Using Georgia Native Plants

Plants that can live (and thrive) in adverse conditions like parking lots and roadway medians are special indeed.  Those that do so are pri...

Despite the wide-spread distribution of American witchhazel ( Hamamelis virginiana ) in Georgia, I have not had an opportunity to see it in...

Last year I wrote about how I am crazy about native tree nuts, acorns in particular.  Well, fall is the perfect time to go crazy.  In my pre...

Leaves are falling down all around us, late season perennials are producing seeds, and acorns have turned areas of ground under oak trees in...

Mushrooms are mysterious organisms.  From the moment we see our first one – usually as a child – we are captivated by them - they are fairy ...

The red leaves of autumn complete the pleasing trio of colors that humans seem to prefer: green (the evergreens), yellow and red.  Last week...