Cucumis sativusCucumbers are annual plants, and while they are considered to be a vegetable, technically we enjoy eating their delicately-flavored immature fruits. Made of 95% water and with a substantial dose of Vitamin K, the hydrating, cooling effect of cucumbers...
Reems Creek Nursery is proud to sponsor Bee City-Asheville’s 2024 Pollination Celebration!June is Pollinator Month, and Bee City-Asheville celebrates pollinators with an entire month packed full of pollinator-related events.A little background: Did you know that Bee...
We’ve been getting lots of questions about the upcoming Periodical Cicada situation. Let’s talk about it! Here in WNC we will experience Brood XIX. These are different from our normal annual cicadas which normally awake in June and serenade us in summer; notably they...
Fluctuating spring temperatures are part of living in the Southern Appalachian mountains. Dogwood Winter happens every spring. It is a cold snap that usually happens when the local Dogwoods have started to bloom, but after some of your tender plants have started to...
Let’s talk about apples! Apples come in a surprising range of flavors, textures, and colors. What you are able to find at the grocery store is a very limited selection of what is available in the apple world. However, if you have space to plant a few trees, you can...
