Published April 30, 2020 Mayapple Flowers Mayapple Flowers- The first sign of mayapples are the leaves that rise up like closed umbrellas, and as they open it appears […]
Published August 11, 2016 Butterfly Gardening Butterfly Gardening. The North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville has 434 acres, with over 10 miles of trails winding through forests. I […]
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 June 28, 2015 Appalachian summer Driving over the mountains from Tennessee to North Carolina today I stopped a few times to admire the summer clouds and mountains. […]