Common jewelweed flower blooming in red and gold under dappled light

Common Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)

WNC, June 2025

#wnc #ncnativeplants #commonjewelweed #jewelweed #wildflowers

I just love this native pine lily, Lilium catesbaei, blooming in my bog garden today. #ncnativeplants

Showy Orchid (Galearis spectabilis) Ink on sketchbook paper #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #inksketch #sketchbook #wildflowerart #flowers #ncnativeplants #nativewildflowers #botanicalart #orchids #showyorchis

Showy Orchid (Galearis spectabilis)
Ink on sketchbook paper

#ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc
#inksketch #sketchbook #wildflowerart
#flowers #ncnativeplants #nativewildflowers #botanicalart #orchids #showyorchis

Introducing our new shade section! Photo shows shade area of retail space before shade cloth; sunlight streaming down.

The shade area has a very large piece of green woven plastic fabric dramatically draped over the rafters.

My selfie; I'm so happy to have this shade cloth up!

The shade cloth has been installed and happy plants are sitting on tables in the shade.

I couldn't be more excited to finally have some shade cloth up in our retail space. Click through for before-and-after.

#ncnativeplants
#nativeplants
#ncwildflowers
#plantnursery
#winstonsalem

Yellow butterwort in the Green Swamp of North Carolina.

#butterwort #pinguicula #carnivorousplants #NCNativePlants

A tiny tiny wild Venus Flytrap photographed in it’s native habitat in North Carolina

#carnivorousplants #dionaea #NCNativePlants

This is a (hand printed?) two tone poster advertising the “growing in the mountains spring plant and art festival”. The image is of plants in a garden (trillium, echinacea, rosemary, etc) with mountains in the background and a little signs in the garden saying “medicinal” “ natives” “ veggie starts” etcetera. At the bottom it says WNC farmers market lower lot 570 Brevard Rd., Asheville, NC first weekend of May! May 2-4, 2025. Friday and Saturday 9 to 5, Sunday 10 to 2.

I’ve been going to plant sales at this spot for like 20 years and I’ve learned so much walking the booths and just taking it all in. So many of my plants over the years have come from this sale. This year I’ll be there as a vendor again, with pottery & plants! Excited! 🪴

#avl #wnc #ncnativeplants

One white Spring Beauty flower and a few wispy leaves

White Spring Beauty flower with bits of baby pink and my finger holding it still

The earliest spring ephemeraI I saw blooming last year was Claytonia virginica on February 3rd, 2024. it's almost time again #ncnativeplants

Ghost Pipes (monotropa uniflora) found on the AT at Roan Mountain. #ghostpipes #appalachiantrail #hikeWNC #hikeTN #ncnativeplants #rareplants #natureisawesome

A cluster of orange-ish berries at the end of a vine holding dark green leaves

Close up of the uppermost leaf pair, connected in a long diamond shape with the stem through the middle

Lower leaves of honeysuckle vine

Lonicera sempervirens, our native Coral Honeysuckle. A flash of color in the winter 🍬
My fav part: the fused leaf pair beneath the blooms (aka connate-perfoliate leaves) #ncnativeplants 🌱

Sarracenia with erect pitchers, surrounded by late fall leaf litter

Sarracenia with decumbent pitchers and prominent hairs inside the hood

Smiley face Sarracenia

Drosera barely bigger than my fingertip

Seeing these iconic plants in their natural habitat felt surreal. They just grow there all on their own? Nobody put them there?! #ncnativeplants #carnivorousplants