Putting on quite a show now is the little-known Chinese crape myrtle species, Lagerostroemia limii. In the wild, this lowland species is only found in the Chinese provinces of Fujian, Hubei, and Zhejiang. Unlike, Lagerostroemia indica and L. faureii which have smooth bark, this species has rough, furrowed bark. The leaves are also many times larger […]
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Just finishing up its flowering show in the garden is the baptisia cousin, Pediomelum piedmontanum ‘Columbia’, commonly known as Dixie breadroot. Commonly, probably isn’t exactly the right word, since this southeast native is anything but common. In fact, it’s only known from three counties, one in Georgia, and two in South Carollina, hence a G1
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Borrowing the tag line from the late Fred Rodgers, we’re searching for someone who wants to be our neighbor. The family of our recently deceased next door neighbor is putting their parents former home up for sale, which abuts JLBG. The 5.28 acre wooded property at 9257 Sauls Road, is mostly wooded, and includes a
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As the late marketeer of fake entertainment, David Hannum, once said, when referring to a P.T. Barnum knockoff of his own fake “Cardiff Man”, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” That saying is never more true with the countless fake plant images popping up on Internet sales sites. Although they’re not the only site, the
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This combination recently caught our eye, where we planted the variegated tiger lily, Lilium lancifolium ‘Fukurin Fu’ in the midst of Clematis ‘Rain Dance’.
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Looking lovely in the garden now is the Japanese selection of Osmanthus heterophyllus, known as ‘Goshiki’. The Japanese translation of Goshiki is literally, five colors, which accurately describes the intricate patterning and color changes in the foliage. The evergreen shrub, itself, is native to Japan, Korea, and into Taiwan. As the new growth emerges in
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Putting on quite a show this week is the native bog orchid, Calopogon tuberosus…aka: grass pink. In the wild, these have a huge native range, from Canada south to Florida. Loving the same growing conditions as sarracenia (pitcher plants), they thrive here in full sun, in a bed of 50% peat/sand. If you have time
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Looking absolutely elegant in a crevice garden seep is the native Carex echinata. Although star sedge is quite common from Maine to Minnesota, it’s quite rare in NC. This is seed grown from a population in the mountainous Alleghany County, NC, although it’s thriving in our coastal plain garden. In the wild, this clump former
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This year marks our first flowering of the Mediterranean Alp native, Lilium pomponium. This lily is native to dry, rocky, alkaline soils, and has been right at home in our crevice rock garden. It’s probably good, however, that we didn’t read how difficult it is to grow before we tried it. These are now three
