American agave
I found your newspaper comment on American agave interesting. I took the attached pictures at a home in Lithonia.

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Aztec Grass
My wife is installing a "white area"ť in front of our house so when she saw plants identical to variegated liriope in a garde more...

Bulbs - Leaves Emerge in Winter
Many are the anguished cries when gardeners notice that bulb foliage has emerged in early winter. "Get back down in the groun more...

Bulbs - Storing for Winter
Most of us enjoy the cooler weather ushered in by October. Fall is approaching and we anticipate with pleasure the crisp days more...

Bulbs - When to Plant in Fall
Spring-flowering bulbs have been on garden center shelves for weeks but the real season for planting them begins in late Octo more...

Cacti for Cold Climates
(from Avant Gardener Newsletter)

We're pleased to hear of the formation of the Winter Hardy Cactus and Succulent Assoc more...

Caladiums – Planting
Caladiums are old-fashioned bulbs that have become more popular in recent years. Plant breeders have developed varieties that more...

Candy lily
Candy lily, Pardancanda norrisii, grows to 36" tall. It is a cross between Belamcanda chinensis, blackberry lil more...

Castor Bean - Ricin
With all the news about ricin poison being used by terrorists, I thought I’d show a few pictures of the more...

Colocasia vs Alocasia vs Xanthosoma
All are called elephant ear by gardeners. Some are edible and some are not.

Following is a collection of identificati more...

Coneflower - Odd-looking Flowers (Phytoplasma)
For whatever reason, homeowners in 2004 noticed many more instances of “odd” coneflowers than in previous years. The most com more...

Corn Poppy - Identification and History
Arty’s Garden
Corn Poppy – The Poppy of Memorial Day

The corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) gets its name be more...

Crapemyrtle - Failure to Bloom
Few things are as frustrating as having a plant that is known for its beautiful flowers fail to bloom. Worse yet is when your more...

David Austin Roses for the South
Cyndi Lauderdale, executive director of the Wilson Botanical Gardens, and a North Carolina Extension Service agent, has found more...

Earth Kind Roses - List
In January 2002, at the conclusion of the first 5-year research study, Texas A&M had identified 11 cultivars which not only s more...

Flowery Branch - Origin of Name
When I wondered how Flowery Branch GA got its name, Bob C. was quick to respond:

Chartered in 1874, this little tow more...

Geranium - Overwintering
Recently I was asked how to store dahlias and caladiums for the winter. Let’s continue the discussion and focus on another pl more...

History of Knock Out Rose
William Radler develops hybrids that are knockouts
By STEWART DEMPSEY
From the July 9, 2006 editions of the Milwaukee J more...

Holland - A Great Vacation for Gardeners!
I recently was invited by the Netherlands Board of Tou more...

Hosta - Diseases and Pests
Hosta are one of the most common landscape plants. Yet they are affected their fair share of diseases and pests.

If yo more...

Hosta - Identifying
Identifying plants is always a challenge. Some, like hosta, have hundreds of varieties.

Judy Burns, from the Georgia more...

Lantana - Cultivars
Lantana has become a ubiquitous part of the colorful summer landscape. And with good reason!

Here is an article descri more...

Lantana - Pruning
Winter lantana care simultaneously exemplifies the mystical pleasure and the aching frustration of gardening. Most lantana va more...

Lantana - Winter Hardiness
Most varieties of lantana, including 'New Gold', 'Festival' and 'Tutti Fruiti' are not winter-hardy in Atlanta. Rick Berry, t more...

Milkweed - Toxic Sap
My sister lives in the tidewater area of Virginia. She had a very scary experience this weekend and she thinks other gardener more...

Naked Ladies (Surprise lily, Lycoris squamigera)
My driving companion in Cincinatti was quite discomfitted when I suddenly shouted "There are naked ladies by the sidewalk! Pu more...

Ornamental Kale/Ornamental Cabbage
Ornamental kale and cabbage is one of the most popular (behind the pansy) winter annual plants. They lend a completely differ more...

Oxblood Lily (Schoolhouse Lily)
I've learned a new plant! My friend Arty Schronce, who writes for the Ga. Department of Agriculture more...

Pansy - Proper Planting
Few plants create color in a winter landscape better than pansies. Given a mid-October planting, pansies laugh at temperature more...

Pansy - UGA Publication
Pansies are the most popular winter annual grown in Georgia. Professional landscapers plant them by the millions in office pa more...

Pansy and Cabbage - Chewed Leaves
A skill that gardeners could practice more often is observational horticulture. Sometimes you learn more from just looking ar more...

Planting Pansies
Few plants create color in a winter landscape better than pansies. Given a mid-October planting, pansies laugh at temperature more...

Planting Winter Annuals in Drought
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Rose - Buying and Planting
THE RIGHT SITE Roses require a minimum of six hours of sunlight each day. Where some shade cannot be avoided, find a location more...

Rose - Fungicides for Black Spot Control
It’s important to switch fungicides each month to keep rose black spot disease at bay.

Swap between chlorothalonil (D more...

Rose - General Care
No flower in the world is as popular as the rose. Gardeners can choose from hundreds, perhaps thousands of different types of more...

Rose - Pruning Climbing Types
Most climbing roses bloom on old growth, that is, the growth from previous years.

The best time to prune these roses more...

Roses - Black Spot Resistant
Georgia rose growers know all too well the devastation that black spot can wreak on roses. Planting roses resistant to black more...

Roses - Varieties for the South
The rose is known as "The Queen of Flowers". For this reason, every gardener attempts to grow a rose or two. Some gardeners s more...

Spring Bulbs - Fertilizing
One of the adages of garden fertilizing is to feed plants when the leaves are growing.

When the leaves of spring bulbs more...

The Earth-Kind® Rose Program
Roses are one of the most desired of garden flowers. Yet today’s hurried lifestyles often prevent gardeners from tending thei more...

Tropical Hibiscus – Bringing Indoors
Though several members of the hibiscus family are perfectly content outdoors in an Atlanta winter, the tropical hibiscus is n more...

Tulip
A mass of red tulips behind a bed of blooming pansies can be a real traffic-stopper in March. Apartment and office complexes more...

Using Chrysanthemums
Gardeners have two sources of chrysanthemum flowers: from plants that have grown large in their landscape during the summer a more...

Wildflowers
Many readers have noticed the beautiful wildflowers in the median strips of Ga. 400 and Ga. 316. They are so striking now tha more...