Making It Grow Minutes
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The scientific names, they are a-changin'
Liquidambar styraciflua
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Biogeographic disjunction
The advantage of knowing scientific names
Setae vs pupal cases
Fall webworms' setae
The lifecycle of webworms
South Carolina is experiencing a record level of fall webworms
An abundance of fall webworms
'Watermelon fuels athletes.'
Watermelon Queen requirement: superior seed-spitting skills
Varieties of watermelons
The Origins of Watermelons
Watermelon Field Day
The official birds of South Carolina
The deadly competitive nature of house wrens
A Carolina wren sets Amanda McNulty's heart aflutter
After four days around the McNulty home, a possum tires of 'playing possum'
The 19 cats of Amanda McNulty
The importance of planting larval food sources
Moths rush in where light fears to tread
Clothes moths
Cedar chests
The evolution of home storage
The recreational side of magnolia trees
Love magnolias? Thank a beetle.
Varieties of Magnolia grandiflora
Why you should carefully select an evergreen magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora is a plant that offers something all year long
Honey locust cultivars
Honey locust seed pods
Gleditsia triacanthos
The wicked thorns of the honey locust tree
When humans interacted with megafauna
The black locust tree: a hardy multitasker
Black locust fence posts
Gathering black locust tree blossoms
The strength of black locust wood
Black locust trees
When to use the "cut stump" method of controlling invasive wisteria
If done at the wrong time of the year, cut-stumping wisteria can strangle the trees they’re wrapped around.
Swamp wisteria
Native wistaria (Wisteria frutescens), also known as "swamp wisteria," isn’t as showy as its invasive cousins and blooms later.
Wisteria's dark side
Wisteria doesn't just strangle trees, it can completely obscure the ground below from sunlight, creating a dark dead zone.
The destructive nature of wisteria
Amanda McNulty says you can spell it "wisteria" or "wistaria," but please don't plant it.
You say "wisteria," Amanda says "wistaria"
One plant, two spellings. Host Amanda McNulty explains what information you'll discover online based on how you type the name of this blooming vine.
Swamp jessamine
Amanda McNulty explains the difference between yellow jessamine and swamp jessamine.
A warning about yellow jessamine
If you’re new to the South, you need to know that yellow jessamine is extremely poisonous.
Poor man's rope
If you’ve ever tried to pull yellow jessamine out by the roots, you’ll understand the nickname “poor man’s rope.”
Yellow jessamine wins this year's footrace with Asian azaleas
Sometimes, yellow jessamine blooms in conjunction with Asian azaleas, but this year, it jumped the gun.
Yellow jessamine: South Carolina's state flower
Amanda McNulty explains why yellow jessamine was selected in 1924 as our state flower.