Could not wipe the smile off my face all day. The wildflowers were riotous! Thank you to Patty, Bonnie, Bob, and Lolli for being my hiking buddies.
These were all blooming:
- Painted Trillium
- White Trillium
- Red Trillium
- Spring Beauties
- Dwarf Ginseng
- Barren Strawberries
- Common Strawberries
- Foamflower
- Mayflower
- Toothwort
- Common Blue Violet
- Sweet White Violet
- Round-leafed Violet
- Yellow Violet
- Canada Violet
- Long-spurred Violet
- Kidney-leafed Buttercup
- Squirrel corn
- Yellow Mandarin
- Rosy Bells
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- Dandelion
- Speedwell
- Cuckoo Flower
- Common Mustard
- Solomon’s Seal
- False Solomon’s Seal
- Golden Ragwort
- Miterwort
- Polygala
- Wild Oats
- Wild Geranium
- Perfoliate Bellwort
- Cress (I don’t know what kind)
- Bugle
- Forget-me-not
- Wild Blueberries
- Blue-eyed Grass
- Bluets
- Broad-leafed Sedge
- Sarsaparilla (buds)
- Red Elder (buds)
- Hobblebush
- Pin Cherry
- Canada Mayflower
- English Daisies
- Swamp Buttercup
In addition, there were these either already bloomed, or not yet blooming:
- Colt’s Foot
- False Hellebore
- Leeks
- Bedstraw
- Red Elder
- Herb Robert
- Virginia Waterleaf
- Wood Sorrel
- Indian Cucumber Root
- Trout Lily
- Partridge Berries
- Dutchman’s Breeches
- Hepatica
- Jewelweed
- Mayapple
- Yellow Clintonia
- Blue Cohosh
- Round-leafed orchid
And of course there were ferns!
- Interrupted
- Cinnamon
- Sensitive
- Christmas
- Lady
- Maidenhair
- And others I wasn’t sure about…
Stunning! Seems you’re pretty fond of Spring, as well.