Using Georgia Native Plants

  Flowers have been opening for 3 months now in Georgia. From the early trout lilies to the flowers of big shrubs like oakleaf hydrangea , ...

  A new weed from South America is showing up in southern lawns and, unfortunately, I am the first person that I know of that has it! I firs...

  It’s not the answer for Georgia, that is. What was the question? According to a history of the movement , not mowing your lawn in May is a...

  The common plant name ‘ragwort’ is probably way too similar to the word ragweed for comfort, but the ragworts are completely different pla...

  Things sometimes just appear in your garden. Did they come in on the wind? Perhaps they hitchhiked in via another plant? Two-flower melicg...

  Many of us have come to gardening already knowing the big invasive plants in Georgia: kudzu, privet ( Ligustrum ), mimosa ( Albizia julibr...

  Edna's trillium ( Trillium persistens ) This past week I had a chance to participant in a rare plant survey. Georgia DNR personnel in ...