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Carolina jessamine provides winter color and privacy

Posted on December 13, 2016 by tedmanzer

It’s so hard to find landscaping with winter interest. Once mid-December hits and freezing temperatures are commonplace, most fall foliage color is gone. Very few flowers and flowering shrubs are blooming either. Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) still manages to display … Continue reading →

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Fall Clematis is a vigorous white vine that’s easy to grow

Posted on September 25, 2016 by tedmanzer

I drove to the beach two weekends ago and saw huge expanses of white flowers along the roadside through Tyrrell and Dare Counties. I recognized the vine immediately, but it has been a long time since I traveled that stretch of road … Continue reading →

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Pineapple guava makes a showy edible hedge

Posted on April 4, 2015 by tedmanzer

I’m always on the lookout for unusual adaptable landscape material. Recently a couple showed me their yard and on one edge was a beautiful hedge of pineapple guava. Even after our recent severe cold the foliage looked healthy. This excited … Continue reading →

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Magnolias are fixtures of the south

Posted on January 26, 2015 by tedmanzer

Is there another plant that symbolizes the southeastern US more than the southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)? No other tree has such large shiny leaves or larger flowers. Fragrant white blooms can be as much as a foot in diameter. No … Continue reading →

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