Greenbriar is a thorny, viney, hard-to-kill plant that plagues many homesteaders and woodsmen. However, the foe can be turned into a friend.

Apr 4, 2012 – Robin Egerton

Nothing could be finer than to witness the arrival of spring in the south with the fragrant flowering of the native evergreen vine, Carolina jessamine.

Mar 4, 2012 – Arlene Marturano

Many perennial plants are very easy to grow from seed. Start them December through February for blooms the same year.

Dec 16, 2011 – Ellen de Casmaker

Señorita Salvia leucantha (Mexican bush sage) stages a fall fiesta in the garden with a late-blooming profusion of vertical velvety purple flowering spires.

Oct 20, 2011 – Arlene Marturano

Some vines only get better as the growing season progresses. The coral vine, Antigonon leptopus, is especially lovely in the September of its life cycle.

Sep 22, 2011 – Arlene Marturano