Eight times a year, our own Suzanne Wodek (BGA Vice-President, Volunteer Gift Shop Manager, Master Gardener) highlights a different plant or tree from the Gardens and writes about it in the local magazine The Laurel of Asheville. We’ve linked to the ones available online.
Spring
- Blue Star, Amsonia tabernaemontana
- Goat’s Beard, Aruncus dioicus
- Pawpaw, Asimina triloba
- Sedges, Carex, sp.
- Fringe Tree, Chionanthus virginicus
- Dogwood, Cornus florida
- Dutchman’s Britches, Dicentra culcullaria
- Trout Lily, Erithronium umbilicatum
- Hepatica, Hepatica sp.
- Spicebush, Lindera benzoin
- Lousewort, Pedicularis canadensis
- Fernleaf Phacelia, Phacelia bipinnatifida
- Jacob’s Ladder, Polemonium reptans
- Carolina Pink, Silene caroliniana
- Prairie Dropseed, Sporobolus heterolepis
- Bellworts, Uvularia sp.
- Common Blue Violet, Viola sororia
Summer
- Black cohosh, Actea racemosa
- Snakeroot, Ageratina altissima
- Dutchman’s Pipe, Aristolochia macrophylla
- New Jersey Tea, Ceanothus americanus
- Fireweed, Chamerion angustifolium
- Tall Thistle, Circium altissimum
- Shrubby St. John’s Wort, Hypericum prolificum
- Quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides
- Elderberry, Sambucus canadensis
- Lizard’s Tail, Saururus cernuus
- Skullcap, Scuttelaria incana
- Wild Senna, Senna hebecarpa
- Wingstem, Verbesina alternifolia
- Vibrunums, Viburnum sp.
Fall
- Red Maple, Acer rubrum
- Ragweed, Ambrosia artemesiafolia
- Pignut Hickory, Carya glabra
- Hackberry, Celtis occidentalis
- Maryland Golden Aster, Chrysopsis mariana
- Oxeye, Heliopsis helianthoides
- Live Forever Sedum, Hylotelephium telephium
- Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis
- Hop Hornbeam, Ostraya virginiana
Winter