Spring Hopes Perennial

Spring’s unfolding has been a stop-and-start affair in our valley this year. A brief early warm-up was followed by a cold, rainy stretch and then three inches of snow, a little sun and then more rain and cold. Plants everywhere continue awakening, though, pushing promisingly above the soil surface, pacing their growth, biding their time [...]

Video: Bloodroot and Trout Lily

[Steve] – (April 16th)  This is the Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis. It’s a great spring ephemeral woodland edge / woodland species.  It likes a richer soil but it can go a little bit on the dry side.  Here it’s along side the Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum). You can see the Trout Lily pattern on the [...]