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Growing Azaleas in Louisiana: Plant For Success

Blooming Beauties: A Guide to Azaleas in Southeast Louisiana Spring in Southeast Louisiana is synonymous with vibrant color, and no flower exemplifies the season quite like the azalea. These stunning shrubs, with their flush of beautiful blooms, are a cornerstone of our landscapes. At Louisiana Nursery, we’re passionate about helping you cultivate thriving azaleas that

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Critter Corner: Lichen

A volcano at sea heaves up magma from the center of the earth. It cools into bare rock, the latest patch of land on the planet. Time passes and passes, and improbably life takes hold here. The sea beats against it, little shellfish and crustaceans crawl along its margins, seabirds pause to rest. The island

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Critter Corner: Goldfinch

Preparing for winter looks different for different people. For the squirrels, it meansrunning across my roof all night, stuffing extra leaves into their dreys for extra insulation.Aquatic animals go to deeper waters, reptiles slow down the metabolisms, and trees drop theirleaves and shut off sap flow. For my family, our recent surprise snowstorm meant wrappingpipes

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Critter Corner: Moles

Moles: Digging Deep The pine needles are crunching underfoot as my mom and I weave through Mt. Zion Cemetery on a clear January day. We are photographing tombstones for Find-A-Grave, a database used by amateur historians and genealogists like my mother. She takes a special interest in rural, undocumented cemeteries and I am, as always,

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Critter Corner: Cardinals

It’s gray and muggy outside. The trees are dropping their leaves and the days aresomehow still getting shorter. The holiday gauntlet is ramping up as presents need to bewrapped, cookies baked, and family gatherings planned. Walking my faithful dog aroundthe neighborhood always clears my head and lifts my spirits, so we hit the sidewalks. Asshe

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Critter Corner: Skinks

Skinkies!: Using Clues to Identify Last week I was talking with Beau, Louisiana Nursery’s Digital Media Manager, about what I should write about. He told me he had found a small nest with four eggs in his house and wondered what could have laid them. I was pretty sure it wasn’t a bird but reptiles

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