In the summer when everything is at their peak countless people walking by smile and warmly thank me for my magical and exuberant yard...

OR Coexisting with nature is as complex as trying to follow Star Trek’s Prime Directive. In anticipation of the first hard freeze back at...

On the interactive National Wildlife Federation site you can punch in your zip code and learn the top butterfly and moth host plants in...

Rewilding a semi-urban yard to create an eco-friendly sanctuary is more emotional than I anticipated. Almost a year and a half ago after...

OR Why I Anticipate HELLebores Will Eventually Earn a Spot on Georgia’s Exotic Invasive Species List Predicting which non-native plants will become invasive is hard to do. Japanese honeysuckle for example is infamous for being cultivated for 80 years before it escaped into the wild and become invasive. I may be at risk of being banned from ornamental gardening circles for saying this, but my bet on the ornamental alien plant species most likely to end up on the invasive s

Winter sowing is so popular and timely that I’ve received a number of questions since my post on the topic. Hopefully by answering the...

OR Tips for Winter Sowing Native Plant Seeds Using Foil Roasting Pans With Lids. Winter sowing is a way to germinate seeds by mimicking...

OR Do You Think Growing 19 Varieties of Goldenrod is Enough?! I currently have more varieties of goldenrod than any other native plant...

OR Add Biodiversity to Your Native Plant Habitat with More Goldenrod` OR Can You Ever Really Have Enough Goldenrod? (Edited 12.3.22 to...

OR Goldenrod's Many Charms. In my previous post I explain why everyone in the native plant world is talking about goldenrod (solidago). A...