I have a real appreciation and a growing fascination for wildflowers and plants even though they are not my favorite photographic subjects.

That appreciation stems (pun intended) from my occasional involvement with the South Carolina Native Plant Society (SCNPS), and my observing from the sidelines the ever on-going website project that my wife, Janie, founded — www.namethatplant.net.

If you’re in any way interested in native plants and would like to meet a fantastic group of people, then I encourage you to check out SCNPS.

By all means visit and explore Janie’s website — namethatplant.net. She would certainly welcome your comments and feedback!

Two things I have definitely learned about wildflowers and plants:(1) You don’t have to go far to find great examples, and (2) the best places to find them may be in some very mundane locations. It can be absolutely amazing what is growing in a roadside “ditch,” or what you can discover in your own backyard! That’s where the field trips sponsored by the Native Plant Society have helped me. I learn something on every outing that adds to my knowledge and awareness of native and invasive plants.