The wild roses are beginning to bud and soon the rosy pink blossoms will be attracting bees.
Wild Rose Bud
The different varieties of spring wildflowers are continue to appear after a late start. The wild geranium, which has other names including cranesbill, are displaying their rose-pink-lavender colors in the woods and road ditches. The name cranesbill comes from after the plant is done blooming and the fruit capsule with five basal cells and a long central beak-like column like a crane’s head.
Wild Geranium Pretty Blossoms
The April showers last night left water sitting on top of the ground and my shoes got a little muddy walking on the trail in my woods, but the April showers did bring the May flowers. Today I saw wildflowers open that weren’t a few days ago. I found Jack-in-the-pulpit, Great White Trilliums, Wood Anemones, Virginia Bluebells, Marsh Marigolds, Wood Violets, Spring Beauties and the Yellow Trout Lily. Although I know the trout lily by one of its other common names, the yellow adder’s tongue. Whatever the name, the bright yellow helps to find the flower.
Yellow Adder’s Tongue