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Category Archives: Flowers
Coreopsis Hillside
Lanceleaf coreopsis, Coreopsis lanceolata This is what the hillside east of our house here at the PGT looked like today at sunrise. Coreopsis everywhere!
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Foxglove Beardtongue
Foxglove Beardtongue, Penstemon digitalis Today the field East of the PGT Center is filled today with the white flowers of Foxglove Beardtongue. There must be a million blossoms. I saw big bumble bees getting nectar from it.
Mt. Cuba
Trillium at Mt. Cuba This week Lorna and I have been exploring one of the best wildflower gardens in North America. It is called Mt. Cuba and it is in Deleware. They are especially well known for their woodland wildflowers … Continue reading
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Brand’s Phacelia
Brand’s phacelia, Phacelia gilioides What an ugly name for such an attractive plant! This small plant is blooming now on the trail through The Savannah.
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Honeybees on Wild Hyacinth
Wild Hyacinth, Camassia scilloide Yesterday we found a patch of Wild Hyacinth blooming just east of Beaver Lake. The bees were actively working the flowers.
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A Million Wildflowers
Spring Beauty, Claytonia virginica I don’t know how to accurately estimate the number of wildflowers carpeting the woods at the PGT but it must be millions. The flowers that seem to be everywhere is Spring Beauty. That is what I … Continue reading
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1,000 new plants
Merv delivered plants tonight Merv Wallace delivered 1,000 potted wildflowers for us to plant this week. We’ve been getting plants from Merv since the PGT started a couple decades ago. That is around the time that he started Missouri Wildflowers … Continue reading
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Dutchman’s Breeches
Dutchman’s Breeches, Dicentra cucullaria Spring wildflowers continue to pop up in the woods all over the PGT. The best place to find them is in the low areas along creeks. I photographed this clump of Dutchman’s Breeches today along a … Continue reading
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False Rue-anemone
False Rue-anemone, Enemion biternatum Several warm days have brought a rush of early spring wildflowers. The weather is so nice that it is very hard to stay inside! Parts of the Hillers Creek bottom is carpeted with Rue Anemone. The … Continue reading
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Harbinger of Spring
Harbinger of Spring, Erigenia bulbosa After Lorna and I had a picnic lunch at the Rookery Overlook we looked for early spring wildflowers. We found three species in bloom: Harbinger of Spring, Erigenia bulbosa Spring Beauty, Claytonia virginica False Rue-anemone, … Continue reading
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