My Carolina Yard

There is hardly a gardener out there who hasn't encountered a Japanese beetle. The adult Japanese beetle is a shiny, metallic g...

As I was riding my bike through the neighborhood this evening I rode past a house that used to have a beautiful Centipede lawn. In fact it m...

Once upon a time I had over 30 roses in my yard in the house on Carol Dr., in Melbourne, FL. Then I became involved in Little League, Youth ...

hyacinths - a bulbous plant of the lily family, with strap-like leaves and a compact spike of bell-shaped fragrant flowers. Native to w...

Here are some of my early spring gardening chores. Living in  Coastal  Carolina springs comes early often in mid to late February! Of course...

My husband loves my garden in the winter because he can "see everything".  But I still like to have things to looks at in my...

I know it has been so long since I wrote something on my blog that you may have thought I'd given up! But no I have had so many thing I...

American Beautyberry: Callicarpa Americana I first planted this shrub in my central Florida home after I fell in love with the striking b...