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Skip Burning Bush in Your North Carolina Yard and Plant This Native That Turns Brighter Red Every Fall

Skip Burning Bush in Your North Carolina Yard and Plant This Native That Turns Brighter Red Every Fall

Burning bush earns its spot in many North Carolina yards for one reason: that glowing red in autumn. But the shrub has a problem that…

By Jasmine Hughes · Nov 3, 2026

Florida Gardening

Firebush Gives Florida Yards Months of Fiery Orange Blooms

Aria Moore F · Nov 3

These California Wildflowers Bloom Right in Heavy Clay Soil, No Bags of Amendments Needed

John Miller CA · Nov 3

Texas Gardening

How to Protect Your Texas Citrus Tree and Reduce Freeze Risk Before a Hard Freeze

Ella Brown T · Nov 3

From the Garden

Growing notes from every corner of the plot.

Hard frost is coming, so dig your sweet potatoes this week or the tubers rot in the ground

Hard frost is coming, so dig your sweet potatoes this week or the tubers rot in the ground

Sweet potatoes grow out of sight, so it is hard to know when cold weather starts to matter. Frost can wipe out the vines overnight,…

By Ethan Brooks · Nov 3

November snapdragon transplants can bring cool-season color to suitable Texas and Florida yards, though nonstop winter bloom is not assured

By Ethan Brooks · Nov 3

California Native Plant Swaps Hand Out Free Cuttings and Seedlings, and Here’s How to Find One Near You

By John Miller CA · Nov 3

Can Geraniums Dug Before Frost Make It Through Winter Bare-Root? What to Know First

By Ethan Brooks · Nov 3

These 7 Native Plants Stop Gutter Runoff From Washing Out Your North Carolina Flower Beds

By Jasmine Hughes · Nov 3

In Bloom

What's thriving right now.

Leaving Healthy Spent Coneflower Heads Standing Can Give Central Texas Birds a Possible Winter Food Source

Texas Gardening

Leaving Healthy Spent Coneflower Heads Standing Can Give Central Texas Birds a Possible Winter Food Source

By Ella Brown T

Fallen leaves in your yard can become a free resource for building healthier garden beds

Fallen leaves in your yard can become a free resource for building healthier garden beds

By Ethan Brooks

Mâche in North Carolina: A Cold-Season Salad Green Worth Trying

Mâche in North Carolina: A Cold-Season Salad Green Worth Trying

By Jasmine Hughes

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Horned Lizards Return to Central Texas Yards Where Gardeners Stop Killing Harvester Ants

Texas Gardening

Horned Lizards Return to Central Texas Yards Where Gardeners Stop Killing Harvester Ants

By Ella Brown T

Loose Brussels Sprouts? Topping the Stalk Is an Optional Timing Tool, Not a November Rule

Loose Brussels Sprouts? Topping the Stalk Is an Optional Timing Tool, Not a November Rule

By Ethan Brooks

Leafy Tops, Split Roots, or Woody Radishes? How to Diagnose Your Fall Row

Leafy Tops, Split Roots, or Woody Radishes? How to Diagnose Your Fall Row

By Ethan Brooks

Checking Moisture and Preparing North Carolina Pansies for Winter Cold

Checking Moisture and Preparing North Carolina Pansies for Winter Cold

By Jasmine Hughes

The Flowers Texans Tuck In After the First Cool Fall Rain for Color Through Thanksgiving

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Texas Gardening

The Flowers Texans Tuck In After the First Cool Fall Rain for Color Through Thanksgiving

That first cool rain of fall feels like a reset button for Texas yards. The soil softens, the heat finally backs off, and garden centers...

By Ella Brown T · Nov 3, 2026

The Potting Shed

Spent fall mums may return next year, and these care steps can improve their odds

Spent fall mums may return next year, and these care steps can improve their odds

Florida Gardening

The Venomous Florida Snake That Looks Like a Harmless Water Snake Near Your Pond

Florida Gardening

Owls Hunt Florida Yards for Free, and These 7 Native Trees Give Them a Place to Perch

Still no buds on your Christmas cactus? A cooler, darker spot this week brings holiday blooms

Still no buds on your Christmas cactus? A cooler, darker spot this week brings holiday blooms

How To Sow California Wildflower Seeds This Fall To Improve Your Odds Against Birds and Wind

Florida Gardening

Rats Hate These 9 Fragrant Plants That Make Your Florida Garden Smell Amazing This November

What It Really Means When Dark-Eyed Juncos Start Hopping Under Your North Carolina Feeder This Month

What It Really Means When Dark-Eyed Juncos Start Hopping Under Your North Carolina Feeder This Month

Florida Gardening

Your Florida Plumeria Is Heading Into Winter Rest, and Here’s What to Do Before It Sleeps

Texas Gardening

How to Manage Mulch-Bed Edges to Reduce Rat and Tick Habitat in Central Texas

Your Florida Desert Rose May Be Slowing Down for Winter, and Here’s What It Needs This November

Florida Gardening

Your Florida Desert Rose May Be Slowing Down for Winter, and Here’s What It Needs This November

Growing your own fig tree is easier than you think, and getting these few basics right does most of the work

If your kale leaves are riddled with tiny holes this November, cabbage worms are still feeding underneath

Pruning last year’s fig branches can reduce your breba crop, whatever the season

Pruning last year’s fig branches can reduce your breba crop, whatever the season

Before You Rip Out That Boxwood Hedge, Try These California Natives That Stay Green on Half the Water

Your Christmas cactus blooms right on time for the holidays when you give it these 8 conditions starting this week

Field Notes

Could a Red-Tailed Hawk Be Hunting Gophers in Your California Yard This Winter?

Could a Red-Tailed Hawk Be Hunting Gophers in Your California Yard This Winter?

A big hawk sitting on a fence post or tree limb above your garden can make you wonder what it...

By John Miller CA on Nov 2

Why Your Potted Meyer Lemon Drops Tiny Fruit When the Heater Starts: Clues to Check

Why Your Potted Meyer Lemon Drops Tiny Fruit When the Heater Starts: Clues to Check

You walk past your potted Meyer lemon and spot tiny green fruit on the floor. The heater just came on...

By Ethan Brooks on Nov 2

Garden Spiders Strung Across Your California Yard This Fall Are Catching the Pests Chewing Your Winter Greens

Garden Spiders Strung Across Your California Yard This Fall Are Catching the Pests Chewing Your Winter Greens

Every fall, big round webs show up between fence posts, porch rails, and garden stakes across California. Many homeowners sweep...

By John Miller CA on Nov 2

Carrots left in the ground under a thick leaf blanket taste sweeter after every frost, so stop rushing to dig them

Carrots left in the ground under a thick leaf blanket taste sweeter after every frost, so stop rushing to dig them

Plenty of gardeners have heard that carrots turn candy-sweet once frost hits them. The truth is a bit more tangled,...

By Ethan Brooks on Nov 2

Deer start stripping your shrubs and fall greens in November, and a few strong scents near the beds send them elsewhere

Deer start stripping your shrubs and fall greens in November, and a few strong scents near the beds send them elsewhere

Walk out one morning and find your shrubs nibbled down to ragged stubs, and it is hard not to blame...

By Ethan Brooks on Nov 2

Blue Mistflower: A North Carolina Native That Brings Blue-Violet Color to Late-Season Beds

Blue Mistflower: A North Carolina Native That Brings Blue-Violet Color to Late-Season Beds

Picture a garden bed in October with fluffy, blue-violet flowers glowing among fading green leaves. That is blue mistflower, a...

By Jasmine Hughes on Nov 2