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Selected Articles From Our Quarterly Publications
David Pulman, Jeremy Schmidt
David As my wife Clare and I were having COVID-19 catalyzed discussions about whether it made sense for us to leave North Carolina and relocate nearer to family, the subject of the garden was raised. Our Chapel Hill garden, which had undergone a five-year makeover, including the addition of two crevice gardens, was our place, important to us. A place to do satisfying work and a wonderful environment to relax and enjoy ourselves. A decision of family vs. garden didn...
Joseph Tychonievich, Ernie DeMarie
What is your background in horticulture? I have been into growing plants since I remember. I am told I followed my great-grandmother in Bluefield, West Virginia (where I was born) around her garden...
Wiert Nieuman
For a plant lover, a walk in a nature reserve is, first of all, a search for unusual plants. The Nockberge Mountains in the state of Carinthia in Austria are an ideal destination for that.
Panayoti Kelaidis
Patagonia evokes the sense of the remote to most of us in the Northern Hemisphere—the seeming ends of the earth. In this strange era of COVID-19, Argentina turned out to be a fantastic destination for...

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A Rock Garden in the South
A Rock Garden in the South
A Rock Garden in the South by Elizabeth Lawrence, edited by Nancy Goodwin and Allen Lacy. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1990. 240 pp. $39.95 hardcover, $24.95 paperback. A Rock Garden in the South is not a new title and was edited

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Cyclamen coum
Cyclamen coum
Cyclamen coum Description and General Information: Among the many species of Cyclamen, this species has relatively small tubers.  The foliage emerges in autumn and remains evergreen through

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