June Botanical Adventuring

Tiny Pony Apothecary has been enjoying a lovely visiting to the beaches, marshes, bogs, and mountains of the Southeast. Check out some of the friends visited in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina and the lowcountry of South Carolina.

Storm rolling out leaving floodwaters behind (Ashley River, SC)
Mimosa (Albizzia julibrissen) blooming in the yard (Charleston, SC)
Gotu kola (Centella asiatica) harvested from the yard of the house I grew up in (Charleston, SC)
Gotu kola (Centella asiatica) harvested from the yard  (Charleston, SC)
Gingko biloba, a very old genus of tree (Marion Square, downtown Charleston, SC)
Gingko biloba, a very old genus of tree (Marion Square, downtown Charleston, SC)
Making a flower essence of Magnolia grandiflora (Charleston, SC)
Making a flower essence of Magnolia grandiflora (Charleston, SC)
Flame Azalea in full bloom,  Craggy Gardens, NC
Flame Azalea in full bloom, Craggy Gardens, NC
Hawthorn (Crataegus spp) in flower at Craggy Gardens on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Hawthorn (Crataegus spp) in flower at Craggy Gardens on the Blue Ridge Parkway
saskatoon, serviceberry, shadbush, chuckly pear. . . so many names for the 20 species of Amelanchier
saskatoon, serviceberry, shadbush, chuckly pear. . . so many names for the 20 species of Amelanchier
juneberries!
juneberries!
Sunset in Transylvania county
Sunset in Transylvania county
Golden Yarrow at the UNCA Botanical Gardens
Golden Yarrow at the UNCA Botanical Gardens

 

 

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