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Grow a Pollinator paradise – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • May 6, 2025

If April showers bring May flowers, it follows that bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds won’t be far behind. Driven by their appetite for nectar, they flit from one nectar-rich flower to …

Time for an upgrade

By Neil Sperry • April 30, 2025

Redtip photinias have been among the most popular large shrubs along the West Coast, across the South, and up the East Coast of the United States since they were introduced …

Phalaenopsis orchids

By Neil Sperry • April 30, 2025

If you can learn to pronounce it, I can teach you to grow it. So, I knew that North Carolina State University’s Extension Horticulture website has a lady who sits …

Havard Agave – toughness in beauty

By Steve Huddleston • April 30, 2025

Agaves come in many sizes and patterns. They’re evergreen succulent plants that, depending on the species, will survive USDA Hardiness Zones 7-10, perhaps colder. Agaves consist of clusters of thick, …

Gardening This Weekend: May 1, 2025

By Neil Sperry • April 30, 2025

Garden centers will be open bright and early tomorrow, before the big weekend crowds. Here are things you may want to put on your list – so you can get …

There is no sweeter fragrance!

By Neil Sperry • April 24, 2025

My greenhouse is across the creek from our house. I went over a couple of evenings ago to set plants I wanted to bring to our landscape for the summer …

Bygone Byzantine gladiolus

By Neil Sperry • April 24, 2025

Here’s an understated perennial for almost any Texas garden – one that establishes strong clumps and keeps coming back for decades, even when it’s essentially been abandoned. History of the …

Fairy garden – ready for occupancy – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • April 23, 2025

In the realm of make-believe, the best way to lure fairies is by providing a miniature garden containing a fairy house surrounded by diminutive plants and tiny accessories. Word has …

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