Planting Fruit Trees in Asheville: 10 Things to Know Before You Begin
Here are ten tips for planting fruit trees in Asheville and Western North Carolina. Although our climate is excellent for […]
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6 of the Easiest Plants to Grow in Asheville, NC
6 of the easiest plant to grow in Asheville, NC and Western North Carolina. These will give you flowers no matter how brown your thumb is.
7 Cool Winter Plants for the Asheville Area That AREN’T Evergreens
Hellebore or Lenten Rose Most of us think of evergreens when we think of plants that give us landscape interest
Don’t Take Crap From Your Lilac
When in bloom, there is nothing like a lilac. They are wonderful plants, full of fragrant blooms in the spring
6 Bulletproof (and Beautiful) Native Shrubs
‘Aphrodite’ Sweetshrub “Mt. Airy” Fothergilla Pronounced ‘father gil a’, this is a slow to medium growing shrub that gets 5-6’
Help! I have brown spots on my leaves!
I normally shy away from these topics because, well, people can be a little touchy about spraying things. But I
9 Great Plants for Privacy Screens in Asheville
Got some hippies next door in the hot tub smoking left handers? Once you are toweled off and back at
All About Butterfly Bushes
Butterfly bushes are one of those plants that straddle the line between a shrub and a perennial. They are very
Creating and Amending Perennial Beds
For years I felt that it was my obligation to do as much as I could to use the native
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Make Free Plants This January!
If you are looking for something to try in the garden this winter, it’s a great time of year for