You just bought a young crepe myrtle for your garden. Before you can enjoy the vibrant blooms, you need to stake it to make ...

This is the fourth in a series on Downtown Chapel Hill trees, each a guided stroll around some of the most storied and ...

A few precautions now can help nurse the landscape through possible cold damage in the coming months. Despite a trend toward warmer winters, that doesn’t mean we’re immune from a super-cold spell or ...

When fall weather arrives, it’s time to start thinking about preparing your plants for winter. Crepe myrtles are no exception. In USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 7-9, where they grow best, these ...

Abstract: The paper proposes a Complex Frequency Continuum Model (CFCM) to represent the propagation of voltage dynamics along transmission lines. The proposed CFCM is based on the concept of Complex ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about being enamored with purple flowers and the feeling of calm their presence in the garden creates. I mentioned this was not by chance, since purple is an analogous color of ...

I love pruning garden plants for the sense of accomplishment and the chance to express my whims. Funny for a guy who hasn’t had a haircut in decades, eh? Beyond removing dead or dying growth, pruning ...

Abstract: The study of uncertainty propagation is crucial in fiber optic shape sensing. Measurement noise affects the performance of the reconstructed shape. Through a Monte Carlo simulation we ...

Florida isn’t famous for its fall foliage (or lack thereof) and doesn’t cool down as quickly as more northern states do at the turn of the season, but there are still pretty leaves to see in the ...

Marshall Clegg, the former owner of Clegg's Nursery who expanded the business founded by his parents, died Oct. 20 at 82. "It is with a heavy heart that we share" his passing, the company said in an ...