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 May 10, 2020
This Mother’s Day was different as many people were not able to gather in traditional ways. I did pick dandelions for my mom’s bouquet, but since it was cloudy and the flowers had some ice pellets overnight, the dandelions blossoms didn’t full open up. So in addition to the normal yellow flowers, I added some wood violets, which is Wisconsin’s state flower.
Wood Violets
Picture of the Day for March 20, 2017
The birds were singing more on this warmer day as spring officially starts. And the ground and the outside house walls had plenty of flies crawling around so I could have turned my tree frog loose for an afternoon smack when the sun came out later in the day. And it must be spring as I spotted a mosquito too, even though there are no spring flowers blooming. I rather see flowers than those nasty insects.
Pretty Violets
Picture of the Day for December 15, 2014
Normally when the snow disappears, I would be out looking for the early wildflowers, but since it is just a fluke in the weather pattern which caused the winter snow to melt temporarily, there won’t be a chance to spot a blooming flower, not for several months yet. You might get lucky to find some foliage still somewhat green or a dry bull thistle head (which a kitten found and was proudly carrying in its mouth).
Still Have to Wait
Picture of the Day for May 29, 2014
Wisconsin became a state on May 29, 1848 and when the state flowers were first nominated in 1908, the school children voted for the wildflower on Arbor Day 1909. They selected the wood violet over the wild rose, trailing arbutus, and the white water lily.
The wood violet is commonly seen in wet woodland, meadow areas, along roadsides and on my lawn this year. They are also in my woods and it seemed like a fitting picture to have a wood violet near some wood.
Woodsy Wood Violets
