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Gray Garden Slug found beneath a rotten planter. Slugs like to hide during the day under leaves, wood, or even mulch. Cheryl Moorehead, Bugwood.org

Got Slugs?

“What’s eating my hostas?” The caller said, “I come out in the morning and there are these holes in …

I took the photo in our teaching garden here at the Beaufort County Center. This is an older vine (I presume the cultivar to be a superior) in which I have regrown and trained the cordons on to teach how this is done to gardeners in the area.

Muscadine or Scuppernong Grapes

There are few rural residential properties across the Southeast that do not have a grapevine growing somewhere. Be it …

Hammerhead Worm (Bipalium kewense) Picture from Matt Bertone NCSU

Aliens Among Us?

Some things that you see in horticulture just don’t seem natural…sometimes they almost seem like they are alien! Have you …

The Angel Oak's massive branches reach nearly 100 feet from the trunk of the tree. Photo: Charlotte Fox

The Angel Oak

I had the opportunity to travel to Charleston, South Carolina a few weeks back to attend a meeting with …

Deadly Nightshade

Gardener Beware

To a plant guy like me, plants are always pretty cool. Plants are energy producers in that they can …

Various Herbicides

There's an "Icide" for That!

This time of year, with every passing warm day, a hot topic has been spraying herbicides on home lawns. I …

Cover photo for Got Boxwoods, Have Problems?

Got Boxwoods, Have Problems?

I’ve been in and out of town the last few weeks with conferences, workshops, and training. While I am …

Cover photo for Urban Trees

Urban Trees

Urban trees have a tough row to hoe! Imagine, if you will, living in starvation for most of your …

Cover photo for What Is My Favorite Season?

What Is My Favorite Season?

My youngest daughter, Willa Grace (6), asked me what my favorite season is this week. I really had to …

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How to Prune Specific Plants

This final publication in the Pruning Trees & Shrubs series gives tips for pruning specific …

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Before and after heading cuts to barberry

General Pruning Techniques

This third in a series on pruning offers general tips on pruning most landscape plants.

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A stem failed on this maple due to bad form.

Before the Cut

This first of four publications in the Pruning Trees & Shrubs series introduces basic pruning …

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Anvil pruners and bypass pruners

Tools to Make the Cut

This second in a series on pruning offers tips on selecting the right tool for …

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Hickory Peach Gall Midge

This factsheet describes the biology of the hickory peach gall midge, Cariomyia persicoides, and provides …

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Eastern Pine Looper

This factsheet describes the biology of the eastern pine looper, Lambdina pellucidaria, and provides residential …

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Larger Yellow Ant

This factsheet describes the biology of the larger yellow ants, Acanthomyops interjectus, and provides residential …

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Introduced Pine Sawfly

This factsheet describes the biology of the introduced pine sawfly, Diprion similis, and provides residential …

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