Terms of endearment: Understand common gardening jargon
A clump of blanketflower, or Gaillardia pulchella, blooms at Cape Lookout. Photo: Heather Brameyer As with any interest or hobby, gardening has its own vernacular. Plants have unique names, sometimes specific to localities, such as the shrub we around this part of the coast call “myrkle,” otherwise known as Southern wax myrtle. That’s where the…
