Hopefully Heralding a Happy Horticultural Year!
I have been fortunate to get several gardening books for Christmas and two of my favorite books...
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Deck The Halls With Boughs of Holly!
Fa La La La La! And all that. I love to sing Christmas carols. But then I love to sing...
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Is This Your Cup of Tea?
Yaupon holly is native to South Carolina as well as other states in the American South. You have...
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Seeds and Bulbs for Fall
Many people order bulbs to plant in the autumn for spring flowers. I also order flower seeds. As...
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Beaufort Garden Club Celebrates 90th Anniversary
Plant it Pink theme celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month The Beaufort Garden Club will...
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Tubers and Rhizomes and Corms, Oh My!
‘What are those things, anyway?” “They’re geophytes.” “Well, that didn’t help much.” Okay,...
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My Favorite Fall Flower
As the weather finally begins to cool down, now is a great time to plant perennials and...
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Rain, Rain, Go Away
This past summer of 90 degree weather and much more rain than we needed sure is playing havoc with...
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Help! The Shrubs are Eating My House!
I recently got an email that went like this: “When do I prune my shrubs?” Me: “What variety are...
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Learning to Let Go
My favorite rose bush just died. It shriveled up and all of the leaves fell off with no new shoots...
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Relentless Heat: What Can We Do?
Nothing much! And plants can do even less. It’s kind of like being in a traffic jam; you can’t...
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I’m Melting, Melting . . .
Lately when I am in the garden, those immortal words of the Wicked Witch of the West come to mind,...
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Flowering Shrubs
I was musing about the ways I could lessen my work in the garden and still have the lush colors...
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A View From Across the Pond
I have been fortunate to visit RHS Chelsea in London, England on three different occasions.What is...
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Do Pumpkins Grow on Trees?
A friend was actually asked this question by her college roommate from Long Island. ‘Wow,” I...
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28th Annual Garden a Day
This year’s Garden a Day event, celebrating National Gardening week, is June 3 to June 7, and...
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And Now for Something Completely Different
If you remember that phrase, you are my age and were or still are a fan of Monty Python. I always...
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Bean, Beans, the Musical Fruit
You all know the rest of that childhood jingle. I am prompted to write about this rather delicate...
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Lady’s Island Garden Club Celebrates 50 Years
Lady’s Island Garden Club was formed as a civic-minded club working to provide education and...
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Free Flower Show in Port Royal
The Beaufort Council of Garden Clubs will hold a National Garden Clubs (NGC) standard flower show...
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Veni, Vidi, Vici, and All That
I wanted to take Latin in High School. The Latin teacher wore a toga and there was always laughter...
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The Truth About Garden Myths
There are Deer-Proof Plants. Nope, there aren’t. There are plants that deer don’t especially like,...
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Celebrate with Catering by Debbi Covington
