Rhododendrons are beloved flowering shrubs known for their spectacular clusters of blooms and glossy, dark green leaves.

That’s Brevard, North Carolina for you – a mountain town where white squirrels roam free and waterfalls cascade around every ...

The Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, just a mile from downtown, offers hiking trails that lead to the highest point ...

Don't settle for ordinary shrubs when deciding what to plant in your yard. These new and improved cultivars are a step above the rest. There was a time when shrubs were practically an afterthought, ...

If you are in the market for ground cover plants, try any of these low-growing, flowers for shade, sun, or drought resistance ...

Trees provide essential structure while adding their own unique beauty to the landscape. Discover gorgeous flowering trees ...

Home & Garden It’s prime time for these plants, and they deserve a spot in your landscape By Neil Sperry Special to the Star-Telegram Updated June 6, 2025 8:15 AM ...

Local beekeepers can experience purple honey one year and not the next. Lawrence says he has “extracted thousands of frames of honey” and has only seen it once, on a customer's property seven years ...

Flooding and landslides toppled trees and demolished homes and businesses. Debris still sits in piles dotting the landscape, and in some areas, people who lost their homes live in tents and RVs.

This means winter temperatures average from 10F to 15F and -10F to -5F. Most of North Carolina falls under zone 8, but parts of western NC and areas in the mountains fall under zone 7 or even zone 6.

In a quiet corner of North Carolina, bees produce a violet-hued honey so rare and unpredictable that even experts can't explain it – and that's what makes it magical. In the Sandhills region of ...

Don Dees, who owns and operates Dees Bees Apiary in nearby Aberdeen, North Carolina, has purple honey on his website, but it's sold out. It's impossible to pre-sale for this year's harvest since ...