Tag: Blogs

September Week 1 Plants

Sep 3, 2018 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

Add interest to your fall landscape with beautiful flowers, berries, and seeds. Yellow Fringed Orchid (Paltanthera ciliaris) Yellow Fringed Orchid (Paltanthera ciliaris) is native to the eastern and...

September Week 1 Insects and Animals

Sep 3, 2018 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Insects and Animals

Here are a few interesting images of beneficial insects the HGIC staff has seen around the Upstate this week. Carolina Praying Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) Carolina Mantid (Stagmomantis carolina)...

Autumn Roadside Wildflowers

Sep 3, 2018 | In the Garden

When traveling the backroads in Upstate South Carolina during autumn, I find the number of colorful, roadside wildflowers quite amazing. Many species are growing in or near the moist highway...

Figs are Ripening

Aug 27, 2018 | In the Garden

Yes, the time for figs to ripen has arrived. In most areas, the relatively mild winter months aided figs in producing a good crop of new shoots resulting in a bounty of small green fruit. Here in...