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What Flowers Will Bloom Next Month? February 2025
The temperature this past January was much colder than normal. Did you notice that the flowers that were out suddenly closed up during the cold snap? The henbit, chickweed, and bird’s eye speedwell came back as soon as the temperature warmed to near 50 degrees Fahrenheit. As we head into February, the temperatures are now… Continue reading What Flowers Will Bloom Next Month? February 2025
What Flowers Will Bloom Next Month? March 2025
Are you excited to see the spring flowers? The flowers have been a little slow to bloom this year because of the unusually cold temperatures. It will be interesting to observe the plant behavior as the weather warms up. Did the February bloomers die during the cold? Will they come out later, only to have… Continue reading What Flowers Will Bloom Next Month? March 2025
What’s That? April 15, 2025
What’s that? This black bug with orange patches, a line of white spots, and white spikes on its back is the larva of an Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis). Asian lady beetles look similar to our native lady bugs (Coccinella septempunctata). Asian lady beetles usually have larger patches of white on their head, the number… Continue reading What’s That? April 15, 2025
What’s That? December 15, 2024
What’s that? Are they tomatoes? These tiny green fruits are growing on a stem with prickles. They are the fruits of Carolina horse-nettle (Solanum carolinense). You may remember seeing the star-shaped flower this summer. This plant is part of the nightshade family, which includes tomatoes and eggplants. But horse-nettle is very toxic! Don’t eat it!
What’s That? February 10, 2025
What’s that? Who made those methodical carvings in the bark of a consumption weed bush? These are one type of hole made by a yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius). The bird will lick sap from these shallow holes. Yellow-bellied sapsuckers also make neat rows of round, deep holes to find some sap. You might hear the… Continue reading What’s That? February 10, 2025
What’s That? February 8, 2024
I was walking in Bond Park the other day and noticed something peculiar. It looked like a piece of shredded wheat cereal tied to a vine. I had no idea what it was, but I knew it wasn’t a piece of cereal. After doing some research, I learned that this is an egg case from… Continue reading What’s That? February 8, 2024
What’s That? January 16, 2025
I recently took a walk in Umstead Park and noticed this tree. What’s that black thing up there? As I got closer to the tree, I noticed that there was more black stuff on the other side. Once I was next to the tree, I could see that there was some liquid oozing from the… Continue reading What’s That? January 16, 2025
What’s That? January 26, 2025
Today, I noticed these seed pods wrapped around a tree branch. What plant are they from? They are the fruit from wild yam (Dioscorea villosa). Here is a closer look. I’ll go back in the spring to see if I can get a picture of the leaves and flowers. Have you seen wild yam?
What’s That? July 8, 2024
Is that snow? We’re in the middle of a heat wave in July, it can’t be snow! What is that? That is woolly pine scale. It’s a bug that produces a white, waxy mass on pine trees. The bug sucks the sap and nutrients out of the tree. Can you see the tiny bug under… Continue reading What’s That? July 8, 2024