Nice to be back in Asheville
It was great to return to a green landscape, and even a couple of hours earlier than expected thanks to standby, even on a Frequent Flyer ticket.
So many plants have emerged with a presence: from the Dryopteris (wood ferns) in the back forest woodland, to all of the leafy native trees.
I was delighted to see the Fraser Magnolia (underneath the apartment next door's gully producing gutter) looking so robust.
And in terms of some of the other natives added, well, I was glad to find Mitchella repens (Partridge berry) in flower between the two rhododendrons in front (both transplanted a couple of years back from a shadier spot -- and doing much better).
And this clump of Penstemon smalli--WOW! It's flourishing. My first attempt in the pocket meadow in the front of the house went nowhere fast, but this plant seemed to like its site!
And a final flourishing native, well, it's looking quite robust. Dioscorea -- our native yam species here in the Southern Appalachians is climbing up the rusted trellis quite handily but fortunately not (at least yet) swamping out the Passiflorea lutea next to it.
So many plants have emerged with a presence: from the Dryopteris (wood ferns) in the back forest woodland, to all of the leafy native trees.
I was delighted to see the Fraser Magnolia (underneath the apartment next door's gully producing gutter) looking so robust.
And in terms of some of the other natives added, well, I was glad to find Mitchella repens (Partridge berry) in flower between the two rhododendrons in front (both transplanted a couple of years back from a shadier spot -- and doing much better).
And this clump of Penstemon smalli--WOW! It's flourishing. My first attempt in the pocket meadow in the front of the house went nowhere fast, but this plant seemed to like its site!
And a final flourishing native, well, it's looking quite robust. Dioscorea -- our native yam species here in the Southern Appalachians is climbing up the rusted trellis quite handily but fortunately not (at least yet) swamping out the Passiflorea lutea next to it.
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