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  • starting seeds indoors
    How-To

    Your Year-Round Cheat Sheet to Seed Starting in the South

    Seed catalog season is our favorite time of year. When it’s cold and rainy, nothing seems better than brewing a pot of hot tea and sitting down to review seed…

  • Cupani’s Original sweet pea
    How-To

    Growing Sweet Peas in the South

    Growing up, Jason spent a lot of his summers in England with his grandparents. One of his favorite things to do there was to visit flower shows. There would be…

  • Paperbush
    Design

    Shrubs for Winter Fragrance in the South

    The color of a blossom might be the first thing to catch our eye in the landscape, but adding sweet aroma to that bloom elevates the plant to all-star status.…

  • Design

    Brighten That Shady Spot in Your Southern Garden

    When designing in shade, many gardeners use too much green foliage without enough color. We recently faced a landscape challenge of designing a foundation planting for a shady spot in…

  • Design

    Anticipating Spring in the South

    Today we’re headed down to the warmth of Zone 8 and looking back at the beauties of this past spring with Caroline Williams. She has been playing with flower gardening…

  • Dark Towers Penstemon
    Design

    Reliable Performers for the South

    We all want the newest, jazziest plants available, but a garden is not complete without a backbone of infallible plants that provide interest whether your new investments flourish or fail.…

  • Shishi Gashira camellia
    Design

    Fall-Blooming Sasanqua Camellias Shine in the South

    What can you plant in either the shade or the sun that is both evergreen and flowering? Sasanqua camellias (Camellia sasanqua, Zones 7–9) are underappreciated shrubs that are extremely versatile.…

  • planting fruit trees
    How-To

    South December Garden To-Do List

    Plant fruit trees. Peaches, pears, nectarines, plums, apples, and persimmons all appreciate cool air and warmer soil. The roots are busy growing without having to support all that foliage. Established…

  • Design

    Gateways to Gardening Through the University of Tennessee

    Every state in the South is unique. And each Southern state experiences different growing conditions as you move from one end of the state to the other. Tennessee is a…

  • Design

    The Garden in Transition to Fall

    Today we’re visiting with Kathy Witt in Nashville. I plant, therefore, I photograph! It helps me find joy in the little things. September is a month of transitional warm and…