This is the Garden Guy column by Norman Winter, a horticulturist and the former director of the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens. There is a plant panic of sorts going on and it is just now May. We ...

There is a plant panic of sorts going on, and it is just May. We are just getting into planting season in the South, and I can sense an urgency to find certain plants from my Facebook followers.

A gardener harvests a persimmon from a tree. - Emilija Manevska/Getty Images The American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) tree is a great addition to an edible landscape. Its fall colors and ...

Hikers and other rural foragers welcome fall as a time of the year when persimmons are plentiful. The key to a successful wildcrafting experience, however, is making sure the persimmons gathered are ...