Using Georgia Native Plants

Oenothera fruticosa I was surprised by a bloom on this sundrops plant ( Oenothera fruticosa ) this week. I wasn’t expecting that it wo...

I like to occasionally profile small nurseries that sell native plants. This week is a relatively new one—it was started in 2014—and it ...

Butterfly population records are full of occasional strays. In the last few years, I’ve had stray Zebra longwings and American painted la...

All of my time is still being spent at my house these days, safely avoiding crowds and hanging out with our grandson . While I’d love to b...

I love alliteration and—when I was trying to think of another “p” word to describe how I feel about beardtongue perennials in the genus Pe...

In our continuing story of ‘paying closer attention to what’s going on at home,’ the subject of identifying poison ivy ( Toxicodendron rad...

The fallen blossoms of crossvine ( Bignonia capreolata ) I’m seeing a lot of a certain pair of tiny hands lately. We’ve been ‘quarant...