April 2019: Spring Phloxes

Jun 29, 2019

Ellen Honeycutt Left: Moss phlox (Phlox subulata), spreading over a slope. Right: Sun-loving hairy phlox (Phlox amoena). Phlox is an almost uniquely North American plant, with 61 species in all, and Georgia has a respectable selection of spring and summer-blooming... read more

March 2019: Dimpled Trout Lily

Jun 29, 2019

Ellen Honeycutt The Wolf Creek Trout Lily preserve was established in 2009 with GNPS support to save a poplulation of trout lilies (Erythronium umbilicatum) from development. Dimpled trout lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) is one of two species of Erythronium found in... read more

February 2019: Evergreen Orchids

Jun 29, 2019

Ellen Honeycutt Cranefly orchid (Tipularia discolor), including the leaves of two adjacent plants, the late-summer flower stalk, and seed capsules. Did you know we have native orchids? Ladyslippers (Cypripedium), lady’s tresses (Spiranthes), and fringed orchids... read more

January 2019: Christmas fern

Jun 29, 2019

Ellen Honeycutt A Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) frond and a plant showing its evergreen characteristic in winter. Now that the deciduous leaves have all fallen, our native evergreen plants are looking especially attractive. Christmas fern (Polystichum... read more

December 2018: American Holly (Ilex opaca)

Jun 29, 2019

Ellen Honeycutt Clockwise, from top left: Pyrmidal form of a typical American holly (Ilex opaca); leaves and berries of Ilex opaca, chaacteristic bark, and a hybrid cultivar showing leaves with fewer spines. As deciduous plants drop their leaves, now is a good time to... read more

November 2018: Sassafras — Tree of many talents

Jun 29, 2019

Ellen Honeycutt Sassafras in spring and fall. Note the three leaf types: single, two lobes, and three lobes. Do you find common and Latin plant names confusing? Well, Sassafras is easy to remember because it works for both – Sassafras albidum is the Latin name too.... read more