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PETRICHOR

WORD OF THE WEEK

[PEH· truh· kor]

The distinct, pleasant, earthy smell of rain on dry soil. Coined in the 1960’s, it’s a relatively new word for a very old process. It defines the scent caused by a mix of plant oils, soil bacteria, and ozone released into the air when raindrops hit the ground. Join us for the next best facsimile--stepping in to our greenhouse this spring after a long dry winter! Pure magic!

Recommended Resources

A full list of native plants available at Painters Greenhouse in 2025.

Native Plants List 2025

A full list of native plants available at Painters Greenhouse in 2025.

Reduce weed problems and watering needs by learning to mulch properly.

Guide to Mulching

Reduce weed problems and watering needs by learning to mulch properly.

A powerpoint from NC State Extension on plant recommendations (including live stake installation) for streamside forests, vegetated areas, and riparian buffers.

Backyard Streambank Repair

A powerpoint from NC State Extension on plant recommendations (including live stake installation) for streamside forests, vegetated areas,
and riparian buffers.

Find the average last spring freeze date or first average fall freeze for your neck of the woods!

Spring and Fall Freeze Dates in NC

Find the average last spring freeze date or first average fall freeze for your neck of the woods!

Food sources for caterpillars during their larval stage. A great list from the NC Native Plant Society.

Native Host Plants for Butterfly Gardens

Food sources for caterpillars during their larval stage. A great list from the NC Native Plant Society.

Low Flammability Native Plants for use with Firewise Landscaping. Updated 2025.

Native Plants for Firewise Landscaping

Low Flammability Native Plants for use with Firewise Landscaping. Updated 2025.

The Gardening Portal at NC State University provides access to a wealth of information, events, and resources for gardeners in North Carolina.

NC State Extension Resources

The Gardening Portal at NC State University provides access to a wealth of information, events, and resources for gardeners in North Carolina.

NC Native Plant Society list of alternatives to invasive and harmful ornamental plants that are still sold in NC.

Harmful Ornamentals & Alternative Options

NC Native Plant Society list of alternatives to invasive and harmful ornamental plants that are still sold in NC.

NC Native Plant Society's compilation of favorite native ferns!

Favorite Native Ferns for NC Gardens

NC Native Plant Society's compilation of favorite native ferns!

Explore North Carolina's top 25 native pollinator plants.

Native Pollinator Plants for NC

Explore North Carolina's top 25 native pollinator plants.

Audubon society's 700 Bird-Friendly Native Plants for North Carolina

Bird Friendly Native Plants

Audubon society's 700 Bird-Friendly Native Plants for North Carolina

Everything you need to know to plan your vegetable garden. Including where and how and when to plant, companion plants, harvest times, and more!

Vegetable Gardening Handout

Everything you need to know to plan your vegetable garden. Including where and how and when to plant, companion plants, harvest times, and more!

Struggling with garden pests? Check out this helpful handout from Painters Greenhouse.

Pest Identification and Treatment

Struggling with garden pests? Check out this helpful handout from Painters Greenhouse.

Step-by-step directions on how to use worms for composting, creating an improved fertilizer and soil amendment that can even deter pests. From the NC State Extension.

Worms Can Recycle Your Garbage

Step-by-step directions on how to use worms for composting, creating an improved fertilizer and soil amendment that can even deter pests. From the NC State Extension.

A Painters Greenhouse handout covering the basics of how to plant shrubs and trees as well as our plant guarantee for such items.

Tree & Shrubs Planting Guidelines

A Painters Greenhouse handout covering the basics of how to plant shrubs and trees as well as our plant guarantee for such items.

Tips on planting, speedy screening, and plants for sun and shade.

Shrubs & Trees for Privacy Screens & Barriers

Tips on planting, speedy screening, and plants for sun and shade.

To help with your streambank restoration. Plants available at Painters 2025

Native Plants Suitable for Streambank Restoration

To help with your streambank restoration. Plants available at Painters 2025

Featuring plants that can naturalize small areas by suckering roots; plants that have a tendency to spread by self-sowing; and those that have deep fibrous roots that hold banks.

Plants for Erosion Control

Featuring plants that can naturalize small areas by suckering roots; plants that have a tendency to spread by self-sowing; and those that have deep fibrous roots that hold banks.

Listed by first bloom time for McDowell County, NC and how much pollen or nectar the plant produces.

Ideal Plants for a Honeybee Pasture

Listed by first bloom time for McDowell County, NC and how much pollen or nectar the plant produces.

Check out this Firewise Landscaping handout from NC State Extension covering plant choice, plant maintenance, and plant placement.

Firewise Landscaping in North Carolina

Check out this Firewise Landscaping handout from NC State Extension covering plant choice, plant maintenance, and plant placement.

NC Botanical Garden's basic steps to ensure a wonderful garden for both you and native pollinators.

Creating your Pollinator Garden

NC Botanical Garden's basic steps to ensure a wonderful garden for both you and native pollinators.

Great visual guide to diseases on indoor plants.

Houseplant Pest ID & Treatment

Great visual guide to diseases on indoor plants.

Try this to calculate the soil needed to fill your raised beds or planters.

Soil Calculator

Try this to calculate the soil needed to fill your raised beds or planters.

NC Native Plant Society's list of perennial plants that all attract pollinators, provide a food source, and are available commercially.

NC Native Plants by Season and Color

NC Native Plant Society's list of perennial plants that all attract pollinators, provide a food source, and are available commercially.

Monarchs require milkweed during all stages of their life cycle. Learn what other plants help support this endangered pollinator.

Support Monarch Butterflies

Monarchs require milkweed during all stages of their life cycle. Learn what other plants help support this endangered pollinator.

Painters Greenhouse guide to growing edibles in raised beds and containers.

Edibles in Small Spaces

Painters Greenhouse guide to growing edibles in raised beds and containers.

Gardening guide with water conservation in mind, including ideas for low-maintenance plantings, easy ways to set up automatic watering, and saving water on your lawns.

Gardening in a Drought

Gardening guide with water conservation in mind, including ideas for low-maintenance plantings, easy ways to set up automatic watering, and saving water on your lawns.

In depth composting handout from the NC Cooperative Extension Service.

Backyard Composting

In depth composting handout from the NC Cooperative Extension Service.

A National Wildlife Federation list of Top Keystone Plant Genera in Eastern Temperate Forests - Ecoregion 8

Keystone Plants for WNC

A National Wildlife Federation list of Top Keystone Plant Genera in Eastern Temperate Forests - Ecoregion 8

Marginal aquatics plants thrive in shallow water near the edges of ponds and water gardens. Rain garden plants prefer wet to moist soil and can handle occasional standing water.

Marginal Aquatics and Rain Garden Plants

Marginal aquatics plants thrive in shallow water near the edges of ponds and water gardens. Rain garden plants prefer wet to moist soil and can handle occasional standing water.

Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation's handout on nesting and overwintering habitat for pollinators and other beneficial insects.

Nest Sites and Overwintering Habitat

Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation's handout on nesting and overwintering habitat for pollinators and other beneficial insects.

A great month-by-month calendar from Sow True Seed about what garden chores to tackle when!

Zone 7 Garden Calendar

A great month-by-month calendar from Sow True Seed about what garden chores to tackle when!

Painters' Picks for groundcovers in sun, shade, or a bit of both. Shrubs and herbaceous plants.

Groundcovers We Love

Painters' Picks for groundcovers in sun, shade, or a bit of both. Shrubs and herbaceous plants.

A Painters Greenhouse most often requested list! From plants that deer generally resist to plants that deer LOVE. Check it out if you have these furry neighbors!

Deer Resistant Plants

A Painters Greenhouse most often requested list! From plants that deer generally resist to plants that deer LOVE. Check it out if you have these furry neighbors!

Search for over 25,198 native plants by scientific or common name or family of plant in this database from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center with photos.

Native Plants Database

Search for over 25,198 native plants by scientific or common name or family of plant in this database from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center with photos.

NC gallery of plants, including some common roadside plants--some native, some alien (or exotic). Many of the alien plants are invasive and merit attention to avoid planting.

NC Native Plant Society Plant Gallery

NC gallery of plants, including some common roadside plants--some native, some alien (or exotic). Many of the alien plants are invasive and merit attention to avoid planting.

Extended list of forage and host plants for bees, butterflies, and moths.

Native Pollinator Plants by Season

Extended list of forage and host plants for bees, butterflies, and moths.

Click to join the cities and campuses across the country rallying to protect pollinators and create positive change.

Bee City USA

Click to join the cities and campuses across the country rallying to protect pollinators and create positive change.

Don't hide the vegetable garden! Edible landscaping offers an alternative to conventional residential landscapes by incorporating edible components.

Edible Landscaping

Don't hide the vegetable garden! Edible landscaping offers an alternative to conventional residential landscapes by incorporating edible components.

Want to repel mosquitos naturally? Interested in making your own herbals tea? Want to learn about the medicinal benefits of some common herbs? Check out this Painters handout.

The Many Benefits of Herbs

Want to repel mosquitos naturally? Interested in making your own herbals tea? Want to learn about the medicinal benefits of some common herbs? Check out this Painters handout.

Information on supporting native birds and creating habitat corridors for them. Be part of the movement by growing native plants in your yard!

Guide to a Bird-Friendly Backyard

Information on supporting native birds and creating habitat corridors for them. Be part of the movement by growing native plants in your yard!

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