Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. However, for Southern gardeners, it's important to note that because the USDA map reflects minimum yearly temperatures, it ...

If you are interested in Southern cottage gardens and old-fashioned flowers, you will want a book that's been out only three weeks called One Writer's Garden: Eudora Welty's Home Place. You will have ...

“To experience a true Southern garden, one must have gardenia, magnolia, dogwood, azalea, hydrangea, camellia, irises, roses, peony, daylilies, and confederate jasmine with a beautiful bubbling ...

I recently overheard another Master Gardener state unequivocally that the Southern garden is defined by four plants: gardenia, magnolia, tea olive and camellia. Ironically, none of these classic ...

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Elizabeth Lawrence, the Sunday gardening columnist for The Charlotte Observer between 1959 and 1975, was born May 27, 1904, in Marietta, Ga. A natural curiosity about plants, an impressive memory, and ...

Save money and add character to your garden. Thanks to Southerners' love of home items with character, there is always a reason to stop at the thrift store or secondhand shop when you can. Whether ...

Why is award-winning "Southern Living" magazine garden editor and "Grumpy Gardener" columnist Steven Bender so surly? "Because gardeners keep doing the same unintelligent things over and over again," ...

Thanks to Southerners' love of home items with character, there is always a reason to stop at the thrift store or secondhand shop when you can. Whether searching for heirloom pieces or unique artwork ...