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NCDA&CS Required Pesticide Certification & Training Standards Update

Attention all Commercial and Private Pesticide Applicators!!! There is a new video you must watch to keep your pesticide license current. Failure to watch the video before your recertification date…

Invasive Plant Alert - Controlling Bamboo

Bamboo is very difficult to control. Bamboo is an invasive plant that should not be planted in western North Carolina. Although it has a woody stem, bamboo is in the grass family. The plant is highly…

Create a Mixed (Mostly) Native Hedge

I have been in the landscape business in some shape form or fashion since 1989. In that time I have seen many new landscape plants enter the nursery/landscape trade and become very popular. Many of…

Create Your Own Plants From Cuttings

One of the most rewarding gardening technique is propagating woody plants from cuttings. Encouraging roots to grow on a piece of branch, twig or root cutting has got to be one of the most impressive…

Organic and Biorational Pest Control Options

Home owners and home gardeners often express interest in environmentally friendly gardening and landscaping. As an alternative to pesticides we recommend:Using native plants more often.Planting trees…

'Green Giant' arborvitae hedge in winter

Arborvitae and Other Conifers in the Landscape

Arborvitae The common name is latin for ‘tree of life’ because parts of the plant were once used for medicines. The genus Thuja includes two native species. Arborvitae are typically small to medium…

Caring for Your Lawn

Cool season grasses such as fescue and Kentucky bluegrass should only be fertilized in February, September, and November. A good way to remember this is to fertilize on heart day, labor day, and…

Non-Invasive (Mostly Native) Plants for Covering Ground

People often ask, "What is a good ground cover?" I always answer' "The term 'ground cover' usually equates to an invasive plant. Most of the ground cover plants we have used in the past have turned…

Plant Health Alert – Cold Damaged Plants

Here in western NC we see single digit and below zero temperatures in the winter. When we do get these extremely low temps, we see damaged landscape plants the following spring. Many times the damage…

holly problems 2025 hornet and sapsuckera

Pest Alert - Hornet Damage on Shrubs

Do you have a holly, magnolia or other plant that has dead branches? When you look at the tree closely do you see missing bark? It is likely that you have had hornets stripping the bark off of your…