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Southern Gardening offers weekly gardening tips for Mississippi growers interested in lawn, garden, flowers, and all types of horticulture. The show features Dr. Eddie Smith, a gardening specialist and Pearl River County coordinator with the Mississippi State University Extension Service.

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Bleeding Heart Vine, February 2025

Bleeding Heart Vine

February 13, 2025

Are you looking for gift for your plant-loving valentine?

Philodendrons, February 2025

Philodendrons

February 6, 2025

Are you looking for some plants to add to your indoor spaces?

Lichen, January 2025

Lichen

January 30, 2025

Throughout the year I get calls about grey fuzzy stuff growing on plants and killing them.

Colorful Evergreen Shrubs, January 2025

Colorful Evergreen Shrubs

January 23, 2025

Today Southern Gardening is back at the Flower Bed Nursery in Lumberton, MS admiring some of their colorful evergreen shrubs.

Sweet Olive, January 2025

Sweet Olive

January 16, 2025

Today Southern Gardening is at the Flower Bed Nursery in Lumberton, MS admiring their Sweet Olive trees.

Southern Gardening Articles

A cluster of white flowers have red centers.
- Filed Under: Flower Gardens

As we approach Valentine’s Day, you may be searching for the perfect gift for your plant-loving Valentine. I recommend you consider a Bleeding Heart vine celebrated for its beautiful flowers, which perfectly symbolize love and passion.

A plant has large green leaves with white edges and stripes.
- Filed Under: Flower Gardens

Philodendrons are indoor plants that seem to tell their own story with unique colors, textures and shapes. I recently felt inspired by varieties that made me imagine how they could enhance different spaces in my home and garden.

A tree branch is covered by three kinds of grayish-green patches.
- Filed Under: Flower Gardens

Throughout the year, I often receive calls from concerned individuals about gray, fuzzy growths appearing on plants that seem to be causing harm. The culprit that raises the alarm is usually lichen.

A shrub with yellow-edged leaves grows from a large, blue pot.
- Filed Under: Flower Gardens

While searching for colorful evergreen shrubs to enhance my landscape, I discovered two exceptional options at The Flower Bed Nursery in Lumberton, Mississippi: Juliet Cleyera and Miss Lemon Abelia.

A tree grows above a white fence.
- Filed Under: Flower Gardens

I recently visited The Flower Bed Nursery in Lumberton, Mississippi, where I admired a magnificent Sweet Olive tree that stood gracefully at the entrance.

Known scientifically as Osmanthus fragrans, it is often called the fragrant tea olive. This plant is one of my favorite evergreen shrubs or small trees, cherished for its intensely sweet, jasmine-like fragrance and its polished, sophisticated appearance.

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