Striped wintergreen is a native plant that flowers in summer and remains green all winter. It thrives in dry shady areas.

WHAT: Gaultheria procumbens, commonly known as wintergreen, is a plant that has it all: lustrous evergreen leaves, flowers and berries. During the late spring, blush colored flowers emerge and bloom ...

New to my garden this past summer is a wonderful evergreen shrub, Gaultheria procumbens “Very Berry” Wintergreen. The genus, Gaultheria was first named in 1783 to honor a Canadian physician and ...

Silver sage, Salvia argentea, is one of over 900 species of salvias. Unlike most salvias that are grown for their flowers, silver sage is grown for its large, fuzzy, silver leaves. It looks like a ...

The American wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) is named for its fragrant leaves (they have a minty-wintergreen aroma) and is a great addition to a garden, especially in shady areas with dry soil ...

This past weekend I went kayaking again. I was driving along the backroads toward our beautiful Edisto River there in northern Colleton County when I spied a wonderful habitat. A “loading deck.” Not ...

» Nature Center at Wintergreen Native Plant Sale takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and June 8 at the Greenhouse, one half-mile west of The Ski Barn on Beech Grove Road in Wintergreen. (434) ...

» Market at Grelen offers a free peony arrangement class from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday. 15091 Yager Road in Somerset. (540) 672-7268. » Nature Center at Wintergreen Native Plant Sale is held from 9 a.m.