Tropical plant store near new national park takes award
HINTON, W.Va. — You might not think a West Virginia town of fewer than 3,000 residents would be the ideal location for a booming...
Eastern Skunk Cabbage performs magic in spring
SUNSHINE FARM, W.Va. — Winter and spring may be the best time of year to sing the praises of Symplocarpus foetidus, a.k.a. “Eastern Skunk...
Native blue lobelia provides ideal color in early autumn
These days it seems that just about every gardener I speak with is searching for pollinator plants. There’s a major focus on Lobelia cardinalis,...
Yes, (West) Virginia, there is a native geranium!
SUNSHINE FARM, W.Va. — When it became my turn to present my current story proposal at our regular editorial board meeting, my pitch was...
Wildflower events growing across New River Gorge region
GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — Appalachian wildflower events are flourishing in attendance and programming in the New River Gorge region in southern and south-central West...
Name change reflects expansion of W.Va. wildflower event
Officials with the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve say the expansion of the park's annual wildflower event from one weekend to two...
Some spring wildflowers make secondary summer appearance
Some of the most precious of our native West Virginia wildflowers are the spring ephemerals—fleeting in nature, gone in a heartbeat. Even though they...
