By: Robin Krchak, Mobile Botanical Gardens Executive Director Editor’s Note: Among the devoted volunteers at MBG are many Mobile County...

By Alice Marty, Mobile County Master Gardener, www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org Every hobby has its fair share of myths and legends,...

by Barbara Boone As a child, I remember these maroon flowers appearing on a medium-sized shrub my grandmother called Sweet Shrub. Because...

By MaryJo Broussard, Mobile County Master Gardener, www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org Hydrangea is an iconic flower in our Southern...

By Jeremiah “Pepper” Woolsey, Mobile County Master Gardener, www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org In the past few years, interest in...

By Jack Lecroy, Regional Extension Agent Farfugium japonicum, or the tractor seat plant as some call it, is a great addition for a shady...

By Barbara Boone, Mobile County Master Gardener www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org . . . or at least enough light to get vegetable and...

By Carol Williams Over a thousand species of plants, each with its own color and texture of flowers, leaves, and growth habit, define the...

By Jennifer McDonald, Mobile County Master Gardener www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org It is a foggy dawn in a murky bog, and an unseen...

By John Olive, Retired Director, AU Ornamental Horticultural Research Center, www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org As the days grow...

By Dr. Judy Stout, Mobile County Master Gardener, www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org Master Gardeners often receive requests for...

By Melissa Wold, Mobile County Master Gardener, www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org A trip to Greece last year included the requisite...

By Mary Townsley Aloe vera (Barbados aloe) is one of the few species of aloe with purported medicinal properties. However, some aloes are...

By Alice Marty, Mobile County Master Gardener, www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org A new landscape trend seems to be in mode around town....

By Mary Townsley, Mobile County Master Gardener, www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org Q: My [back, knees, hands, or … ] don’t work like...

By Mobile County Master Gardener Alice Marty Bulbs in the Lycoris family are known by many names: Spider lily, Surprise lily,...

By Mary Townsley, Mobile County Master Gardener, www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org Succulent … juicy, right? When referring to food,...

By Jennifer McDonald, Mobile County Master Gardener There are few summer treats more delicious than a salty, buttery ear of fresh-picked...

By John Olive, Retired Director, AU Ornamental Horticultural Research Center, www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org Q1: My tomatoes were...

By Barbara Boone, Mobile County Master Gardener www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org Have you ever taken a glance around your outside...