Category: Photo Worthy Plants

September 25 Week 4 Garden Photos

Sep 25, 2023 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“In nature nothing exists alone.” ~Rachel Carson~ Red-spotted Purple Butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) Ginger Long, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University Century Plant (Agave americana)...

September 4 Week 1 Garden Photos

Sep 4, 2023 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

Come for a visit to the South Carolina Botanical Gardens to see what’s in bloom! Firecracker Plant (Justicia spicigera) Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University Swamp Rose Mallow...

August 28 Week 4 Garden Photos

Aug 28, 2023 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

Enjoy a Virtual Visit to Crooked Trail Farm~Part 2 One of the pastures with a cattle shed Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University CTF Hardwood Forest Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson...

August 21 Week 3 Garden Photos

Aug 21, 2023 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

Enjoy a Virtual Visit to Crooked Trail Farm, Part 1 Crooked Trail Farm Entrance Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University View of the Blue Ridge Mountains Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC,...

August 14 Week 2 Garden Photos

Aug 14, 2023 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.” ~Gertrude Jekyll” Vareigated Fritillary Butterfly (Euptoieta claudia) on Gallardia Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC,...

August 07 Week 1 Garden Photos

Aug 7, 2023 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“If you look the right way, you can see the whole world is a garden.” ~Frances Hodgson Burnett~ Five-Spotted Sphinx Moth (Manduca quinquemaculata) and Cleome (Cleome hassleriana) Sphinx...

July 31 Week 5 Garden Photos

Jul 31, 2023 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“Crinum are classic plants: beautiful and possessed of a unique mystique. Known as Heirloom or pass-down plants, they have a long and intriguing history of cultivation around the world.” ~Jenks...

July 24 Week 4 Garden Photos

Jul 24, 2023 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

Summer Perennials Are Great Additions to Your Garden. Wild Bergamont (Monarda fistulosa) with Bumble Bee Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University Clasping Coneflower (Rudbeckia...

July 17 Week 3 Garden Photos

Jul 17, 2023 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

See What Is Blooming at Crooked Trail Farm This Month. Spider Flower (Cleome hassleriana) Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University Crooked Trail Farm Garden Staff-Kate and Lillybelle Barbara...

July 10 Week 2 Garden Photos

Jul 10, 2023 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

In the language of flowers, lilies represent purity, royalty, devotion, and innocence. Tiger Lily (Lilium lancifolium) and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies (Papillio glaucus) Barbara H. Smith,...

July 03 Week 1 Garden Photos

Jul 3, 2023 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

Daylilies are in the genus Hemerocallis. In flower meaning lore, daylilies represent forgetting about the past and faithful bonds as the flower only lasts one day. Volunteer Red Daylily Millie...

June 26 Week 4 Garden Photos

Jun 26, 2023 | Flowers, Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day.” ~Aldo Leopold~ Arkansas Bells (Sinningia 'Arkansas Bells') Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University...