Larry Mellichamp

Biographical Sketch of T. Lawrence (Larry) Mellichamp Dr. Larry Mellichamp, Ph.D., is a Professor of Botany and Horticulture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he has taught for over 38 years. He is also director of the University’s Botanical Gardens which has 10 acres of outdoor gardens including many native plants. The new Mellichamp Natives Terrace Garden demonstrates the use of natives directly for the homeowner. Larry is an expert on native trees and shrubs, and also studies carnivorous plants, especially Sarracenia pitcher plants. He has written many technical and popular articles on plants and gardening, and has co-authored five books: including “The Winter Garden” with Peter Loewer (1997); “Wildflowers of the Western Great Lakes Region” (1999); “Bizarre Botanicals” with Paula Gross (2010), and most recently (2014), “Native Plants of the Southeast (and their garden uses)”. He has traveled extensively in the eastern United States, and has made trips to photograph unusual plants in Costa Rica, South Africa, Borneo, southern Europe, China, and Australia.