If you have a favorite succulent plant and you want more (I mean, who doesn’t?), you’re in luck! It’s simple to grow a new succulent plant from a leaf and it’s really fun to watch the baby succulent plant grow. How to Pick a Leaf You don’t want to cut the leaf off of the plant - just gently tug at the leaf until it comes unattached from the stem. …
Garden Projects & Ideas For Your Garden
Great ideas for your garden and simple garden projects that add color and beauty to any spot in your garden. Find the perfect plant color combinations, container garden ideas, solutions for common garden problems, garden design inspiration, and more.
Annual Native Plant Sales in Mississippi
In addition to plant nurseries and garden centers that carry native plants, you can often find sales of native plants at specific events or organizations throughout the year. These native plant sales are coordinated by the organization listed below, so please visit their website or give them a call to make sure you know the dates and locations for …
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Where To Buy Native Plants in Mississippi
Directory of Plant Nurseries & Garden Centers in Mississippi that Sell Native Plants Adding native plants to your garden is a great way to support native pollinators and attract wildlife. Not only that, but these plants are perfectly suited to our climate and soils, so they’re hardy and generally easy to grow. Finding sources to get …
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Painted Pine Cone Table Decoration
This is a fun, pretty, and surprisingly easy project that makes a great table decoration. You can make it to match your decor for year-round use or you can pick colors that are holiday-themed. My living room has teal, lime green, and white colors in it, so I selected paint that would coordinate well with my furniture and decorations. I had fun …
My 2016 Fall Planter
I'm not cheap, I'm frugal. When it comes to my garden, that means I often repurpose plants from one planting or flower bed into another one. There's nothing wrong with that, right? In this case, I repurposed a croton from a container garden that had long outgrown its original pot and mixed it in with some heliconias that I purchased on sale with …
Use Fairy Lights in a Container Garden
This year I planted Mandevilla in the spring/summer container gardens I planted for my mom. I just replaced those summer plants with fall mums, pansies, decorative cabbage, and snapdragons for the fall. Since the Mandevilla vine isn’t dead yet, I left it and the small trellises in the pots. After all, the fall weather sometimes surprises us with …
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