GSU Perimeter College Native Plant Botanical Garden

Bottlebrush buckeye (Aesculus parviflora), the summer cousin to our spring buckeyes, is blooming now. Native to just a couple of counties on the western side of... Georgia, this large shrub loves to grow in many other places. It prefers full sun where it grows large and full, topped by numerous spires (racemes, but spires sounded elegant) of fluffy flowers. Pollinators love the flowers and single buckeyes form from the pollinated ones. See more

Downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens) is an evergreen native orchid that blooms in the summer. In the northern half of Georgia you might have noticed ...its intricately patterned leaves of green and white nestled in upland woods. You might even have found a small colony of them as they spread slowly by creeping stems at ground level. About now you can go back and check them for stalks of white flowers, lightly covered in downy hairs. The small flowers will be pollinated by small bees, and small seeds (tiny really) will form in dry capsules. See more

Pipsissewa aka Spotted (or Striped) Wintergreen, Chimaphila maculata occurs across most of the state of North Carolina and is blooming now in the Piedmont. Desp...ite its looks, Pipsissewa is considered a sub-shrub. Look for its characteristic striped, evergreen foliage year-round in acidic, dry woods. See more

Nature at it’s best.

Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) grows in moist bottomland forests across eastern North America. It’s name comes from the club-like spadix (the Jack) th...at has a cluster of small flowers in spring. The Jack is surrounded and covered by a leaf-like sheath (the pulpit). One interesting feature of this perennial is its ability to change its sex each year based on resource availability. When the plant has abundant stored resources for developing fruit, it becomes a large plant with female flowers on the spadix (called a Jill now). Some people call this a Jill-in-the-Pulpit. If stored resources are more scarce, a smaller male plant develops with male flowers on the spadix (a Jack). Some individuals even possess both male and female flowers. More information is with each picture.

Pink lady's-slipper, Cypripedium acaule, Mulky Gap Road, Union County, Georgia.

Good afternoon, The safety of our community is our highest priority at Georgia State University. Out of an abundance of caution regarding the current coronavirus situation, the Native Plant Botanical Garden May Talks as well as May Plant Sales for the following dates have been canceled. Canceled May Talks ... 11am-12pm Friday, May 1st 11am-12pm Friday, May 8th 11am-12pm Friday, May 15th Cancelled May Plant Sales 10am-2pm Friday & Saturday May 1st & 2nd 10am-2pm Friday & Saturday May 8th & 9th 10am-2pm Friday & Saturday May 15th & 16th Thanks, Christine Patrum Native Plant Botanical Garden Laboratory Supervisor Perimeter College - Decatur Campus Georgia State University Office SC 2145 Phone (678) 891-2889

The safety of our community is our highest priority at Georgia State University. Out of an abundance of caution regarding the current coronavirus situation, the Native Plant Botanical Garden April Talks as well as April Plant Sales for the following dates have been cancelled. Additionally, the Poetry in the Garden event on April 17th and our Earth Week workday on April 22nd have also been cancelled. At this point there is no additional information, however, please check our ...website for updates http://sites.gsu.edu/pcnativegarden/. Updates for our May talk and plant sale schedules will be distributed as soon as possible. Cancelled April Talks 11am-12pm Friday April 3rd 11am-12pm Friday April 10th 11am-12pm Friday April 17th 11am-12pm Friday April 24th Cancelled April Plant Sales 10am-2pm Friday & Saturday April 3rd & 4th 10am-2pm Friday & Saturday April 10th & 11th 10am-2pm Friday & Saturday April 17th & 18th 10am-2pm Friday & Saturday April 24th & 25th

It's always a pleasure to give a little bit to the horticultural community. The Dothan Area Botanical Garden is a gem of an institution with outstanding leadership and extraordinary volunteers.