Although I haven’t seen any flowers open in my yard yet, some hardy flowers have sprung up and they had another taste of snow overnight.
Crocuses Braving the Weather
Picture of the Day for February 24, 2016
It may not be snowing today and the temperature is nearing the freezing mark, but spring and blooming flowers are still a couple months away. So no bright orange dotting the yard and the only color seen in the yard are the birds at the feeders.
Colorful Lily
Picture of the Day for December 12, 2015
On a normal winter, the ground here would be covered with snow but this year the recent warm week has finally melted the snow but the only ‘flowers’ I found on my hike through the woods was some dried up flowers or some foliage only. The goldenrod I found wasn’t the bright golden yellow of summer time but the fuzzy white of the dried flower.
Now White and Not Golden
Picture of the Day for December 4, 2015
The trees are bare and the ground has some fallen leaves which are mostly covered with snow, but today’s scene doesn’t have spring flowers blooming among the white covering. A few frozen and withered late fall flowers is all that you might spot under the snow since the snow season has just started and spring flowers appearance is months away.
Blooming in Snow
Picture of the Day for November 19, 2015
I saw a yellow lily and a few brave Black-eyed Susans trying to hang onto fall but with the highs barely reaching the freezing mark, they may lose the battle as winter is taking over with snowflakes flying in the air. I don’t think the roses can’t hang on anymore either.
The Last Rose of Autumn
Picture of the Day for October 9, 2015
As the autumn colors begin showing on the trees, the flowers are slowly disappearing with only a few varieties still blooming in the shortening days but they add some contrasting colors from asters and clematis. And with over 300 species of clematis, there is a range color displayed like these pink ones.
Displaying a Bit of Pink
Picture of the Day for September 25, 2015
A bee has a different view of a hollyhock blossom than when we view the full blossom or the stem of a lot of blossoms.
A Bee’s View
Picture of the Day for September 12, 2015
The yellow lily was soaking up some sun rays on a nice afternoon after a chilly morning.
Catching Rays
Picture of the Day for August 25, 2015
A bit pink of color yet before the summer winds down. The small patch of phlox shines in the sunshine. The 67 different species of phlox are found mostly in North America in diverse habitats from alpine tundra to open woodland and prairie, in various colors and blooming seasons.
Pink Patch of Phlox
Picture of the Day for August 17, 2015
This flower (or weed) didn’t escape from gardens but most likely came as a stow-away from Europe and Asia in hay or alfalfa seed in the late 1890’s. Since then it has spread to 45 of the 50 states and has rapidly invaded Wisconsin’s prairies and barrens, as well as pastures, hay fields, ditches and other grassland areas.
Well it might look like a pretty purple flower, the spotted knapweed makes and then secretes chemicals into the soil which kill surrounding plants to aid its evasion.
Spotted Knapweed
