Here's the Wildflower Guide for the planting of the swaths of flowers that you see ... http://www.ncdot.org/doh/operations/dp_chief_eng/roadside/wildflowerbook/Table/table.html
Here's a swath of pink and white Cosmos near where I live. I didn't even notice it a few weeks ago. This is not on the table on the Wildflower guide.
Karin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here's another view of the same area with the Cosmos.
Karin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Karen, The cosmos are beautiful. I am wondering if SC has this program. I have noticed some plantings in the upper state interstate highways but nothing in the coastal area. Seems we need to work on this.
Thanks for the pictures.
There was a push many years ago for the SC DOT to emulate NC's wildflower program but there was never much $ put behind it. Some counties have picked up the ball but we have a ways to go. I remember seeing a fabulous swath of daylilies along an interstate in NC once; that was impressive. They were hybrids too, not your common orange ones.
I loved seeing the cosmos photos; they were my dad's favorite flower and although he passed away almost 40 years ago I can still see him smiling when I look at cosmos.
Karin, Thank you so much for posting that link. I have often wondered what some of the flowers I have seen were. Kind of dangerous to pull off the side of the interstate to take a look. Now I can just go to the web to find out.
Found out why SC does not have the beautiful wildflowers.
http://www.scdot.org/community/wildflowers.shtml
Thank you for posting that BSD!!
Karin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What a shame that the SCDOT program was dropped but it was never terribly effective anyway. Actually, I believe NC probably has the best highway planting program in the country and they are a hard act to follow.
I can't say that SC used grant $ well on the entrance between GA and SC on I 95. It sort of looks like you are entering Disney World with extravagant masonry and plantings. There must be several hundred Palmettos just within a few hundred feet. There are also hundreds of other shrubs and flowers. No question it makes a statement. They haven't gone to that extreme on the SC/NC border - yet.
