The Original Mystery Plant
Dr. John Nelson
      The Mystery Plant blooms during the winter. Blooming in the cold months is risky, but there are some advantages. Presumably, late or winter- blooming plants don't have to compete pollinators The Mystery Plant is a perennial herb that blooms from October into December and sometimes as late as Janu...
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The Star's garden pick
Randy and Hope Dunlap's mountain garden home in Little Switzerland, North Carolina
     Show us your garden! Send a picture of your garden to The Columbia Star, PO Box 5955, Columbia, SC 29250. Email digital photos (jpeg 300 dpi) to mimim@sc.rr.com. 771-0219
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Investing in the garden
Stopping to smell the flowers
Arlene Marturano marturanoa@ yahoo.com
      After 42 years in banking, Audrey Howell finds investing more time and energy in her garden pays high dividends. Howell's personal portfolio consists of being a wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and career woman.
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