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Henderson County Garden Center Tour 2021
Shop local garden centers Saturday, May 1 and May 8, 2021, across Henderson County just in time for Mother’s …
Vegetable Gardening Resources From NC State Extension
Western North Carolina is a wonderful place to garden. Almost any type of vegetable or fruit can be grown …
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Invasive Plants Found in the Mountains of North Carolina
Invasive plants are detrimental to our mountain ecosystems. Invasive plants displace native plants, kill other plants and cost humans …
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Pest Alert: Boxwood blight has been diagnosed by NC State Extension in Henderson County. This is not news really …
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Garden Update - March 2021
Plants in Flower Saucer Magnolia, Bradford Pear, Flowering Cherry, Forsythia, Star Magnolia, Breath-of-Spring (Winter Honeysuckle), Spirea, Flowering Quince, Carolina …
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There are many pruning concepts. One such is ‘Leader Training,’ the concept of training a single stem in a …
Growing Japanese Maples
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Spring Soil Temperatures Are Important
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Freeze Damaged Plants
Gardeners have short memories. Every year we seem to get a late cold snap in late-April or May that …
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