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Desire and Dollars. Native Plant Trends are Nothing New
Where I grew up, we revered our native plants. We grew them for beauty, fascination, food, and shade, knowing that our plants captured the imagination…
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Common Little Plant Becomes A Flower Superstar
Spring a year ago, I looked around the farm in April and realized it was dull. We can’t be dull this week. Y’all might be paying attention to the…
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Sex Education. A Lesson on Flower Parts for a Gardener
Over just a few weeks, two different professors stimulated me to learn about Iris sex. Honestly, that was something I had never even thought about. But…
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Judy Loves Frog Fruit & Herpeto-Flora
(Judy Green has a dream. In her dream garden, the gate opens onto a green pathway, a carpet of frog fruit, and a creeping, native groundcover you can…
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Young Sam Cracks Purple Jade Vine
Overhead, deep purple flowers dangle. The flowers from this vine feel rich. They captivate. They are rare because, until curious Sam came along, the…
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Momma's Spring Veggie Garden
During the heatwave of 1977, this skinny, 11-year-old country boy refused to wear shoes, and thank goodness, because otherwise, I’d never have learned…
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Is It Plagiarism of Magnolia Garden's Romantic Bridge?
“Sir, I understand you like that bridge and that you want it, but as your landscape designer, I need to tell you that it won’t really work in your…
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Better Southern Gardens Need All Y'all New Southerners
And new Southerners need better Southern gardens....
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No Seeds. I Brought a Garden Lesson From Italy
Twenty years ago, I did professional plant collecting. But that is a ton of bureaucratic work and a big gamble. From those days, there’s only one single…
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Tuscany Road Trip
We left the city looking for something real, earthy, connected, a road trip day of getting back to nature. I realize that sounds bougie, but wait. It…
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Pets & Plants in Italy !
Florence, Italy. Tom and I are visiting friends here this week. It’s winter here, but the weather is lovely, mostly sunny and in the mid-50s. One…
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Angel Trumpets & Po' White Trash
And Why the Red Ones Won't Flower
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