Making It Grow Minutes

Wisteria doesn't just strangle trees, it can completely obscure the ground below from sunlight, creating a dark dead zone.

Amanda McNulty says you can spell it "wisteria" or "wistaria," but please don't plant it.

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.

Amanda McNulty explains the difference between yellow jessamine and swamp jessamine.

If you’re new to the South, you need to know that yellow jessamine is extremely poisonous.

If you’ve ever tried to pull yellow jessamine out by the roots, you’ll understand the nickname “poor man’s rope.”

Sometimes, yellow jessamine blooms in conjunction with Asian azaleas, but this year, it jumped the gun.

Amanda McNulty explains why yellow jessamine was selected in 1924 as our state flower.

Dandelions have long tap roots, and unless you get almost all of them out, they merrily grow right back.

Early settlers to the New World brought dandelion seeds with them to have a source of vitamin-rich greens.

Though dandelions are sometimes considered a pest, their prolific growth does have some ecological benefits.

Dandelions grow everywhere, except in Antarctica.

Though there are a wide variety of types of greens, Amanda McNulty explains why some are her favorites, while others fall short.

We now revere and protect our sea turtles, but it was not always this way.

The SC Department of Natural Resources hotline is live 24/7

The South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston can save sea turtles suffering from various complaints.

All litter flows downstream, into storm drains, creeks, lakes, and massive amounts end up in the ocean.

Amanda McNulty explains what to do if you observe a sea turtle that looks injured or ill.

The structural weakness of sycamores is a boon to a variety of animals.

Sycamores not only tend to lose limbs, which makes nesting sites for bats, birds, and mammals, but they also tend to rot from the inside, leaving open spaces at their base.