With natives often more drought- and heat-tolerant than non-native plants, and with longer periods of dry, hot weather forecast for North Carolina in coming decades, they could be a hardier bet ...

The number hovers around 14 percent. That's how many plants sold in North Carolina are considered native. Horticulturists, researchers, state Sen. Bill Rabon, R-Brunswick, and now Gov. Roy Cooper ...

These include everything from your vegetable garden to your flowers. Some plants are native to North Carolina, and some need love to flourish and thrive. The weather and season are also ...

Brad Jones found the best plants for your garden are always ones that are Made in North Carolina. We stopped by the Guilford County Farm in Gibsonville to learn more about native plants – ones ...

The second, and final, native plant sale of 2025 for the Blue Ridge Chapter of the NC Native Plant Society will be Saturday June 21 at the Daniel Boone Native Gardens, located at 651 Horn in the West ...

“It is a teachable moment for our communities that the natural North Carolina ecological footprint is thriving!” If you want to put more native plants in your own yard, the garden curator at ...

HIGH COUNTRY — The Blue Ridge Chapter of the NC Native Plant Society is announcing the dates for their two annual native plant sales. The sales will be held on Saturday, May 17, and Saturday ...

North Carolina’s population growth may be good for the state’s economy, but at the same time could spell trouble for endangered plant species such as the carnivorous Venus flytrap, according ...