Southeast Regional Reports
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Southeast Regional ReportsSouth 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…
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Southeast Regional ReportsSoutheast December Garden To-Do List
I rather like December gardening in the Southeast. The leaves are off the trees, and the structural bones of the garden have appeared. Rain has returned as we transition from…
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Southeast Regional ReportsExciting Evergreens for the Southeast
Evergreens are crucial to achieving varied texture and form, as well as the key to any successful four-season garden. Unfortunately, many gardeners would put a lot of evergreens in the…
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Southeast Regional ReportsDesigning With Chartreuse in the Southeast
Chartreuse foliage—do you love it, or do you have the impulse to throw fertilizer at it? Either way, it makes you look, doesn’t it? That yellow-green shade owes its classy…
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Southeast Regional ReportsGateways 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…
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Southeast Regional ReportsFive Native Shrubs for Moist Spots in the Southeast
In the Southeast, we can sometimes have wet years. The long springs of those years lure me into planting “just one more plant!” while I ignore the specter of summer…
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Southeast Regional ReportsNeedle Palm Brings Easy-Care Flair to Southern Gardens
There is more to palms than coconuts and tropical islands. The more you get to know this wonderful group of plants, the more you realize how diverse they can be.…
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Southeast Regional ReportsSouth October Garden To-Do List
Throw your mums on the compost heap. If you purchased a garden mum (Chrysanthemum spp. and cvs., Zones 5-9) for fall decor, chances are it’s beginning to fade. A quick…
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Southeast Regional ReportsSoutheast October Garden To-Do List
October is the April of autumn. If the summer’s blanket of heat and humidity slowed your gardening to a crawl, cool winds are here to crank you back up to…
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Southeast Regional ReportsBest Native Woodies for the South
Gardeners love native plants, and for good reason. They are built to thrive in the conditions of a specific region, often without complaint, and are an essential component in the…
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