Making It Grow Minutes
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Gardening and horticulture news and tips, as well as agricultural information from Amanda McNulty, the host of SCETV's "Making It Grow" and Clemson University Extension Agent. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.
Making It Grow Minutes
5d ago
Mountain Laurel has a fascinating pattern of twisting and turning branches, very decorative to look at but hard to maneuver through ..read more
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5d ago
A relative of our beloved mountain laurel is Kalmia angustifolia, called white wicky or sheepkill ..read more
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1w ago
Although the common name of Kalmia latifolia is mountain laurel, you can find this handsome evergreen native plant growing, often in thickets, from the mountains to the sea, including on South Carolina's Fort Jackson ..read more
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1w ago
Kalmia Gardens in Hartsville was the creation of Mrs. D. R. Coker, affectionately called "Miss May ..read more
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1w ago
At Kalmia Gardens, a northern type of mountain laurel, galax, and a specific witch hazel have persisted in that unusual ecosystem ..read more
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2w ago
Cicadas are native to our area and have been coexisting with their ecosystems for eons and eons ..read more
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2w ago
Residents of the Palmetto State won’t have to go too far to experience the emergence of maybe a billion periodic cicadas ..read more
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2w ago
When Thomas Jefferson was president, there was an event that is finally repeating itself this year -- a concurrent emergence of two specific broods of periodic cicadas; and it won’t happen again until about another two hundred years ..read more
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3w ago
Unlike some people these days, cicadas don’t have dating apps; they use sound to find a mate ..read more
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1M ago
The South Carolina Botanical Garden is a treasure located on the campus of Clemson University ..read more