A small patch of pink waved at me when I was mowing today. The first wild rose blossom opened up during this first week of June.
First Wild Rose
Picture of the Day for June 1, 2020
The lawn was showing patches of orange from the Orange Hawkweed, which is a native of Europe and is a very invasive species here in the state. And it does seem to be spreading in more areas at my place, although the butterflies like the orange flower.
Orange Hawkweed
Picture of the Day for May 19, 2020
I spotted a lonely wild geranium open today. I always think of them as a summer flower but since the longest day of the year is about a month away, I guess it is more summer than spring anymore even if the calendar doesn’t say so yet. The wild geranium, also called spotted geranium or wood geranium, is native to eastern North America.
First Wild Geranium
Picture of the Day for May 13, 2020
The deer in my woods seem to like white flowers as I cannot find a great white trillium blossom left but only the chewed off stems. And the deer even ate the white blooms of the bloodroots, although I did find some white Wood Anemones flowers which tend to grow in thick mats. A single plant may take five years or more to blossom so hopefully since they are low to the ground, maybe the deer will skip these little wildflowers.
Wood Anemones
Picture of the Day for May 8, 2020
The Virginia Bluebells might be blue, not only in color, but feeling blue because of temperature below freezing overnight and more frosty nights in the forecast.
Blue Virginia Bluebells
Picture of the Day for May 6, 2020
The lack of bright colors sometimes allow the green Jack-in-the-pulpit to go unnoticed in the woods, but it is an interesting flower to see. I spotted a few of the them open today but poor Jack might need a blanket with the frosty nights this week.
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Picture of the Day for May 1, 2020
May Day was a holiday celebrated more in the past centuries, with May baskets and the May pole dancing. But at least there are finally some flowers blooming that could have been used to fill a May basket if it was a tiny basket since many of the early blossoms are tiny like these Spring Beauties.
May Day Spring Beauties
Picture of the Day for April 27, 2020
Today the birds sounded like they were inside my house as it was finally warm enough to open the windows for the first time this year. And the wildflowers seemed to soak up the warmth too with wood violets, bloodroots, and yellow trout lily blossoms finally opened. And the earlier opened hepatica blooms seemed to gain more color on this warm afternoon after the morning rain.
Sunny Hepaticas
Picture of the Day for April 23, 2020
As I was picking up sticks off the lawn near the edge of the woods, I spotted the leaves of the trillium plant poking up, although the leaves haven’t unfurled and no bud showing yet. But with the deer around my place, I rarely get to see the great white trillium blossoms as they must be rather tasty to the deer and I generally only see stems were a flower should have been.
Great White Trillium Blossoms
Picture of the Day for April 18, 2020
The snow was melting in the woods, but still no bloodroots poking up yet. Although there were some green leaves mottled with brown color of the yellow trout lily up, no blossom stems up nor any flowers yet. The leaves mottled coloring resemble the coloring of brook trout, giving the trout lily its name and when eventually they bloom, the yellow is added to its name.
Yellow Trout Lily
