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South Carolina Grower's Dispatch: Summer 2026
The Grower's Dispatch · South Carolina A Field Report for the Summer Ahead Anniversaries worth celebrating, a drought worth taking seriously, and a closer look at what to plant when...
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...
The Southern Forest Floor: A Spring 2026 Collection
A field guide to woodland shade garden plants that actually belong there — and the evolutionary science behind why.
The Hibiscus That Never Opens: Malvaviscus arboreus and the Slow Seduction of Turk's Cap
15 min · Ethnobotany, hummingbird ecology, and the Southern pass-along plant that blooms when everything else has given up.
Working With Water: Managing a Wet Garden Area Using Southeastern Native Plants
From the Nursery · Garden Design Working With Water: Managing a Wet Garden Area Using Southeastern Native Plants A wet spot is not a defect. In much of the Southeast,...
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...
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,...
Longleaf Pine Restoration and the Art of Restraint in Modern Landscape Design
Essay • Longleaf Pine • Restoration & Design Longleaf, Reimagined An opinion piece from a student of horticulture—and a lover of design. Longleaf pine stand (Osceola National Forest, Florida). Image...
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...
Loblolly-bay (Gordonia lasianthus): the swamp’s camellia—and a masterclass in place-based design
Woodlanders Field Guide Loblolly-bay (Gordonia lasianthus): the swamp’s camellia—and a masterclass in place-based design A design-forward, research-backed profile for landscape designers, gardeners, and curious plant lovers— with Woodlanders field notes...
Clinopodium: The Soft Power of the Mint Family
Woodlanders Botanical Journal Clinopodium: The Soft Power of the Mint Family A genus that doesn’t shout—yet somehow holds a garden together. A story of scent, ecology, and design restraint from...
The Enchanted Trees of the South
Woodlanders Botanicals · Ethnobotany · Southern Ecology The Enchanted Trees of the South A botanical history of belief, survival, and synthesis in North America—told in leaf, smoke, and root, with...
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