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Uh oh…Where’d all the impatiens go?
You may have seen a new sign at your local nursery in North Carolina: Uh oh…Where’d all the Impatiens go? There is a new mildew in town. Over the last couple of years, impatiens downy mildew...
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Wordless Wednesday – Miss Huff and a tiger swallowtail
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Oakleaf hydrangea ‘Snowflake’– Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowflake’
Common Name: Oakleaf hydrangea ‘Snowflake’ Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowflake’ Color: Summer green leaves that give way to a rich burgundy fall color. Showy creamy white flower heads...
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Tarheel Gardening–Wordless Wednesday
Tarheel Gardening: the best in nurseries for gardening and landscaping in North Carolina. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us Stumble upon something good? Share it on...
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Boxwood blight
I try not to worry about too much in the garden, it’s pleasure central for me. My personal design aesthetic is that of wild abandon framed in formal boxwood hedges. So you can imagine how upsetting...
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Wordless Wednesday — Hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris)
Climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris) Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Digg this! Share this on...
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Redwing vine – Heteropterys glabra
Common Name: Redwing Vine Botanical Name: Heteropterys glabra Color: Gold flowers with red fruit Blooming Period: First flowers appear by early summer, and continue through the fall. Brilliant red...
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Wordless Wednesday: Benefits of Garlic
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Salivating for Salvias
Looking for a plant that will bloom all summer long, the deer and rabbit won’t eat, and is low maintenance? Yes, there here is some sage advice: Plant salvias! Salvias are one of the hardest working...
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Wordless Wednesday: The Dragon at the JC Raulston Arboretum
Have you seen the dragon at the JC Raulston Arboretum? Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Digg this! Share this on Reddit...
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Chinese Redbud, Cercis chinensis ‘Kay’s Early Hope’
Photo Courtesy the JC Raulston Arboretum Common Name: Botanical Name: Color: Blooming Period: Type: Size: Common Name: Redbud ‘Kay’s Early Hope’ Botanical Name: Cercis chinensis ‘Kay’s Early Hope’...
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Wordless Wednesday: Garden Art – Love it or Leave it?
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Viburnum obovatum ‘Mrs. Schiller’s Delight’
When Redwing vine became available to the general public, I was probably the first to purchase one, and it now grows in Raleigh garden Helen’s Haven. It’s a great for gardening and landscaping in...
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Wordless Wednesday: Carrot Flower
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August garden chores in North Carolina
Harvest vegetable gardens as needed. Most of what you have growing in your vegetable garden are annuals. By August, they are looking a little wrung out. As plants end their production cycle, remove...
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Wordless Wednesday: Purple coneflowers, Echinacea
Purple coneflowers, Echinacea Words by: Helen Yoest Sponsored by the North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us Stumble upon...
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Plant Profile: Sweet basil, Ocimum basilicum
Common Name: Sweet Basil Botanical Name: Ocimum basilicum Family: Lamiaceae, Mint family Color: Green with pink, white, or near-white flower Harvest Period: June to frost. Keep from going to flower;...
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Wordless Wednesday: Bee Balm. Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’
Bee Balm. Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’. Words by: Helen Yoest Sponsored by the North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us Stumble...
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September garden chores in North Carolina
Strawberry needs September (and August) is when the cell size of spring fruit strawberry buds is determined. The more favorable the growing conditions your strawberry’s receive now, the bigger the...
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Wordless Wednesday: Muhlenbergia capillaris & Rudbeckia fulgida
Muhlenbergia capillaris and Rudbeckia fulgida (orange coneflower.) Now showing in North Carolina nurseries; great plants for NC gardening and landscaping. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this...
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