History of Franklin plant presented at Booth library
Wesley Whiteside, professor emeritus of botany, discusses the flowers of the Franklinia altamaha, more commonly known as the Franklin tree, during his lecture in the Booth Library conference room. (Robyn Dexter
History of Franklin plant presented at Booth library
Wesley Whiteside, a professor emeritus of botany, continues to successfully grow the Franklinia altamaha, a now relatively rare plant that can no longer be found in the wild. The plant, more commonly known as the Franklin tree, has been growing on Whiteside’s 5-acre botanical garden east of Charleston for nearly 50 years.
