Monthly Archives: April 2021

Name Changes

April 29, 2021 · by · in Why · 2 Comments

You may notice our plant inventory and online plant list still feature the genus Aster. You may be of a certain age to remember when Asters were Asters. Though the name changes happened in the early 2000s and are based on a 1994 genetic study of all asters, you, like us, may still be having […]

Native Plants in Research: Allium cernuum – Climate Change and Changing Flower Color

April 29, 2021 · by · in Research · Leave a comment

The nodding onion was recently featured in a research paper about how climate change is affecting the colors of flowers. Our own native, Allium cernuum was one of 12 species studied. The research, by lead researcher Cierra Sullivan out of Clemson University’s Department of Biological Sciences showed a link between climate change and an increase […]

Plants with a Point

April 12, 2021 · by · in Research, Why · Leave a comment

Nope, not spiky, thorny, spiny or prickly plants. These are plants with cardinal points. You probably read in a recent email update* about Echinacea tennesseensis ‘Rocky Top’ and the fact that its flowers always point east. The same is true with sunflowers. While researchers are still not quite sure why this is the case, there […]