Witch Hobble – Native Plant of the Day 12/14/2023
Photo from 5/05/2016. Location: Newfound Gap, GSMNP, Swain County, NC
More photos / info at the Viburnum lantanoides detail page.
Witch Hobble – Viburnum lantanoides
Southern Arrowwood – Native Plant of the Day 05/25/2023
Photo from May 30, 2009. Location: Lake Nottely, Union County, GA.
More photos / info at the Viburnum dentatum detail page.
Southern Arrowwood, Arrowwood Viburnum – Viburnum dentatum
Witch Hobble, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (01/19/2016.) Scientific name is Viburnum lantanoides. Photo below was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Swain County, NC on May 5, 2015. Go to the Witch Hobble detail page for more information.
Hobblebush – Viburnum lantanoides
Native Plant of the Day 04/29/2015
Photo from May 4, 2009. Location: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA.
Maple Leaved Viburnum – for more photos / info go to the Viburnum acerifolium detail page.
Maple Leaved Viburnum – Viburnum acerifolium
I’m calling an official close to the spring wildflower season at The Pocket at Pigeon 
Mountain, from the USWildflowers.com perspective. While there are still certainly many wildflowers blooming, the image of the Jack in the Pulpit is symbolic of the status of the spring wildflowers. It is moving into the summer season – no remaining trillium blossoms, only a rare scattering of geranium and phacelia, and even the Canada violets are almost entirely gone. The wild hydrangea blossom buds are starting to form, and the flying gnats are becoming a problem.
While I will still make occasional treks down to The Pocket, future reports will be intermittent (maybe until next spring!) and I hope to bring reports from wildflower expeditions into other areas of the region starting, Lord willing, with a report from Big Frog Mountain next week.