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Chrysanthemums are a fall staple and make the perfect addition to your autumn decor. Once they reach your front door, they need proper maintenance to thrive through the season! Here are our five tips for caring for fall mums in Charleston!

New plants are rolling in every week for you to refresh your planters with fall foliage and flowers that can handle this southern September heat! Browse our favorite fall front porch ideas and stop in to create an inviting entry for your family, friends, and neighbors.

If you're ready to invite autumnal warmth and spooky splendor into your home, we've gathered our favorite fall finds here for you. Welcome to our Harvest and Halloween collection, come sit for a spell and explore the best of the fall season with us.

You know it's almost fall in Charleston when the Callicarpa americana or American Beautyberry start showing off!

Join the count! The Great Southeast Pollinator Census is back and needs your to help to count and protect your local pollinators.

As the use of AI evolves and rapidly expands, we're seeing an influx of customers coming in with photos and recommendations that, to our trained and educated eye, are clearly AI generated. But with the advancement in technology, it is becoming harder to discern between what is real and what is fake. This week, we're taking a look at some of these common AI plant requests and giving you tips for how to spot AI generated plants.

Learn how to duplicate your houseplants in a few easy steps! Propagating houseplants in water is a fun and rewarding way to create new plants for yourself or friends and family. Learn how and start cloning your plants today!

This summer, we're bringing the oasis right to your backyard! Imagine getting home from work, heading straight to the pool, and grilling dinner outside while surrounded by lush green plants. Turn your Charleston garden into a tropical oasis with a few simple steps and these key plants.

Home gardeners near the water need to keep in mind how salt will interact and influence the health of your garden. You can enjoy beautiful views of the ocean, river, or marsh, but the plants in your yard will need to be able to tolerate the soil's salinity.

It's Christmas in July at Meeting Green! We’re making it through this hot and stormy July by reminiscing on better days full of sweaters instead of sweat. Relax in the AC this month and shop the holiday collection online.

Summer in Charleston means humid days, weekly beach trips, and streets lined with fluffy crape myrtle blooms! Crape myrtles in Charleston offer low maintenance beauty with easy summer and fall color!

Most gardeners have either given up on their garden by July, or they were smart and planted strategically for easy color through summer and fall. We're here to help you fall into that second category!

Did you know Charleston has beautiful, native hibiscus? These plants are grown for their striking, large flowers and work well in mass plantings around your landscape.

If the hard to shop for father figure in your life deserves something a little extra special this year, give him a gift for the garden!

Charleston is COVERED in purple blooms right now! These purple blooming shrubs appear similar (at first!) and are often used the same way in a landscape, but there are some key features differentiating them.