“Pyracantha”: The word conjures an image in my mind of the thorny monster that engulfed my front walk nearly every year for fifteen years despite annual and sometimes semi-annual pruning….
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One of our showiest native terrestrial orchids is the Pink Lady Slipper, Cypripedium acaule. The genus name comes from Latin meaning ‘Venus’s slipper’. Other common names include Pink Moccasin flower,…
# Common Name Scientific Name Type Blooms Environ Comments My Best Varieties 1 Tea Olive or Sweet Olive Osmanthus fragrans Evergreen Shrub to 10’+ Spring & Fall Fabulous Sun to…
Winter is often hard on houseplants, but if you know how to treat them right, you can keep them as healthy and happy as they were in summer! Light is…
The lazy, hazy days of summer may be gone and with them the growing season for many fruits and herbs will close. There are ways, however, to prolong the joys…
Fall is an opportune time to plant groundcovers. In fact, groundcovers may be planted as long as the ground isn’t frozen. Although multiple varieties of delightful groundcovers abound, looking closely…
Leyland Cypress is a fast growing columnar evergreen tree most often used for screening. Once established, it can grow three to four feet in a year. Its ultimate height is…
Years before I ever saw the elegant Cryptomeria Japonica, I had read about it in Walter Reeves’ Gardening in Georgia. Extolling the virtues of this beautiful evergreen, he recommended wider…
The robust, colorful blooms of an amaryllis or a Christmas cactus, dripping with red, pink, salmon or white blossoms, enhance the holiday season with cheer and beauty. With appropriate care…