Making It Grow Minutes
Mon-Sat, throughout the day
Amanda McNulty of Clemson University’s Extension Service and host of ETV’s six-time Emmy Award-winning show, Making It Grow, offers gardening tips and techniques.
Making It Grow Minutes are produced by South Carolina Public Radio, in partnership with Clemson University's Extension Service.
Latest Episodes
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At first glance, the blossoms of a black locust tree can be mistaken for white wisteria. -
If done at the wrong time of the year, cut-stumping wisteria can strangle the trees they’re wrapped around.
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Native wistaria (Wisteria frutescens), also known as "swamp wisteria," isn’t as showy as its invasive cousins and blooms later.
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Wisteria doesn't just strangle trees, it can completely obscure the ground below from sunlight, creating a dark dead zone.
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Amanda McNulty says you can spell it "wisteria" or "wistaria," but please don't plant it.
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One plant, two spellings. Host Amanda McNulty explains what information you'll discover online based on how you type the name of this blooming vine.
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Amanda McNulty explains the difference between yellow jessamine and swamp jessamine.
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If you’re new to the South, you need to know that yellow jessamine is extremely poisonous.
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If you’ve ever tried to pull yellow jessamine out by the roots, you’ll understand the nickname “poor man’s rope.”
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Sometimes, yellow jessamine blooms in conjunction with Asian azaleas, but this year, it jumped the gun.
