Sweet on Virginia Sweetspire
I must be selective in the kinds of shrubs and trees I add to my landscape. Very simply: I don’t have the room. Like the village matchmaker, Yente, in Fiddler on the Roof, I match the plant with my...
Category: In the Garden
What Is It? Wednesday – Poison Ivy
This is poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans). This is a plant that everyone should be able to identify. Around 85% of people are allergic to poison ivy, though sensitivity varies greatly. Poison ivy...
SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report – May 8, 2023
Statewide Tony Keinath – Extension Vegetable Pathologist Check out this recent article from Dr. Keinath, published by Growing Produce: Recognize and Manage Fungicide Resistance in Your Vegetable...
What’s Eating You?
Perhaps as you’ve strolled through your garden lately, you’ve looked at a plant and thought, “What’s eating you?” It can be tricky to discern what is doing the munching when the muncher is nowhere...
Hummingbird Favorite: Salvia
Like most South Carolina nature lovers, I look forward to the return of Ruby-throated hummingbirds every spring. I enjoy seeing them in my garden, visiting flower after flower chirping along the...
What Is It – Wednesday? Curly Dock
This is curly dock (Rumex crispus). Curly dock is a perennial weed that thrives in wet conditions but is also quite tolerant of drought. It is commonly found in the row middles in strawberry fields,...
SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report- May 1, 2023
Statewide Tom Bilbo report, Check out the updated Strawberry IPM Guide, now available on the Southern Region Small Fruits Consortium website. If you are a brassica grower, please help us by taking...
This Month in Your Garden – May 2023
Coastal Region – Christopher Burtt Though summer is not quite here, the heat is on its way. May is the month to start turf care. Care is based on the type of turf. With mower blades fully...
Weed of the Month- Cut Leaf Evening Primrose
Cut leaf evening primrose (Oenothera laciniata) is a native, biannual plant. It forms a rosette during its first year of growth and produces yellow flowers on low spreading stems in its second year....
SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report – April 24, 2023
Statewide Tom Bilbo reports, “Cyclamen mites are another pest mite of [possible] concern for SC growers, and you should know what to look for as I have confirmed their presence on several farms this...
A Lazy Gardener Considers the Subtleties of the Season
South Carolina gardeners often get excited towards the end of February when temperatures climb into the 60s and 70s but know spring is still a month away. As tempting as it is, it is understood...
Cupheas
Are you tired of planting the same summer annuals over and over? Want to spice up your containers with something different that will attract hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, and other pollinating...