Category: In the Garden

What Is It? Wednesday – Bee Fly

This little critter looks a lot like a bee (it’s yellow, fuzzy, and foraging flowers), but if you look closely, you’ll see it has only one pair of wings (bees have two). This feature distinguishes...

Plan Now for Pollinators

Late summer and early fall are great times to plant perennials, making it an excellent opportunity to add more pollinator plants to your landscape. For several years, I have become increasingly...

Why Are My Trees Dying?

Clemson Extension Horticulture Agents get numerous questions this time of year about trees dying. There can be several factors that stress trees. In late summer, the most likely problem is related...

Leaftier

While walking in the Jurassic Garden at the South Carolina Botanical Garden, I noticed the ends of many fern fronds clearly engineered to make globe-like structures. When I took a close-up of this...

Living with Snakes

I grew up with a fear of snakes. I wasn’t born with that fear; a fear of snakes was passed on to me by my parents and countless other people. And if their influence was not enough, books,...

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