The Southern Living Plant Collection focuses on ornamentals bred and tested “to solve landscape challenges in Southern gardens.” Many of the plants have unique coloring or variegation. Some are smaller versions of tried-and-true southern shrubs.

This year, the Lowe’s Hero Project will be rehab a house in Charleston for Benjamin’s Way. The project, which will be completed in seven weeks, will house up to 15 transitioning homeless people at a time. Typically, home rehab projects require many months of work. 

Soil is the foundation of the garden. It supports plant growth by providing stability, oxygen, water, temperature modification and nutrients. In fact, improving your garden’s soil might be the single most important thing you can do to set yourself up for success.

The Preservation Society of Charleston will soon launch its fall homes, history and architecture tours, which will feature several historic residences in the area. 

A leisurely stroll through the woods can be invigorating. Reconnecting with nature can cleanse worries and settle your thoughts. Sometimes, though, nature is best viewed through the safety of a screened porch.

Wallpaper has had its ups and downs over the past few decades. But lately, homeowners are taking a fresh look at wallpaper as a decorating option, thanks to updated designs, expanded choices and new technologies.

The new pet will never replace the one you lost but they will create their own place in your home and heart.

Most of us want to walk gently on this earth. Except for when it comes to vermin and termites and pests, and then we want to stomp hard.

The Walsh family needed enough getaway space to fit their four children and five grandchildren. 

An easily grown annual native to South America, cleome (Cleome hassleriana, synonym C. pungens, C. spinosa) is a favorite in Southern gardens. The delicate pink, rose, purple, white or bicolor spider-like flowers, along with the spidery seedpods, give it the common name, spider flower. It grows best in average, well-drained soils and in full sun to light shade. Somewhat drought tolerant, cleome will benefit from watering during periods of little rainfall. Many new dwarf hybrid cultivars (Cleome hybrida) have been bred for more compact growth habits and prolific blooms.

Frank Lloyd Wright enthusiasts will soon have a chance to tour one of his two home designs in South Carolina. Tickets to visit Auldbrass Plantation in Yemassee will go on sale at 9 a.m. Aug. 9. The tour will be Nov. 10 and 11. 

One real estate expert is helping African-American clients find homes. 

At the height of summer, start thinking about planting your fall garden. 

Termite bonds are one measure homeowners can take to fend off the pesky insects, but sometimes the agreements aren't read thoroughly enough.

For the first time in more than 300 years, Middleton Place will be managed by someone who’s not part of the family.

The students spent two weeks building a house that will house interns on a nearby educational farm run by a former Wando teacher.

On Lowcountry summer days, many locals retreat from the oppressive heat by staying inside cool buildings surrounded by their own comforts and electronic distractions. Others, like certified Clemson Extension Master Gardener Patty Miller, find happiness outside coated in sunscreen and potting…

As someone who has been working with imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, in a research-based capacity since 2001, I have heard many home remedies sworn to control fire ants.