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The Quiet Harvest: Saving Seed as the Season Turns
How-To: Saving Native Seed. Late summer is the nursery's second harvest; here is how to gather, clean, and keep native seed so the plants you love sow true next spring.
The Blueberry That Grew Into a Tree
Plant Highlight · Sparkleberry · The Southeast. Vaccinium arboreum took the blueberry blueprint, added a trunk, cinnamon bark, and a taste for dry limestone, and became a small ornamental tree.
Where the Black Gum Wants to Stand
Landscape Design · Black Gum · The Southeast. The tupelo thrives in standing water and dry clay alike, which makes siting the tree a matter of listening to the ground...
Autumn Care for the Southeast’s Heirloom Woody Plants
There’s a certain sleight of hand in the Southeastern autumn. A kind of quiet alchemy, almost invisible if you only watch the trees from above ground. The leaves do their...
A Love Letter to Autumn Gardening
When the weather cools, and the leaves start to turn, many gardeners pack up their tools, thinking the growing season has ended. But wait! Fall might just be the secret...
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