This area of North Carolina is the fastest growing in the state and with that comes the need for highway improvements. We are currently in the middle of a 5-year project to build overpasses on each of the two roads that come to the island and doubling the road into town to 4 lanes.
For the last several years, while driving into Southport, I saw these reddish flowers growing on the roadside as I sped by. It turned out they were Byzantine gladiolus plants. Last spring, as they were about to be bulldozed, I grabbed a shovel and a bucket and dug up the bulbs, transplanting them to my yard, where they are in-bloom right now.
A worthwhile rescue effort.
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