Rare West Virginia wildflower named for Thomas Jefferson
During this Corona pandemic, silver linings aren’t that difficult to uncover. Take the air in our major cities: at no time in our industrial...
Remarkable orchid's single leaf persists through winter in W.Va.
You may have to stretch your imagination a bit to embrace the common name of this exciting West Virginia resident. That plant, Tipularia discolor,...
Create your own woodland paradise in the backyard
I guess I’d have to attribute my love of woodland gardening to Errol Flynn, the swashbuckling MGM heartthrob of the '30s, '40s, and '50s....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
