More color is showing each day as the grass turns greener with yellow dandelions dotted the lawn and some blue color from the Virginia bluebells, which are a bell-shaped native wildflower.
Blue from Virginia Bluebells
Picture of the Day for April 29, 2021
Last year must have been tough on the Yellow Trout Lily corms as so far I haven’t noticed any blossoms. Immature shoots only have one leaf instead of two leaves which the mature plants have and produce the flower. It takes four to seven years before it blooms and within the colony, only about a half of a percent will flower.
Missing Trout Lily Blossom
Picture of the Day for April 23, 2021
Today I spotted the first Jack-in-the-pulpit today even though it was harder to spot without its leaves open. It seemed rather pale looking without the sunshine and it definitely needed its hood to keep the rain off Jack inside the pulpit.
Wet Pulpit
Picture of the Day for April 21, 2021
Another chilly day has slowed down the wildflowers and the sun didn’t poke out long enough for blossoms of the wood anemone to open. Maybe tomorrow will be sunny and warmer as a single plant can take five years or more to flower.
Wood Anemone Waiting to Open
Picture of the Day for April 18, 2021
With the sun out this Sunday morning, the yellow of the marsh marigold shone brightly in the road ditch and it was nice to see another spring wildflower blossoms reappearing on the landscape.
Sunny Yellow Blossoms
Picture of the Day for April 10, 2021
Another wildflower, the wood violet, has emerged as small patches of its color add additional hints of the arrival of spring.
More Wildflowers Found
Picture of the Day for April 8, 2021
April showers are bringing April flowers. In just a couple of rainy days, both the bloodroots and spring beauties have opened a few blossoms. The spring beauties are tiny but bring a big sign of spring.
Spring Beauties Signal Spring
Picture of the Day for April 3, 2021
I spotted some snow glories this morning, but they are not native flowers. Late this afternoon, I did finally spotted the first native wildflower blooming in my woods. Hepaticas are the first wildflowers to bloom around my area and are always a treat to see in the spring.
First is Found
Picture of the Day for March 16, 2021
It looked like winter again this morning with the ground covered by snow. During a walk through the woods on Saturday, I searched for any signs of the hepaticas poking up as they normally one of the first wildflowers to bloom around my place. I found no hint of them yet and it was a good thing since they would have been covered in cold snowflakes today.
No Hepaticas Yet
Picture of the Day for February 17, 2021
The clouds prevented the day from feeling like it was above zero and the snow was another unwelcomed event. Instead of white snowflakes, I wouldn’t mind white dandelion seeds flying through the air as that would mean warmer conditions.
Dandelion Pappus
