No late summer flower garden is complete without crocosmia's vibrant wands of scarlet, red, orange, and yellow. They offer a late pop of color when many gardens are languishing in the dog days. Their narrow, bladed foliage provides vertical accents much like gladiola leaves.
The world's biggest military bases. All five of the world's biggest military bases belong to the US, with Fort Bragg housing a staggering 52,280 active duty soldiers. Army-technology.com lists the largest army bases in the world, ranked by population. Fort Bragg is the largest US Army base in terms of population.
The Air Force and Coast Guard have some medium-sized bases in North Carolina, but Air Force bases in Nevada and Florida are significantly larger, and the Coast Guard only says its Elizabeth City base is is one of the busiest and even then, just in terms of air operations.