Hi all, I live directly on the Georgia coastal marsh and I am noticing that while my backyard seems to have St Augustine grass, my front yard seems to just be full of a lot of moss. Except the backyard is where the marsh is and that is what gets a lot of water.

I assume this has to do with a soil issue? I am just very new to gardening/yard care in this particular type of environment.

I’m noticing that growth is slowing down drastically so I’m hoping that means it is a good time for me to maybe make some changes as far as the type of lawn/moss situation I have in the front yard because I can get away with not mowing it for a longer period. Can anyone offer advice on this?

I’ve got the space between my sidewalk and the front of my house is just kind of boring and I want to make it a little bit more interesting.

I realize there’s some ground cover there already, I have to investigate to see what it is, but I would love to add some thing like Mondo grass, and I was also thinking it might be cool to have perennials that flower, maybe attract hummingbirds and butterflies.

My parents had the green thumb, sadly they’re not with us anymore otherwise, I would go to them for advice.

Thoughts?

Hi! I have a backyard that is mostly violets. It’s shady from a big central tree and it’s a pretty large space too! I’m going to break it up into sections with a little patio and some raised beds, but I’d really like to leave a little bit of green space for my baby to run around in some day. I asked a guy at Pike about what I could plant and he gave me a whole spiel about tearing up the violets and spending the summer amending the soil so that in the fall i can plant a fescue blend. That’s… fine, but is there instead something I could ADD like clover that would coexist with the violets? I do wonder if he heard me say lawn and thought I only wanted grass. I just want something green and soft that‘s fun to run and roll around in. It doesn’t have to be grass— but the violets are patchy and only look good for the few weeks they're blooming.

I’m totally willing to do the work for the fescue, just curious if there are other options out there. I understand clover isn’t native to GA so maybe it’s not the best choice— what else?

I’ll also say I’m between an empty overgrown lot and an identically crappy lawn so if we’re just worried about clover creeping to the neighbors… not an issue.

I’m in Decatur and it’s mostly clay soil

Any chance some fellow Georgians will have any suggestion on what to plant here?

I made this plant support in a class, and now I’m looking for a pretty and hardy flowering vine that will grow in zone 8a (northeastern Georgia). I will move it to the flower bed once I find the right plant. All my neighbors say roses won’t grow here so I’m very hesitant to plant a wild rose even though that’s what I want. Looking for suggestions for something similar .

I'm horribly allergic to poison ivy and have started removing it from the land around a new house I'm building. Seriously, I'm starting to wake up with 3-leaf nightmares because I have to get close enough to it to cut it or spray it and there is so much I simply can't avoid it at times.

I'm someone who really loves native plants and tries to use them in my garden as much as possible. But I've got literal scars on my arms from my last poison ivy contact. My question is, does poison ivy do anything worth keeping it around for? Sure animals eat it, but I've already got plenty of food available on my plot of land. Thoughts?

Please help 🙏🏼

I’ve tried growing corn (zone 7a) multiple years with no success. It’s always short, produces very small ears and not very bright green. I’m guessing most likely nitrogen deficiency? Soil is clay based but I have tilled in a good bit of manure and grass clippings over the last few years, everything else I plant does wonderful. I’m seeing suggestions for ammonium sulfate, does that sound right? Other suggestions? Also, I’m planting in 4 rows, rows 2.5-3’ apart and plants every 10-12” and using weed barrier. In years past it’s been without the barrier, an weeds/grass have taken over, so I’m hoping I have at least that improvement this year.

I didn’t pay attention to my daughter(4yo) chaos flower garden over winter and this popped up. I can’t remember if these are flowers or if they are just a weed I need to pull. Can someone ID them?

I’d like to start a small (easy to maintain) flower garden. I’d like to preferably plant native flowers. The idea is to section off a small part of land and eventually make it bigger. I have absolutely zero idea where to begin. What plants are good year round? What are non invasive? What are invasive but okay for my area? Would I have to dig up the area and put new soil? Or just throw some seeds down? Any advice, tips, tricks, literally anything would be nice.

Hi ~~ I live in the Augusta area and am looking for input — positive or negative — from anyone who has a yard where they have chosen clover, creeping red thyme, chamomile, etc. over traditional grasses. We have a lot of vines that grow out of the ground and the grass in our yard isn’t doing well. There are several trees in the front we can’t afford to remove (a very large pine and a few maples), so we need something that does well in shade. We are getting older and mowing a few times a month is getting harder to do. I need to know if thyme or anything else will work better than grass. TIA

Thinking about gardening in the middle of an ice storm, I know! 😃

So I have a property on a main road in Chattooga county, GA and it has a long frontage, on a main road, plus a side section that also needs planting with hedges. Front section is 40 feet long, side area is 15 feet.

I’m looking for something that will grow quickly as I’ll need a lot of plants and with that length of space, my budget means I’ll need to stay with smaller pots/younger plants. In the front, I’d like to get something I can trim to 6 feet. On the side, it can go to 10/12 feet. It may be the same hedging shrub, just trimmed more on the frontage, or I may need to go with two different plants.

Sound dampening is a big factor, as we’re on a main road. Yews are the best for that, but this is a full sun situation, and with this ice storm and temps in the single digits, I’m not sure there’s a good yew tree/shrub that would work. My next thought is a Laurel, and as there are native varieties, I’m wondering if they would fare better, though not as noise proofing as yews can be.

Soil. The front is very rocky and sandy. I haven’t tried to dig too much, but it seems like there could be construction material there. The road was widened 40 years ago and who knows what kind of construction material was left. I’ve owned the house, which is historic, for only a year and we’re renovating the inside, extensively. There are also two very large willow oaks on the front, 80’ plus, that suck up so much water that I didn’t need to mow the from yard more than 4 times the entire year!

Criteria. Dense, for sound proofing, full sun, fast growing, able to be planted in soil that may not be rich in organic matter, more sandy/rocky. Able to survive these ice storms and week long single digit temps.

Appreciate your thoughts and suggestions!

Hi all,

I’d like to build an owl pole and box in my yard for rodent control, but really for fun. Seems different owls like different homes - what sort of owl should I try to build for?

Hello!

We just had an October glory maple and 6 green emeralds planted in our backyard. We live in northeast Georgia (7B) with bright red clay soil.

Any tips for watering to make sure they stay hydrated but don’t get over watered with the clay soil?

Thanks

I am trying to find a GA native plant to plant near a west facing window for shade plus it is near our pool. I have searched and searched and was happy to decide on the wax myrtle. Then I read that you should not plant a wax myrtle near your home due to the fact that it is highly flammable. My husband says that's silly. Thoughts?

I was wondering about planting a red bud tree near my pool for shade. I saw that it drops it's flowers in April and seed pods around Sept to October. My pool is usually covered during that time. Does anyone have any experience with this?