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Gardening for the Dry Years: A Xeriscape Field Guide for the Changing South

Field Guide · Xeriscape & Drought · Aiken, SC. As Southern summers lengthen and rain grows less reliable, these are the drought-proof heroes now filling our propagation benches: the salvia...

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A Field Guide to Cold-Hardy Citrus

Field Guide · Cold-Hardy Citrus · Zones 7–9 — A practical guide to choosing, siting, and keeping citrus alive north of the citrus belt: the hardiness ladder, the three families...

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The Sultan of Salvia

Plantsperson Profile  ·  Long-Bloom Salvias The Sultan of Salvia Rich Dufresne, the chemist who taught the Southeast to grow sage, and the network he worked through. By Fiona von Grey...

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The Plants Bartram Saw

Field Guide · Native Flora · The Bartram Trail The Plants Bartram Saw A walk through the southeastern flora documented by William Bartram in Travels (1791) — and a quiet...

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A Field Guide to Hardy Palms

Field Guide · Hardy Palms · Southeastern Natives The Northernmost Palm in the World, and the Seeds Coming Home to Aiken A field guide to the palms that actually grow...

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Hometown Tropicals: Native Hibiscus spp. in the Landscape

From the Nursery  ·  Native Plants Hometown Tropicals: Native Hibiscus spp. in the Landscape The Southeast is home to twelve species of hibiscus. Most gardeners have no idea. By Jonas...

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A Guide to Kalmias, the Famed Mountainlaurel

Quick start Meet the genus Ecosystem Pollination Safety Care Species Design References Kalmia at Woodlanders We have been growing and offering Kalmia since the late 1970s. Over decades of propagation,...

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An Exploration of the Conradina Genus

Woodlanders Botanicals Conradina: the scrubland rosemary that teaches you how to design with place A genus that looks Mediterranean, smells like the mint family it belongs to, and tells the...

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