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Bottle Tree Gardening is my garden site in McClellanville, SC where I grow native plants and vegetables. I no longer have a retail nursery.

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06/17/2025

During the last week of May and the first week of June a couple of chinquapin trees (Castanea pumila) were blooming outside the greenhouse. I planted these because several butterfly watchers mentioned that, when in bloom, they attract a lot of hairstreak butterflies. I did see a lot of red-banded hairstreaks and some gray hairstreaks, but was amazed at the numbers of beetles and other insects came to nectar or to prey on the pollinators. I'll share some of the phone photos here and some tentative IDs.

Visiting these blooming plants to observe the visiting insects has been my spring micro-tourism and fits in well with what I call passive environmentalism. The county sprayed for mosquitoes via air last week and that was the end of the bees, butterflies and beetles visiting the garden foe now.

05/21/2025

So, what do you do when you retire again (from the nursery business this time) --you check out the night lights each morning at the McClellanville Post Office. Here are some of the moths found in March and April.

As much as I like to see them, they are not out living their best moth lives -- nectar feeding and pollinating night-blooming flowers, mating, laying eggs that produce caterpillars eaten by birds and other animals. Light pollution is real. Motion sensing lights would be beneficial to these and other insects.

10/25/2024

I'm enjoying pollinator festival in my garden. Insects are flocking to goldenrod, Georgia savory, mistflower, frostweed, scarlet sage, climbing aster and others. It's the best show in town.

These wildflowers and more will be available from vendors at the fall Lowcountry South Carolina Native Plant Society sale Saturday, October 26, at the Mt. Pleasant, SC Farmers Market. The sale is from 1 to 4 PM.

There are always a great bunch of people there willing share information and sell plants. This will be my last sale. I'll be dedicating my time from now on to gardening, stupid yard art and having fun. Thanks for my nine years in business! I've met a lot of wonderful folks and had a great time talking plants and insects!

The photo is a hairstreak butterfly and bumble bee on goldenrod.

10/08/2024

Long time no post. I've been busy trying to beat back the jungle taking over the garden beds.

Bottle Tree Gardening will be at 2 sales this month:

The Grand Strand Native Plant Market is this Saturday, October 12th, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Conway, SC. This is a great sale in Conway's vibrant downtown.

On October 26 the Lowcountry Native Plant Society will have their fall sale at the Mt' Pleasant, SC Farmers Market from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

There are lots of pollinators in the garden now. Pictured are a buckeye butterfly on elephant's foot, a carpenter-mimic leafcutter bee with a belly coated with pollen on sneezeweed, and a long-tailed skipper on great blue lobelia.

06/28/2024

We got some much-needed rain last night and a little relief from watering today. Bottle Tree Gardening is having a half off sale on plants beginning tomorrow through Saturday July 6. Tomorrow I'll be open from 10:00 AM until 3 PM. Please call or text 843-870-5974 to arrange a visit during the week.

The photos are of crimson-eyed rosemallow with a grasshopper nymph and beetle.

05/18/2024

Bulls Bay Nature Festival is tomorrow from 7:30 AM until 5 PM with outdoor activities, live music, food vendors and an art exhibit. It is at the Sewee Visitor and Environmental Education Center in Awendaw, SC. Visit the festival website for a full list of activities.

Flying Fig Farm and Bottle Tree Gardening will be on hand selling native plants. I'll lead a youth pollinator walk and we'll make beer can bee houses.

The photo is of a cloudless sulphur butterfly nectaring on Lobelia. I'll have a few of these plants at the festival.

05/10/2024

Another Saturday and another great native plant event! This time I hope to see old and new friends at the Native Plant Festival at Old Santee Canal Park in Moncks Corner. The plant sale is from 9 AM until 1 PM. There will be a food truck, nature walk, live music, and other activities.

I'll have a few of these Texas star hibiscus there.

05/04/2024

Looking forward to setting up at the Grand Strand Chapter of the SC South Carolina Native Plant Society native plant sale tomorrow in Conway, SC. There will be lots of vendors there with a great diversity of plants. The sale is from 9 AM until 1 PM at 200 Laurel St.

04/26/2024

Spring is heating up and it's time to empty the greenhouse. I'll be at McClellanville Growers Market tomorrow from 9 AM until noon with a variety of coleus and flowering annuals as well as fennel, chives, rosemary and hot peppers.

Next Saturday morning (May 4) the Grand Strand Chapter of the South Carolina Native Plant Society will hold their spring sale in Conway and Bottle Tree Gardening will be there.

Here's a photo of a truck full of sunshine headed to McClellanville Growers Market

04/20/2024

Tomorrow I'm happy to be back at the McClellanville Growers Market from 9 AM until noon with annual flowers, a few herbs, and some hot pepper plants.

The nursery will be open from 1 PM until 4 PM. Come by and talk plants.

Photos are a silver-spotted skipper on native blue flag iris and the deep blue of Ohio spiderwort.

Address

1013 Leland Creek Road
McClellanville, SC
29458

Telephone

+18438705974

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