The wooded area behind our house was calling to me this evening. The light was good, so there was no excuse. Maybe some trilliums would be blooming.
I don't think this is a wild flower. I think it may have escaped from my neighbour's garden. Isn't this a sweet little primula?
Bloodroots are beginning to drop their petals already. How fast the seasons pass.
The dog-toothed violets were starting to close up shop for the night.
And, a blue cohosh was looking as whimsical as ever. From WebMD: "Blue cohosh is used for stimulating the uterus and starting labor; starting menstruation; stopping muscle spasms; as a laxative; and for treating colic, sore throat, cramps, hiccups, epilepsy, hysterics, inflammation of the uterus, infection of the female organs (pelvic inflammatory disease), over-growth of uterine tissue (endometriosis), and joint conditions."
Isn't that amazing?!! Don't you wonder how native folks ever figure out things like that?
Yay! Trilliums!!! The red trilliums are a little earlier than the white ones.
I was hoping to see more hepaticas, and different coloured ones. I saw a few plants, but only the pale lavender ones.
They are such stately flowers.
Spring Beauties were closing up too. Compare them to the beech leaf in the bottom left corner. They are very small flowers.
The odd white trillium had opened up here and there.
I have no idea what this interesting plant is. I never noticed it before.
I need to find a recipe using some wild garlic.
As the sunlight lessened, the trillium's colour deepened.
Time to go home.
“Very little grows on jagged rock.
Be ground.
Be crumbled,
so wildflowers will come up where you are.”
Rumi
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