Ironweed
Fall has arrived in South Carolina! Native fall-blooming wildflowers, with their flower colors of intense purple, yellow, orange, and white hues, brighten up the autumn landscape. One of my...
Author: Barbara H. Smith
September 25 Week 4 Garden Photos
“In nature nothing exists alone.” ~Rachel Carson~ Red-spotted Purple Butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) Ginger Long, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University Century Plant (Agave americana)...
September 18 Week 3 Garden Photos
Creepy, Crawly, and Cool: Part 2 Southern Green Stinkbug Instars (Nezara viridula) Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University Female Carolina Wolf Spider (Hogna carolinensis) with spiderlings...
September 11 Week 2 Garden Photos
Creepy, Crawly, Cool: Insects and Arachnids American Lady Butterfly (Vanessa virginiensis) Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) with prey Vicky...
This Month in Your Garden September 2023
Coastal Region – Christopher Burtt Continue mowing the turf at a normal height until the nighttime temperatures begin to cool. Once it begins to cool, raise the mower height to allow more...
September 4 Week 1 Garden Photos
Come for a visit to the South Carolina Botanical Gardens to see what’s in bloom! Firecracker Plant (Justicia spicigera) Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University Swamp Rose Mallow...
August 28 Week 4 Garden Photos
Enjoy a Virtual Visit to Crooked Trail Farm~Part 2 One of the pastures with a cattle shed Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University CTF Hardwood Forest Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson...
Hidden Ginger
Don’t you love pass-a-long plants? A good friend shared some Hidden Ginger, aka Queen Lily (Curcuma petiolata) rhizomes with me early last fall. I immediately potted them up in containers to grow...
August 21 Week 3 Garden Photos
Enjoy a Virtual Visit to Crooked Trail Farm, Part 1 Crooked Trail Farm Entrance Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University View of the Blue Ridge Mountains Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC,...
August 14 Week 2 Garden Photos
“The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.” ~Gertrude Jekyll” Vareigated Fritillary Butterfly (Euptoieta claudia) on Gallardia Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC,...
August 07 Week 1 Garden Photos
“If you look the right way, you can see the whole world is a garden.” ~Frances Hodgson Burnett~ Five-Spotted Sphinx Moth (Manduca quinquemaculata) and Cleome (Cleome hassleriana) Sphinx...
July 31 Week 5 Garden Photos
“Crinum are classic plants: beautiful and possessed of a unique mystique. Known as Heirloom or pass-down plants, they have a long and intriguing history of cultivation around the world.” ~Jenks...