Charleston Real Estate Blog

Although I'm not a professional landscaper, I do enjoy gardening. But I can't help but wonder who some businesses and homeowners hire to do their landscaping when you see a crepe myrtle hacked like this well before it was time to prune back the tree. And there is a name for it because it's far too common. Crepe Murder.

There was a wonderful photo and article by Robert Behre in the Post and Courier about Magnolia Plantation and Gardens that reaffirms what most of us have known for a long time, that Magnolia is indeed a historical treasure.

The quintessential flowers of the Southern Magnolia are in bloom both in Charleston gardens and throughout the Charleston area and I caught this photo the other day. You can learn more about Southern Magnolias here.

Who is reading the Charleston real estate blog. To my surprise, my wife mentioned she read the post last Monday featuring our bridal veil in full bloom and our knock out roses just starting to bloom. What a difference a week makes and Polly wanted me to take a new picture of all the blooms. The roses will be spectacular until the ...

Growing up in the Midwest, scenes of the magnificent foliage from The Masters in Augusta always signaled that spring would be coming soon to the North. But having lived in the Carolinas for most of the past 20 years affords us the opportunity to enjoy a long and beautiful spring, always the most wonderful season of the year in Charleston. So ...

While the winter weather in Charleston today is expected to be more like spring with sunshine and highs in the 70's, the winter foliage and colorful blooms would still be spectacular even with more normal weather conditions. Many visitors and those who are considering relocation to Charleston are amazed at just how beautiful it is ...

... with new geraniums on my front porch. A last look at the past ...    Longtime readers will know that I enjoy posting pictures of my garden and one of my favorites are the geraniums we've nurtured for the past 4 years. But this spring, they just became pot bound and spiny and we've had to replace them. On those few colder ...