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Back to SearchMountain Laurel: beauty and beast
Mountain Laurel has a fascinating pattern of twisting and turning branches, very decorative to look at but hard to maneuver through.
2 years ago
The taste of honey has not always been so sweet, especially during historic battles.
A relative of our beloved mountain laurel is Kalmia angustifolia, called white wicky or sheepkill.
2 years ago
Kalmia latifolia, also known as mountain laurel, is now in bloom.
Although the common name of Kalmia latifolia is mountain laurel, you can find this handsome evergreen native plant growing, often in thickets, from t…
2 years ago
"Miss May" turns a garbage heap into a free, public garden
Kalmia Gardens in Hartsville was the creation of Mrs. D. R. Coker, affectionately called "Miss May."
2 years ago
Coker University's Kalmia Gardens is home to an unusual ecosystem featuring glacial relicts
At Kalmia Gardens, a northern type of mountain laurel, galax, and a specific witch hazel have persisted in that unusual ecosystem.
2 years, 1 month ago
The work of female cicadas and their nymphs
Cicadas are native to our area and have been coexisting with their ecosystems for eons and eons.
2 years, 1 month ago
South Carolina could witness two beautiful events of the natural world at Landsford Canal State Park through mid-May.
Residents of the Palmetto State won’t have to go too far to experience the emergence of maybe a billion periodic cicadas.
2 years, 1 month ago
Cicadas set the stage for a historic event
When Thomas Jefferson was president, there was an event that is finally repeating itself this year -- a concurrent emergence of two specific broods o…
2 years, 1 month ago
The serenade of the cicada
Unlike some people these days, cicadas don’t have dating apps; they use sound to find a mate.
2 years, 1 month ago
Cicada season is drawing near
Naturalist Austin Jenkins talked to us recently about the periodic cicada emergence in South Carolina. Our state’s cicadas that will come out in huge…
2 years, 1 month ago