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  • hydrangea in front of ornamental grasses
    Design

    Summer in Jay’s Garden

    Jay Sifford is a regular GPOD contributor. We’ve visited his garden in Charlotte, North Carolina (Jay's Garden in North Carolina, Revisited), and today we’re in his other garden, up in…

  • Hardy Sinningia
    Design

    Plants for Birds in the Southeast

    As William Cullina mentions in his article on plants for birds, the sad reality is songbirds are disappearing: "Habitat loss, pesticides, and the accompanying decline of insect populations have contributed…

  • panicle hydrangea in fall
    How-To

    Summer Pruning Panicle Hydrangeas in the Southeast

    The rise in popularity of panicle hydrangeas (Hydrangea paniculata, Zones 3–8) has been staggering over the last fifteen years. This rise is due in part to several new cultivars entering…

  • view of garden through fence gate
    Design

    Lena’s Garden in Summer

    Today we’re revisiting Lena White’s North Carolina garden. I submitted photos of my spring favorites (Spring in Lena's Garden), and summer has brought lots of heat to North Carolina as…

  • Delavay’s schefflera
    Design

    Delavay’s Schefflera for the Southeast

    When I give tours of the State Botanical Garden of Tennessee in Knoxville, I always make a stop at our Delavay’s schefflera (Schefflera delavayi, Zones 7–11). “Who knows the houseplant…

  • A path leading to a patio area in a shady garden
    Design

    Bob and Linda’s North Carolina Garden

    Today we’re in North Carolina visiting with Bob and Linda Hatcher, sharing scenes of their beautiful, naturalistic garden. We have a small pond (3/4 acre) and a stone patio on…

  • Caradonna salvia
    Design

    Jay’s Garden in the Mountains

    Today Jay Sifford, an award-winning landscape designer in North Carolina, is sharing his home garden. For the past two years, I've been realizing a dream that I've had since childhood:…

  • orange and pink annual combination
    Design

    Unbeatable Hot and Cool Annual Combos for the Southeast

    We are fortunate in the southeastern United States to be able to grow a wide variety of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous perennials in our temperate climate. During our long growing…

  • View of a garden under tall trees
    Design

    Making Art with the Garden

    Today we’re in Memphis, Tennessee, visiting Renee’s garden. My name is Renee, and I’ve been gardening about 11 years. We’ve been at our current property six years. I did all…

  • crevice garden with purple flowers
    Design

    Field Trip to the JC Raulston Arboretum

    In my own gardening life, I just missed JC Raulston. His unexpected death in late 1996 happened just as I started to really get serious about plants. The arboretum that…