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Garden Open for Twilight Thursdays this Summer

Posted on May 19, 2022 (May 23, 2022) by Emily Oglesby
Spiked wild indigo blooms in the Courtyard Gardens at twilight

Every Thursday evening between Memorial Day and Labor Day, we’re staying open until 8 p.m. so you can enjoy our display gardens after work and in cooler temperatures. Our exhibit…

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Ellsworth Bethel

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Carol Ann McCormick

(20 June 1863 – 8 September 1925) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about a dozen fungal specimens collected by Ellsworth Bethel. It is likely…

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Dr. Elizabeth Henry Bellmer, S. N. D.

Posted on May 11, 2022 (May 11, 2022) by Carol Ann McCormick

(30 September 1927 – 8 April 2008) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged approximately 40 specimens of Eriogonum that Sister Bellmer annotated in the…

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Clyde Ritchie Bell

Posted on May 11, 2022 (May 11, 2022) by Carol Ann McCormick

(10 April 1921 – 6 March  2013) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has over 5,400 specimens collected by C. Ritchie Bell. As only a fraction…

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Chesley Calhoun Bellamy

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Carol Ann McCormick

(4 September 1887 – 31 October 1957) The University of north Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged a dozen fungal specimens collected by Chesley Calhoun Bellamy.  He consistently…

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Paul Sackman Marx

Posted on May 5, 2022 by Carol Ann McCormick

1 March 1949 – 28 December 2013 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 30 vascular plants collected by Paul S. Marx, who usually signed…

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Nandina Fruits Can Be Toxic to Birds

Posted on May 4, 2022 by Emily Oglesby
Cedar waxwings eating toxic Nandina berries

In 2010, two veterinary pathologists reported on the deaths of dozens of cedar waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) in southern Georgia. Upon performing necropsies, they found that the birds had consumed nandina berries, a commonly cultivated, ornamental shrub native to China and Japan. The birds had tissue damage consistent with cyanide poisoning.

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Spring Native Plant Sale on May 7

Posted on April 29, 2022 (May 11, 2022) by Jennifer Peterson
An NCBG staffer talks to customers about the native plants arranged on a table in the NCBG tent

By Angelica Edwards, NCBG Communications Intern The annual Spring Native Plant Sale will return to the North Carolina Botanical Garden on Saturday, May 7 from 10:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Visitors…

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New Edition Released: Flora of the Southeastern U.S.

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Emily Oglesby
map of the southeastern U.S. showing the range covered by the Flora of the Southeastern U.S.

This month, Alan Weakley, along with Michael Lee and the greater Southeastern Flora Team, released the 2022 edition of the Flora of the Southeastern United States (FSUS), including 90 new keys, 700 new taxa, an expanded geographic range, and more.

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Garden Honors Larry Mellichamp with Flora Caroliniana Award

Posted on April 20, 2022 (May 5, 2022) by Jennifer Peterson
Larry Mellichamp holds the Flora Caroliniana Award, flanked by Alan Weakley and Johnny Randall of NCBG

The North Carolina Botanical Garden is proud to award Larry Mellichamp with the Flora Caroliniana Award. Mellichamp is the seventh person to receive this honor, given for enthusiasm and service to the preservation, restoration, and appreciation of the natural world around us.

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