I talk a lot in these columns and in my gardening classes about landscape plants that have various elements of aesthetic interest and about plants that are weird, unusual or uniquely noteworthy. It ...

Southern yew is a common landscape plant in coastal South Carolina. This tough plant tolerates salt, part shade and periods of drought and is deer-resistant, probably because the seeds and leaves are ...

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