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...

By Alice Marty, Mobile County Master Gardener www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org While gazing out the window at a part of our lawn that...

By Carol Dorsey, Mobile County Master Gardener www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org With year-round growing, area gardeners will notice...

By Jack Lecroy, Regional Extension Agent Podocarpus is a very versatile shrub or tree, depending on what type of plant you are looking...

By Barbara Boone, Mobile County Master Gardener www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org So, finally, it is here. The kids are soon out of...

Geraniums - Give These Heirlooms a Second Glance! By Mary Townsley What's not to like about Geraniums, annuals that sport bright sassy...

By Jacob Kelley, Regional Extension Agent, Alabama Cooperative Extension System www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org As a regional...

By Don Fry,Mobile County Master Gardener, www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org Our garden beds can be wonderful places to grow flowers,...

By Harry Surline, President, Mobile County Master Gardeners www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org Every other week, Lagniappe includes a...

By Mary Townsley Louisiana irises are native perennials found throughout the Gulf Coast and the Mississippi Valley. The five species of...

By Carol Dorsey, Mobile County Master Gardener, www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org Whether you call it chayote, vegetable pear, cho-cho,...

By Della Schultz, Mobile County Master Gardener, www.mobilecountymastergardeners.org I grow herbs. I grow them very well, I might add!...

by Carol Williams Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia (5-leafed), in the grape family (Vitaceae) is a broad-leaf vine found...