The
Absentee
Gardener
Go, get out in it.
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SPRING
🔗 Trilium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
🔗 Stylophorum diphyllum – Wood Poppy
🔗 Arisaema triphyllum – Jack in the Pulpit
🔗 Viola pedata – Big Foot Violet
SUMMER
🔗 Anemonoides quinquefolia – Wood Anemone
🔗 Lirodendron tulipifera – Tulip Poplar
🔗 Geranium carolinianum – Carolina Cranesbill
🔗 Gentiana clausa – Closed Bottle Gentian
AUTUMN
🔗 Liatris helleri – Heller’s Blazing Star
🔗 Cirsium carolinianum – Carolina Thistle
🔗 Symphyotrichum grandiflora – Big Headed Aster
🔗 Anemone virginiana – Timbleweed
What I do
Make
Meet flowers of the High Country when you make a dozen paper blooms. Upcoming Classes »
Read
Nature stories published in our local newspapers. Read »
Listen
Podcast exploring gardening in North Carolina. Listen »
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It’s hard to penalize a plant that is flourishing in our gardens, but there comes a time when we decide… Read more
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