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Thomas GlasgowCounty Extension Director, Horticulture Agent N.C. Cooperative Extension, Craven County Center

Our Master Gardener℠ volunteers in Craven County have added some nice color to the entrance of the Craven County …

Ginkgo trees (Ginkgo biloba) produce something that certainly looks like a fruit, but these trees are actually gymnosperms. Gymnosperms …

I was very intrigued by a new plant to my garden this past year, Agastache ‘Blue Boa’. According to the …

Arrowleaf tearthumb (Polygonum sagittatum) is a widespread native annual that you’ll want to handle with gloves on, if you …

Sago palm (Cycas revoluta) is a popular landscape plant in coastal areas from Eastern North Carolina southwards into Florida. …

Here’s another fall clean up chore. Dayflower (Commelina communis) is producing its colorful blue flowers, and is easy to …

Virginia buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) has a high profile by early October, for two reasons. First, plants are producing tiny …

As of early October, doveweed (Murdannia nudiflora) is one of the more noticeable low-growing weeds in our landscape beds. …

Not exactly a welcome sight on or underneath the ginkgo tree. Ginkgo fruit creates a mess and produce a …

It can be a challenge not to confuse one thing with another when you’re dealing with landscape conifers such …

Lace bugs are among our most common insect pests, and in the Craven County area are most likely to be …

They’re not nearly as common as the naturalized orange daylilies that we see along roadsides, but now and then …