thing You Must Do To North Carolina Crape Myrtles Before August Ends Or Next Year’s Blooms Suffer
Walk past any North Carolina neighborhood right now and you will spot crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia spp.) putting on their best show, that…
North Carolina 7 North Carolina Native Plants That Bring Bats In To Cut Backyard Mosquitoes Down Fast
You drag your patio chair into the shade, settling in for a quiet North Carolina evening, when a tiny whine cuts through…
North Carolina 8 Reasons Borage Earns A Spot In Your North Carolina Front Yard, Not Just The Veg Bed
North Carolina What It Really Means When A Mockingbird Sings From The Same Spot In Your North Carolina Yard
North Carolina Native North Carolina Ground Covers That Hold Slopes Better Than Vinca Without Spreading Everywhere
North Carolina The North Carolina Perennials You Plant Once And Never Have To Replant Again
You crouch in the July heat, sweat dripping off your nose, digging out the same dead annuals you planted three months ago.…
North Carolina The Native North Carolina Plants Replacing Crape Myrtles Along Fence Lines And Driveways
You drag your patio chair into the shade on a muggy July morning and glance at your crape myrtle. It should be…
North Carolina What It Really Means When A Gopher Tortoise Turns Up At The Edge Of Your Yard
You’re pulling weeds at the edge of the lawn when something slow and prehistoric-looking stops you cold, a large, domed turtle sitting…
North Carolina That Purple Weed Taking Over Your North Carolina Lawn Is Actually A Native Worth Keeping
You step outside one February morning and notice it: a spreading patch of purple flowers pushing up through the grass before anything…
North Carolina North Carolina Native Trees That Beat Crape Myrtle For Front-Yard Color And Structure
North Carolina The Florida-Style Bat House Setup That Does Your North Carolina Mosquito Work Every Night
North Carolina What It Really Means When A Cardinal Keeps Visiting Your North Carolina Yard In A Heat Wave
North Carolina The North Carolina Native Plant HOAs Keep Trying To Ban But Legally Cannot Touch
A story has been circulating in North Carolina neighborhoods that one specific native plant is so legally protected that no HOA can…
North Carolina The North Carolina Vegetables You Should Plant Now For A Heavy Fall Harvest
You drag your patio chair into the shade, the late August air still thick and heavy, and you figure the gardening year…
North Carolina North Carolina Native Ground Covers That Root Down And Hold Through Hurricane-Season Storms
You drag your patio chair into the shade, the air thick and muggy, while another late-afternoon rumble rolls across the sky. Here…
North Carolina The Invasive North Carolina Tree That Tells You Where to Look for Spotted Lanternfly
Something about your backyard might already be working against you, and most North Carolina homeowners have no idea what it looks like.…
North Carolina What North Carolina Homeowners Should Know About A Neighbor’s Tree Before It Becomes A Real Problem
North Carolina Why This Native North Carolina Vine Turns A Plain Fence Into A Wall Alive With Butterflies
North Carolina Skip The Tired Loropetalum And Plant These North Carolina Natives Where The Foundation Bed Needs Structure
North Carolina The Most Underrated North Carolina Native That Keeps Goldfinches Fed From Midsummer To Frost
Pull a patio chair into the yard on a September afternoon and you might catch a flash of yellow clinging to a…
North Carolina The Only Hydrangeas North Carolina Gardeners Keep After A Brutal Summer Fries The Rest
You drag your patio chair into the shade after another 90-degree afternoon, and one look at your hydrangea bed says it all.…