Flowertown Amongst the Pines

Flowertown Amongst the Pines

by | Aug 9, 2023

“Flowertown Amongst the Pines”, the name aptly given to the quaint town of Summerville, SC. “Amongst the Pines”, the treasured Loblolly and the Longleaf Pine stretch their magnificent, textured trunks often 100 feet into the clear blue sky.

You know it’s summer in Summerville because throughout this charming, historic town the Crape Myrtles have burst into bloom! Dazzling us with their strikingly enormous clusters of pink, red, lavender or white blossoms. Their heavy, flower laden branches ofttimes bend into fragrant and enchanting archways at Linwood. And the common Myrtle, a completely different plant, creeps green at our feet with small, starlike flowers in the spring.

“Instead of the thorn bush the Pine Tree will grow and instead of the briers the Myrtle will grow. This will be for the Lord’s renown, for an everlasting sign which will not be destroyed.”  (Isaiah 55:13)

Loving Life at Linwood,
Linda

The Linwood Palmettos

The Linwood Palmettos

by | Aug 4, 2023

Today 28 stately Palmetto trees at Linwood are being stripped of their beautiful, billowing, pale yellow flowers turned to weighty branches of seeds but remaining a vision to behold if not taken for granted by the average South Carolinian. The Palmetto, Cabbage Palmetto, or Sabal Palm is ubiquitous in the southern United States. Purportedly the sweet/bitter fruit is edible but enjoyed mostly by wildlife.

The incredible spongy consistency of their trunks repelled the British cannonballs at Fort Moultrie in 1776 on Sullivans Island helping the Patriots win the first Naval battle of the Revolutionary War therefore earning the Palmettos’ place on the South Carolina state flag.

Loving Life at Linwood!