The wisteria is officially in bloom 💜 Based on old photographs and famous etchings, homeowners believe the wisteria was planted around 1914. Despite its popularity, this purple bloom is not native to the Lowcountry and Chinese wisteria, Wisteria sinensis, and the less-common Japanese W. floribunda are extremely invasive in the Eastern United States and begin blooming around the end of March, with draping flowers followed by leaves and fuzzy seed pods. Explore more of Charleston’s historic garde

There is a handful of contemporary paintings and etchings of quagga. This is a selection of images that were created in the 18th and 19th centuries, when quaggas could still be seen in the wild and European zoos. The first image is a painting by Louis Agasse who painted from life for the rich and famous - this 1821 animal from an English private collection will certainly be a good likeness. The second image was painted by Nicolas Marechal in 1793 and is of a quagga in King Louis XVI's private me