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 […]
Published August 30, 2015 Cardinal flower These flowers have recently started to bloom along my creek, where they attract butterflies and especially hummingbirds to their brilliant red blossoms. […]
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 September 22, 2015 Ant Talk I have enjoyed watching ants since I can remember. When very young I was convinced I had trained ants to respond to […]