by Tom Watson | Nov 22, 2019 | Green & Growing
Search for: GREEN AND GROWING Yaupon Holly November is the time to buy and plant yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria). Yaupon is one of the most versatile native plants in use, having several cultivars that grow in a variety of useful habits, from small, dense...
by Tom Watson | Jul 23, 2019 | Green & Growing
Search for: GREEN AND GROWING Landscaping with Junipers Junipers (Juniperus, spp.) are among the most versatile and hardiest landscape plants. This genus is represented by more than 50 species and hundreds of cultivated varieties, many of them native to the U.S. East...
by Tom Watson | Jun 19, 2019 | Bottom Left Box, Green & Growing, News
Search for: GREEN AND GROWING Help! I’ve Got Ants This may not be a bad thing. Ants are both predators and prey. They eat the eggs of many insect pests and serve as food for birds, lizards, and other beneficial critters. Their tunnels aerate the soil as much as...
by Tom Watson | Apr 9, 2019 | Bottom Right Box, Green & Growing
Search for: GREEN AND GROWING Cankerworm Wars: Stand Down I am declaring victory in the ongoing war against the fall cankerworm. Residents of Mecklenburg county have fought this arboreal pest for twenty-five years. It seems that we can now rest until a new ...
by Tom Watson | Mar 28, 2019 | Green & Growing
Search for: GREEN AND GROWING Starry, Starry Lawns There was time, before chemical lawn treatments became the norm, when lawns throughout North Carolina were decorated with white to dark blue flowers. They belong to the Spring star flower, ipheion uniflorum. Our...
