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In the hills outside Asheville, North Carolina, Bob and Judy McLean cultivate six thousand dahlia flowers covering three acres of what they call, Poppins Posies. Originally cultivated by the Aztecs, dahlias are perennial mountain flowers that survive until frost. The McLeans have grown hybrids of dahlias and their garden is now a small family business.
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12889
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Russell Brantley, Mark Reece, and Irvin Grigg, faculty and administration at Wake Forest University, set out to hike the passage from Lake James to Linville Falls, North Carolina on June 7th, 1959. Guided by National Park Service Ranger, Jack Stark, the men were unable to complete their intended journey. This article offers a glimpse into the flora and fauna encountered during the adventure as well as the unspoiled conditions of this particular region in the western part of the state.
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30660
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Between Chimney Rock and Lake Lure in western Rutherford County, scenic highways merge to cross the Broad River. The Lake Lure Flowering Bridge, once a bustling thoroughfare, is home to an eclectic variety of flowers and plants that pays homage to western North Carolina’s natural flora. This historic bridge built in 1925 was reclassified as a pedestrian walkway in 2011 when a new bridge was opened to traffic.
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31085
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The big three of the upland flower parade are blooming at many points in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests along the Blue Ridge Parkway and other scenic routes and high elevations such as Grandfather Mountain. Blooming of the Catawba rhododendron, mountain laurel, and native azaleas are making their custom opening patterns across the mountain region.
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35645
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The secret the author shared in the days after its discovery with three others was a Red Crocus. Though the flower was long since gone from the yard in which it grew, it proved to be much alive in another sense.
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