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 »
Latest Posts
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“Your garden’s so pretty! How do you do that?” my neighbor gushed. She: stylishly dressed, walking her dog; me: wet… Read more
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Let me introduce my latest fascination — Echinacea x hybrida ‘Red Ombre.’ I know what you’re thinking: What could possibly… Read more
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When Kit first began to garden, she was only interested in those plants that made a big statement, plants such… Read more
