Spigelia marilandica, Indian pink or woodland pinkroot, is irresistible to hummingbirds and is a long-flowering native perennial perfectly at home in the shade garden. You don’t see…
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Georgia rockcress is rare and endangered, with less than an estimated 5,000 plants in existence. The known plants are spread among 28 surveyed sites, nine…
Leave a CommentThis past summer the mosquitos were brutal. A photographer standing still has no defense. I almost stepped on a four-foot long rat snake at one…
Leave a CommentThe red maple, Acer rubrum, is one of the great native trees of eastern North America. It can grow to 90 feet tall. Gardeners and…
Leave a CommentBefore covering butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa, I pass on the best butterfly weed tip I know: it emerges late in spring. It is by far…
Leave a CommentI didn’t steal any of the Euphorbia, but the Mariana ferns over at the Institute of Ecology were in constant danger of being purloined.
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Leave a CommentCephalanthus occidentalis, common buttonbush, is wild and wonderful. Buttonbush has unique one-inch diameter white spherical flowers that give the appearance of a pin cushion. Cephalanthus…
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