I finally saw some wildflowers open in the woods, but this bloodroot might have wished it waited a another week with snowflakes flying today and freezing temperatures the nest few nights.
Season’s First Bloodroot
Picture of the Day for March 7, 2023
Eleven years ago, spring did come early and the white petals of the Bloodroot blossoms carpeted the woods in late March, but with the current depth of snow and the tall snow piles, I will be lucky that I am not mowing around snow piles in May let alone seeing March flowers this year.
Bloodroot White Blossom
Picture of the Day for April 20, 2022
At least today it is rain showers and not falling snow, but I still haven’t spotted a wildflower blooming yet so hopefully the April showers will bring May flowers as April is rather barren yet.
Missing Wet Blossom
Picture of the Day for February 4, 2020
When the rodent gave his forecast on Groundhog’s Day, many figure it is the midpoint of winter but this year, halfway point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox actually occurred today instead. And Wisconsin’s groundhog Jimmy predicted six more weeks of winter. It would be nice if winter was really over in six weeks so we could see some spring wildflowers when the calendar says it is spring.
Maybe Halfway to Spring
Picture of the Day for May 5, 2019
While I might not have found any Spring Beauties blooming yet, there were some Bloodroots buds poking up and may fully open in a few more day. And at least they only had some rain on them today and not snow this time.
Bloodroot Bud
Picture of the Day for April 1, 2019
Mother Nature played a small April Fools’ Day joke today when I found a coating of new snow coating the ground. I would have appreciated a nice treat of wildflower blooming instead of the snow, even if they were white wildflowers like these bloodroots. Its name comes from bright red color of the sap when the stem is cut.
A Better White Coat
Picture of the Day for April 19, 2016
The warm weather has disappeared, but a number of the wildflowers opened the last few days. And the ground has patches of white, although not from snow, but from wildflowers like wood anemones and bloodroots. The strong wind has been rather hard on the blossoms as petals have fallen even though the flowers just opened.
Ground White from Bloodroots
Picture of the Day for April 21, 2015
Spring has been put on hold since it is snowing at the moment and the petals of the bloodroot blossom are not open but they are still collecting the falling snow.
Camouflaged Blossom
Picture of the Day for April 20, 2015
I am hoping the white of the Bloodroots in the woods is all the white color I see tomorrow morning and not the white from snow.
White Blossom of the Bloodroot
Picture of the Day for December 4, 2014
I love the spring wildflowers, even if I prefer more colorful wildflowers than a Bloodroot, but even now the early white flower would be a welcome surprise rather than seeing just white snow on the ground.
Waiting for the Bloodroot
