This weekend, the 8th Annual Flame Azaleas Festival celebrates the unique flowers with music, art and events in downtown ...

Western North Carolina is also "known to have many species ... The state will work to recover biodiversity, she said, helping native plants to return and combating the spread of invasives.

Some plants are native to North Carolina, and some need love to flourish ... Most of North Carolina falls under zone 8, but parts of western NC and areas in the mountains fall under zone 7 or ...