“As a culture, we suffer from plant blindness, largely ignoring the green organisms all around us that spend their days quietly gathering sunlight.”
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In Full Bloom
Our wet spring has helped to bring an amazing display of color across the region as the Rhododendron are in bloom across many of the higher elevations. If you’re socked in, listening to the Sunday rain, keep in mind that colorful flowers may soon follow.
Blossoms, buds and a frost warning?
It seems like it took forever to get spring going this year. The wet and cool conditions we’ve experienced during the late winter and early spring in Western North Carolina made it feel like winter just refused to leave our region. (But — even now — there’s a possibility of frost Thursday night, April 25.) They say that good things come to those who wait, and it must be true, because many locations are enjoying gorgeous blooming trees.
2012 Western NC Orchid show at the Arboretum
Hundreds of people immersed themselves in a tropical paradise this weekend at the Arboretum
Making motoring more memorable: N.C. DOT announces Wildflower Award winners
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s 22nd annual awards recognize the efforts of NCDOT staff.
Supermoons and splendid flowers: Spring has sprung
Last Saturday, March 19, a “supermoon” rose over the mountains of WNC. The next day, the spring equinox occurred at 7:21 p.m. EST, marking the start of the new season. These videos capture beautiful imagery of the full moon at its closest point to Earth in nearly 18 years, as well as the dawn of new spring flowers around Beaver Lake in north Asheville.
An early spring stroll through the Asheville Botanical Gardens
Photographs of early spring wildflowers at the Asheville Botanical Gardens. Photos by Jonathan Welch
An orchid by any other name
It’s my Phalaenopsis and I’ll cry if I want to. I never asked for this orchid, but I figure I better document its life while I still can. At the moment, it sports five absurdly gorgeous blooms, an orderly row of tight buds, and stems staked with what look like those tiny jaw clips girls […]
Rhododendrons and azaleas lead a flowery May at Arboretum
On May 2 and 3, the American Rhododendron Society’s Southeastern Chapter will hold its annual show at the North Carolina Arboretum. The event features hundreds of blooms on display at the Education Center, including many favorite mountain plants.
Spring’s sprung
Take a virtual tour of the Botanical Gardens at Asheville.