Published September 20, 2015 Chasing color Here in the mountains of North Carolina once the fall foliage season begins there are many chances to see the annual show. […]
Published July 6, 2017 Rare Beauty For a few weeks in early summer, Gray’s lily brightens mountains in North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. They grow on grassy balds, […]
Published August 20, 2015 Night Magic. This giant silk moth, Polyphemus, is named for the mythical Cyclops because of their startlingly large eyespots. This confuses predators into thinking […]
Published July 15, 2015 False hydrangea When living in the Pacific Northwest, I fell in love with this distant hydrangea relative, Deinanthe caerulea, at a local nursery. It […]