In addition to plant nurseries and garden centers that carry native plants, you can often find sales of native plants at specific events or organizations throughout the year. These native plant sales are coordinated by the organization listed below, so please visit their website or give them a call to make sure you know the dates and locations for their current sales. Clinton Nature Center The Clinton Nature Center is a nonprofit organization … [Read more...]
Where To Buy Native Plants in Mississippi
Directory of Plant Nurseries & Garden Centers in Mississippi that Sell Native Plants Adding native plants to your garden is a great way to support native pollinators and attract wildlife. Not only that, but these plants are perfectly suited to our climate and soils, so they’re hardy and generally easy to grow. Finding sources to get specific native plants can be a bit of a challenge. Here are some nurseries that can get you started on the … [Read more...]
Spring Tour of Colonnade Garden in Columbus, MS
As part of the spring tourism season, the city of Columbus holds a Spring Pilgrimage that includes tours of antebellum homes, live music events, arts, food, a 5K race, and stories from the town’s history. We selected the tour that included Colonnade Gardens. The original gardens were installed in the 1860’s and include a boxwood maze, gazing pool with fountain, kitchen and herb garden, and a pleasure garden. Pleasure Garden There were so … [Read more...]
30 Plants to Feed & Host Butterflies in Your Garden
Important Food & Host Plants for Butterflies If you like to watch butterflies, including plants in your garden that host the larvae (caterpillars) and also those plants that provide nectar for butterflies is important. Including both of these types of plants will attract butterflies to your garden, and even lay eggs. You'll be able to spot cocoons and watch the full life cycle. Be aware that host plants will likely be heavily chewed on by … [Read more...]
This Beautiful Purple Vine Can Be Deadly to a Tree
When there is a sweet floral scent in the air in early March, I know the wisteria is blooming. All I have to do is drive my car with the windows down to find a patch of this sweetly scented flowering vine. I’m led by my nose to look around for the soft purple of its blooms. In the South, this vine is omnipresent – in the forest, in neighborhoods, in rights-of-way, and even along highways. That is both the joy of and the pitfall of Chinese … [Read more...]
When Do You Put Out Your Hummingbird Feeders in Spring
The first hummingbirds start migrating northward in early spring, showing up in southern Texas, Louisiana, and northern Florida in late February and the first week of March. It takes a little while longer for them to start showing up in my garden, but they usually show up just when the red buckeyes are in full bloom. This tends to be around mid- to late-March. This is when I’ll hang my hummingbird feeders in my garden. There is a great … [Read more...]
Top Garden Photos from February 2017
This February has been full of interesting weather. Whereas 2 years ago, we had snow in mid-February, mid- to late-February this year has been interspersed with temperatures of 70 degrees or higher. I love the break in the cold temps, but it causes some confusion with my plants. Things are blooming and growing earlier than usual. Let's hope there isn't a sudden harsh freeze that kills off all of the new growth. Fingers crossed! Here are my … [Read more...]
Bringing in the Beauty of Spring
Spring Beauties Just when I reach my limit with the bleakness of winter and cold temperatures, the tiniest of pink striped flowers start to poke their heads out of lawns and ditches. To me, the Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) is a harbinger of spring and warmer weather. These flowers bloom just before the false garlic – so they fill up the lawns and ditches before the taller flowers begin to grow leaves and bloom. In … [Read more...]
Favorite Photos from My Garden: January 2017
Winter is notoriously gray and wet in Mississippi. But we do get a few days of gorgeous 70 degree weather interspersed with the wet, gray, cold, and windy weather of winter. Thank goodness for that! This month, my indoor cactus really took off. This is Notocactus ubelmannianus and in the winter, it lives under a grow light in my house and I think it likes it there. This plant really is a showstopper and brings a welcome bit of color into my … [Read more...]
Warm December Temps Bring Out the Bees
Winter in Mississippi is notoriously interesting. Some days we have really cold weather and then 24 hours later, the temperature changes by 20 degrees. This was the case this year. In the previous weeks, we had lows in the 20's and highs in the 30's. It was downright cold for us southerners. Then Christmas week rolls around and our temperatures get into the mid- to high-60's. I enjoyed every minute of it. So do the insects and frogs! When … [Read more...]
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