A Texas Rain Lily That Can Brighten Beds After Fall Rains
By late summer, most Texas flower beds look like they’ve given up. The heat has beaten back the color, the soil feels spent, and the…
By Ella Brown T · Sep 24, 2026
In the Garden
Your Hostas Keep Looking Rough Because of 4 Easy-to-Miss Care Mistakes
Ethan Brooks · Sep 24
The Native North Carolina Plants That Build the Cool, Leafy Hideouts Fireflies Need to Come Back
Jasmine Hughes · Sep 24
These 7 Florida Yard Problems Make Armadillos Start Digging There First
Aria Moore F · Sep 24
From the Garden
The Native Texas Plants Cardinals Actually Need in Fall More Than a Feeder
A feeder can bring cardinals close, but it cannot do everything they need in a Texas fall. As days cool and natural food shifts, these…
By Ella Brown T · Sep 24
Tired of struggling with hydrangeas? These flowering shrubs give you the same wow with less fuss
By Ethan Brooks · Sep 24
Your fig tree makes easy new plants when you start cuttings before cool weather slows them down
By Ethan Brooks · Sep 24
Western kingbirds hunt grasshoppers in California yards – and an exposed perch may give them a better shot
By John Miller CA · Sep 24
Your clematis gives you free new vines when you root the healthy shoots now
By Ethan Brooks · Sep 24
In Bloom
What's thriving right now.
Your Snake Plant Is Drooping for One of These 7 Common Reasons — Here’s How to Bring It Back
By Ethan Brooks
Your Hostas Keep Looking Thin and Torn Because of These 7 Easy-to-Miss Mistakes
By Ethan Brooks
Copperheads Are Slipping Into North Carolina Stone Walls and Retaining Blocks This Fall, and These Gaps Give Them Away
The Texas wildflower quietly returning to roadsides is finally earning a place in home gardens
By Ella Brown T
Plant of the Week
Your Hummingbird Feeder Keeps Leaking Nectar, and That’s What Brings the Ants Running
Ants around a hummingbird feeder are one of the most frustrating backyard problems in the South, especially when summer heat is already making feeder maintenance...
By Ethan Brooks · Sep 24, 2026
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Field Notes
Your Hummingbirds Stopped Showing Up Even With a Full Feeder — Here’s What Changed
You filled the feeder, hung it in the same spot, and waited. But the hummingbirds that were buzzing around last...
By Ethan Brooks on Sep 23
Cut These Crape Myrtle Seed Pods Before Winter or You’ll Be Pulling Seedlings All Spring in North Carolina
Crape myrtle seed pods are one of those fall details that homeowners either ignore or obsess over, and the internet...
By Jasmine Hughes on Sep 23
Why California’s ember-zone rules now outrank HOA landscaping demands for some homeowners
Wildfire smoke, ember showers, and scorched neighborhoods have pushed California to strengthen its fire-safety landscaping rules, and some of those...
By John Miller CA on Sep 23
Your Central Texas basil leaves turn black and limp fast once cool nights hit
Fall nights in Central Texas can sneak up on a basil patch fast, and gardeners who walk outside the morning...
By Ella Brown T on Sep 23
When Severe Root Crowding Slows Your Potted Fig – How to Spot the Real Problem
Growing a fig tree in a container gives you control over placement, portability, and even winter protection, but that convenience...
By Ethan Brooks on Sep 23
What North Carolina Gardeners Do to Keep Fuchsia Blooming Instead of Fading Out Fast
Fuchsia is one of the most eye-catching plants you can hang on a porch or tuck into a shady corner,...
By Jasmine Hughes on Sep 23