When you are wandering through local garden centers to choose new plants for your garden, how do you know what will thrive here in Transylvania County? The Master Gardeners have an exhibition bed in the demonstration gardens behind the Silvermont Mansion in Brevard that suggests what not to plant and offers several better alternatives.
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