Garden Guides

Welcome to our Garden Guide Library! If you are interested in learning more about gardening in Western North Carolina and the Southern Appalachians more broadly, you’re in the right place. Our staff have spent countless hours compiling this ever-growing body of information.

Our Garden Guides are in PDF form, so you will need appropriate software to read them.

POPULAR GARDEN GUIDES

GARDEN GUIDE LIBRARY

ANNUALS

Container Gardening

Cut Flower Gardens

Drought Tolerant Plants

BULBS

Forcing Paperwhites

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

Cut Christmas Tree

Live Christmas Tree

Forcing Paperwhites

FRUITS & NUTS

Garden Guide – Apples

Garden Guide – Blackberries

Garden Guide – Blueberries

Garden Guide – Camellia sinensis – Tea Camellia

Garden Guide – Cherries

Garden Guide – Container Citrus

Garden Guide – Elderberries

Garden Guide – Figs

Garden Guide – Grapes

Garden Guide – Hardy Kiwi

Garden Guide – Hazelnuts

Garden Guide – Mushroom Log Cultivation

Garden Guide – Pawpaws

Garden Guide – Peaches

Garden Guide – Pears

Garden Guide – Persimmons

Garden Guide – Plums & Prunes

Garden Guide – Raspberries

Garden Guide – Strawberries

HOUSEPLANTS

African Violets

Air Plants – Tillandsia

Ficus elastica ‘Burgundy’

Ficus elastica ‘Ruby’

Monstera adansonii

Monstera deliciosa

String of Pearls

NATIVE PLANTS

Native Perennials, Trees, & Shrubs

ORGANIC GARDENING

Organic Gardening Basics

Organic Late Blight Prevention

Organic Lawn Care

Rhododendrons & Azaleas – Organic Pest & Disease Management

Roses – Organic Pest & Disease Management

PERENNIALS & VINES

Butterfly Gardens

Container Gardening

Cut Flower Gardens

Drought Tolerant Plants

Heathers & Heaths

Native Perennials, Trees, & Shrubs

Perennial Bloom Time

Perennial Gardening

Perennials for Rock Gardens

Perennials for Shady Areas

Pollinator-Friendly Gardening

Wisteria (American)

ROSES

Planting Roses Successfully

Roses – Organic Pest & Disease Management

SEEDS & SOILS

Soil Amendments & Fertilizers

Soil Block Recipe

Square Foot Garden Recipe

SOLVING ISSUES

Black Walnut & Juglone

Damp Soil Areas

Drought Tolerant Plants

High Altitude Gardening

Landscape Hedge Screening Plants

Landscape Shrubs

Perennials for Shady Areas

Weatherwise Gardening – Plants That Can Cope

Winterizing Your Garden

TREES & SHRUBS

Camellia sinensis – Tea

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

High Altitude Gardening

Holly Pollination

Landscape Hedge & Screening Plants

Landscape Shrubs

Native Perennials, Trees, & Shrubs

Planting Trees & Shrubs

VEGETABLES & ROOT CROPS

Garden Guide – Asparagus

Garden Guide – Cucumbers

Garden Guide – Garlic

Garden Guide – Onions & Shallots

Garden Guide – Mushroom Log Cultivation

Garden Guide – Potatoes

Garden Guide – Salsa

Garden Guide – Sweet Potatoes

Garden Guide – Tomatoes & Peppers

Garden Guide – Tomatoes – Organic Late Blight Prevention

Garden Guide – Vegetables – Frost Tolerant

Garden Guide – Vegetable Gardening

Garden Guide – Vegetable Gardening in Fall

Garden Guide – WNC Veggie Garden Planting Dates Chart – Zone 7a

WATER GARDENING

Carnivorous – Sarracenia – Pitcher Plants

Carnivorous – Venus Flytrap

Tropical Water Lilies

Water Gardening Basics

Water Plant Care

Winterizing Your Pond & Water Garden

WILDLIFE

Bee House Maintenance

Butterfly Gardens

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

Pollinator-Friendly Gardening