Leyland Cypress Issues and Alternatives
Leyland cypress… one of the landscape trees that makes my job as a horticulture agent a little more challenging. …
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Slime Molds
Have you seen anything like this in your mulch beds this summer? Collectively, these are called slime molds. Even …
Brown Patch
If you are irrigating your lawn too much during all this hot weather, you may start to see brown …
July Garden Calendar
Plants in Flower Trumpet Creeper Butterfly Weed Daylily Phlox Red Hot Poker Rose-of-Sharon Sourwood Crapemyrtle St. John’s Wort Abelia Big Leaf & Oakleaf Hydrangea Chaste-Tree Canna Dahlia Penstemon Salvia Agastache sp. Coreopsis sp. Shasta Daisy Summer annuals Fertilizing We recommend giving …
Scale Testing
If you buy, sell, or trade items based on weight, you need to have your scales certified annually. (Unless …
June Garden Calendar 2022
Plants in Flower Southern Magnolia Yucca Coreopsis Smoketree Hypericum Poppy Rosebay Rhododendron Trumpet Creeper Canna Oakleaf Hydrangea Phlox Red Hot Poker Gardenia Butterfly Weed Rose-of-Sharon Rose Daylily summer annuals Summer Spirea Balloon Flower Florist Hydrangea Stokesia Fertilizing Fertilize or side-dress your vegetables as …
April Garden Calendar
Plants in Flower & Plants of Interest Flowering cherry Redbud Ajuga Weigela Bloodroot Columbine Bleeding heart Pieris Jack-in-the-Pulpit Trillium Anemone Azaleas Fertilizing fertilize your shrubs if you didn’t in the fall Planting The average last …
Blueberry Pruning Workshop
To register for this event please visit the following link: https://go.ncsu.edu/alexanderblueberryfieldday or call the N.C. Cooperative Extension-Alexander Center at …
Getting the Most Out of Your Valentine's Day Bouquets
If your love language is receiving flowers, then one of the best days is coming up soon! Receiving flowers …
For the Love of Pruning: Tips and Tricks for a Successful Pruning Season
February is the perfect month to be outdoors pruning your trees and shrubs! But before getting your shears out, …
March Garden Calendar
Plants in flower: Saucer Magnolia, Flowering Cherry, Forsythia, Star Magnolia, Spirea, Flowering Quince, Carolina Jessamine, Periwinkle, Thrift, Violets, Crocus, Daffodil, Hyacinths …
Caring for Your Fall Mums
So you bought some mums this fall…. I mean why not, they are gorgeous!! They add so much color …