Bee Balm’s striking scarlet flowers create showy terminal clusters that attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Monarda didyma, commonly known as
Goat’s beard in flower, growing wild along the Potomac Heritage Trail in Fairfax County, Virginia. Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Aruncus dioicus, commonly
Sweet azalea’s fragrant white flowers with long, red-tinged stamens, photographed growing wild at Scotts Run Nature Preserve, Virginia. Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
A mature American persimmon tree showing its rounded crown and glossy foliage. Photo: Magnus Manske, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Diospyros virginiana, commonly known as
Winterberry Holly’s brilliant red berries persist through winter, creating stunning displays on bare branches. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5) Ilex verticillata, commonly known as
A flame azalea in full bloom on Snowbird Mountain in Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina. Photo: Jason Hollinger, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Rhododendron calendulaceum,
Blazing Star’s distinctive purple-pink flower spikes bloom from top to bottom in summer. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Liatris spicata, commonly known as Blazing
Alumroot displaying its characteristic scalloped, heart-shaped leaves. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Heuchera americana, commonly known as Alumroot or American Alumroot, is a distinctive
A spicebush shrub in full bloom along a woodland path, its bare branches covered in tiny yellow flowers before the leaves emerge. Photo: Famartin, Wikimedia
Drooping leucothoe in the Great Smoky Mountains, its one-sided raceme of bell flowers hanging beneath glossy, lance-shaped leaves. Photo: Jason Hollinger (CC BY 2.0), Wikimedia
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