The Original Mystery Plant
Dr. John Nelson
      The Mystery Plant is one of the chief contributors to this season's fall foliage color. It is a common species related to the tupelo of southern swamps, but this species grows on upland sites. It occurs in a variety of high- ground sites from New England to the upper Midwest, and south to Florida...
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Reverence for life
Stopping to smell the flowers
Arlene Marturano
      Arlene Marturano a mastergardener, writer, and educator. As an advocate of gardening as a tool for learning, she helped develop the Carolina Children's Garden at the Sandhill Research and Education Center. She is an education consultant with T.E.A.C.H. marturanoa@yahoo.
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