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A close-up photo of seedlings of kale & mustard growing together and ready for harvest.

Microgreens for Macro-Satisfaction

If you’re short on space but still want to grow delicious and nutritious vegetables for the table, consider giving microgreens a try. You don’t need a big vegetable garden, and you don’t have to…

Fairy garde in a birdbath dish featuring a miniature arbor and greenhouse.

Plants for Fairy Gardens

Fairy gardens are a great way to involve children in gardening, and helping younsters select plants for their fairy gardens just got easier. Here at the NC Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox, we’ve…

Close-up on a bouquet of variously colored roses.

The Plant Toolbox Is Coming Up Roses

Roses are some of the most popular ornamental shrubs and climbers in North Carolina and throughout the world. Who doesn’t love their elegance, their perfume and their overall garden-worthiness? No…

North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox homepage with search box and featured plants

Tip for Searching the Plant Toolbox with Tags

Search the Plant Toolbox using "Tags"to pull up specific plant lists Click on the search box and type in a keyword describing what you are looking for including plant traits, classes, plant sales,…

Screen shop of Tomato palnt profile on plants.ces.ncsu.edu

Tip for Finding Quick Answers on the Plant Toolbox

Look up a plant to find quick access to Plants it is often confused with Plants that fill a similar niche (plants that share many of the same tags) Common Insect and Disease Problems with links to…

Screenshots of Toolbox on mobile phone

Tip for Putting a Shortcut to the Plant Toolbox on your home screen

You can add a shortcut to the plant toolboxon the home screen of yourapple or android phoneor on your desktop computer.

Screen shot of plants.ces.ncu.edu opened on phone in horizontal position

Using the Plant Toolbox on Your Phone Just Got Easier!

When you are looking at the Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox on a cell phone in a vertical position the menus stay closed except when you click to open it. On the left screen, the menus are closed.…

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Create a Customized Planting List for Spring

Learn to use all the tools embedded in the toolbox to help you select the perfect plant for your landscape. To create a shopping list: go to the profile page for a desired plant scroll down just…