Using Georgia Native Plants

Sunday, June 8, 2025

Landscape Spotlight: Beebalm (Monarda)

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In my travels, I occasionally come across a particularly nice display of a native plant in a designed landscape. I usually take a photo of i...
Sunday, June 1, 2025

Wild Bees for the Win in Georgia’s Blueberry Crops

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  Penstemon smallii A couple weeks ago I wrote about my garden’s new Penstemon species. They are still blooming – along with several other ...
Sunday, May 25, 2025

Common Names – What are they good for?

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  For those of us who talk about plants a lot, common names can be as vexing as they are useful. Common names for the same plant can vary, t...
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Sunday, May 18, 2025

A Tale of Two Penstemons

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  Long ago, perhaps sometime around 2008, I bought a beardtongue perennial at Home Depot. It was grown by a fairly local nursery and was lab...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

How Can I Help (the book)

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  Doug Tallamy’s new book is entitled “ How Can I Help: Saving Nature With Your Yard .” Many of us have heard him speak a number of times a...
Sunday, May 4, 2025

May 2025 Moment in Nature

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You've got to celebrate those plants that take your breath away. This week I rounded the corner to my backyard and caught sight of this ...
Sunday, April 27, 2025

Planting for What I Can’t See

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  For centuries non-edible gardening has focused on what is pleasing to us. Explorers have brought back plants from lands far and wide to en...
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Ellen Honeycutt
Atlanta metro area/ Georgia, United States
I consider myself to be an average gardener with perhaps an above-average passion about it! I watched my dad putter around the yard growing up but didn't get bitten by the bug until the mid-1990's. I was introduced to the concept of "native plants" in 2000 when I joined the Georgia Native Plant Society. Fostering an appreciation for native plants is now a passion of mine, and I love to help other people learn more about the benefits of native plants. I also like to help people figure out which plants might work best in their garden.
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