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Early Spring Flowers for Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies

Garden Experiments — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:17:09 +0000

This early spring sky is filled with butterflies! I am seeing so many eastern tiger swallowtail butterflies (Papilio glaucus) feeding on colorful spring flowers that it has really brightened my days. Eastern tiger swallowtails are quite large – with a wingspan of 3 to 5.5 inches and with their bright yellow wings with blue spots, […]

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Japanese Honeysuckle vs Native Honeysuckle Vine

Garden Experiments — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 14:12:16 +0000

Have you ever plucked a honeysuckle flower, turned it around, and gently sucked the nectar from the tube-shaped back of the flower? If you grew up in the southeastern U.S., I bet you did. That taste of super-sweet honey nectar always makes me think of summer nights spent chasing fireflies and summer days spent running […]

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Cypress Vine: Delicate, But Aggressive

Garden Experiments — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 13:40:50 +0000

Tiny, star-shaped, brilliantly red flowers cover my cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit) in spring. Although the flowers are tiny, they really stand out against the light green of the leaves and vine. My favorite part about the cypress vine is its dainty, feather-like leaves. The leaves look so fragile and fairy-like that, even when it isn’t […]

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Add Structure, Style, & Color to Your Garden with a Trellis & Flowering Vine

Garden Experiments — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 23:24:50 +0000

When I decided that the raised bed in my front yard needed a little height to add structure and color, my first thought was some sort of permanent structure, whether it be garden art or something a plant could grow on. Metal, Freestanding Trellis I looked for a way to include a flowering vine on […]

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Chinese Wisteria: Beautiful but Deadly Vine with Purple Flowers

Garden Experiments — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 15:51:36 +0000

Wisteria vines bloom in early March, adding a sweet floral scent to the air. The flowers appear before the leaves. In the South, this vine is everywhere—in the forest, in neighborhoods, in rights-of-way, and even along highways. That is both the joy of and the pitfall of Chinese wisteria, which has purple flowers that grow […]

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Top 10 Flowering Plants that are Heat Tolerant

Garden Experiments — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:28:03 +0000

The summer heat has arrived and it’s pretty miserable outside. When we’re in a heat advisory, the temperature outside FEELS like over a hundred degrees with the high humidity. I’m watering in the early morning and sometimes at night, just to keep up with it, but the plants are still suffering. However, some of my […]

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Cross Vine: Bignonia capreolata

Garden Experiments — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:06:44 +0000

As a native plant, cross vine has a big advantage – it’s easy to grow, hardy, tolerates the heat, has a low water requirement, and can grow in both full sun and part shade. It’s in the same family as trumpet creeper (Bignoniaceae), and the flowers are very similar – trumpet-shaped, 2″ long tubular, and […]

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Purple Passionflower: Passiflora incarnata

Garden Experiments — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 14:45:40 +0000

Purple passionflower, also known as maypop, is a relatively quick-growing, perennial, herbaceous vine in the Passifloraceae family. You can find this native vine growing throughout the Southeast from Texas to Kansas up to Pennsylvania and down to Florida. In Mississippi, I’ve often seen it in pastures or open fields. It’s a great addition to an […]

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