Summertime brings plenty of fun in the sun, but it’s important to pay extra special attention to watering your garden and landscape this time of year—especially new plantings. While it might be easy to assume that trees and shrubs can adapt to their landscape and...
Rose Rosette: How to Identify, Manage, and Prevent This Pesky Disease
No one likes when their precious plant babies get sick, and some diseases are more manageable than others. We hate to be the bearer of bad news—but rose rosette disease is one you definitely want to take seriously. If you are passionate about growing roses, this...
Everything You Need To Know About Apple Rootstocks
If you are hoping to become a budding fruit tree grower of the apple variety, you’ve probably heard about rootstocks by now. While the idea of planting a seed right from an apple may seem dreamy and appealing, in actuality, it’s not quite that simple! Growing a fruit...
Top 10 Pet-Friendly Houseplants
Houseplants are almost as popular as pets these days—and for good reason! They help improve air quality by filtering out toxins, they add to your decor by bringing an overall added ambiance to the home, and it can feel wonderful to nurture them and watch them grow....
How To Care for Poinsettias and Prolong Their Flowers as Long as Possible
Are you thinking of brightening your home with a poinsettia for the holidays? Or, perhaps you’ve already fallen in love with one and brought it home. Either way, the poinsettia is a lovely plant both for Christmas and year-round, if you choose to keep it, as it’s...
Planting & Caring for Evergreen Shrubs
How to Plant & Care for Evergreen Shrubs From Abelia to Wax Myrtle, there is a long list of evergreen shrubs that thrive in North Carolina and will lavish your yard with color and vibrancy all year long. Caring for evergreen shrubs is also simple, especially once...
Planting Shrubs and Trees in Fall
Fall is the Perfect Time to Plant Shrubs and Trees If you want to improve your landscaping with some trees or shrubs, now is the time to do it. Fall is one of the best seasons for adding trees and shrubs to your landscaping. The more moderate temperatures, more...
Trees & Shrubs with Four-Season Beauty
Get Four-Season Beauty with These Trees And Shrubs Planting some trees and shrubs is a fairly easy way to add beauty and even increase the value of your property. Having an assortment of trees and shrubs also helps support the biodiversity of plants and wildlife in...
How to Keep Hanging Baskets Looking Great in Summer
Hanging baskets are a beautiful addition to any porch, patio, or garden. The densely-packed blossoms are vibrant and cheerful, adding a pop of color to your outdoor spaces. They also help feed our pollinators, like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. But after a...
5 Easy Vegetables that Kids Can Grow
If you've got a little sprout that's interested in gardening, you can help encourage that curiosity by helping them learn to grow their favorite veggies. Homegrown veggies taste so good, they'll go nuts for them and eat straight from the garden! If you've never grown...