Category: Photo Blog

June 15 Week 3 Garden Photos

Jun 15, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“In early June, the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.” ~John Steinback~ Jacob Cline Bee Balm (Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline') Barbara H. Smith,...

June 08 Week 2 Garden Photos

Jun 8, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

The William H. Williamson III Conservatory was opened to the public in 2008 at the Daniel Stowe Conservancy in Belmont, NC. The conservatory spans 8,000 square feet and is filled with tropical...

June 1 Week 1 Garden Photos

Jun 1, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

The Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden near Belmont, NC, was started in 1991 and opened to the public in 1999. It was founded by retired textile magnate Daniel I. Stowe, who donated the 380 acres and...

May 25 Week 4 Garden Photos

May 25, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

This Memorial Day, thankful for those who gave their lives protecting this country and the freedoms we cherish, and remembered here among the quiet beauty of red poppies and May blooms. Red Poppy...

May 18 Week 3 Garden Photos

May 18, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

May arrived quietly, and the garden answered in bloom–flowers unfolding in the softened light, petals trembling beneath the morning breeze, and every path carrying the faint perfume of...

May 11 Week 2 Garden Photos

May 11, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

Summer annual color is a celebration without restraint—bright, fearless, and full of life. Each bloom stands as its own small masterpiece, yet together they create something even more powerful: a...

May 04 Week 1 Garden Photos

May 4, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Insects and Animals, Photo Worthy Plants

Summer annual color doesn’t just fill a garden—it transforms it. It spills across beds and borders, weaving together warmth, light, and movement into something you can almost feel. These blooms...

April 27 Week 4 Garden Photos

Apr 27, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants, Uncategorized

“Flowers are the music of the ground from Earth’s lips spoken without sound.” ~Edwin Curran~ St. Joseph's Lily (Hippeastrum x johnsonii) Barbara H. Smith, ©2026 HGIC, Clemson...

March 20 Week 3 Garden Photos

Apr 20, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

By late April, the Southern garden is no longer waking–it’s singing, full-throated in blooms; color spilling faster than the eye can behold. Maid in the Shade® 'Darlin's Dream' Azalea (...

April 13 Week 2 Garden Photos

Apr 13, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

Spring in the South is a gentle spilling of green, a chorus of birdsong, flowers bursting into bloom, and the slow return of warmth to every corner of the garden. Clematis Bouquet Ginger Long, ©2026...

April 06 Week 1 Garden Photos

Apr 6, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

It’s spring in South Carolina—the kind of season that makes you look twice at everything just in case it bloomed overnight. Bashful Wakerobin (Trillium catesbaei) Julia Nichols, ©2026...

March 30 Week 5 Garden Photos

Mar 30, 2026 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

For just a few short weeks, the forest floor comes alive with spring ephemerals in bloom. They remind us how beauty doesn’t have to last long to leave an impression. Nodding Trillium (Trillium...