Category: In the Garden

Discover the meaning behind wedding flowers and colors, and how to design a bouquet that reflects love, tradition, and symbolism.

Cold damage is being assessed across SC as strawberry harvest begins. See regional updates and key grower tips for this week.

Another look at the palmetto tortoise bettle larvae on a palm.
Palmetto Tortoise Beetle larvae – Hemisphaerota cyanea by Judy Gallagher Flickr CC BY 2.0 January 14, 2020

Why does pine pollen cover everything each spring? Learn how pine trees produce and disperse pollen and seeds across the South.

Cold nights may threaten blooming strawberries and blueberries across South Carolina. Growers should prepare freeze protection and scout for mites and disease.

Lenten roses make beautiful late winter bouquets. Learn how to cut, condition, and arrange hellebore flowers so they last a week or longer indoors.

A tiny clubmoss plant sparked a lifelong journey into natural history, storytelling, and the wonder of plant–people connections.

Warm temperatures and rain are pushing crop growth across South Carolina this week, but these conditions also increase disease pressure. Extension agents report updates on strawberries, lettuce drop, spider mites, aphids, and blooming fruit crops across the Coastal, Midlands, and Upstate regions.

Learn how to prepare garden beds for spring planting using soil improvement, compost, and mulching techniques for healthier plants.

What to do in your South Carolina garden in March—planting vegetables, lawn care, pruning shrubs, managing drought, and supporting early pollinators. 🌱🌸

An emerging invasive insect, the yellow-legged hornet threatens beekeepers, agriculture, and public safety across South Carolina.

Warm weather and recent rain are accelerating crop growth across South Carolina, with strawberry tissue sampling, peach bloom, blueberry bloom, and disease scouting underway.