14 Responses

1. Monica the Garden Faerie Says:
   May 8th, 2009 at 7:40 pm

   Love all the wildflowers, especially the tiarellas, which we faeries are just naturally drawn to. I discovered squirrel corn (Dicentra canadensis) in my garden, which, like the trillium, I don’t remember planting, but I know I must have (as in, it didn’t just pop up naturally)! Noogie!

   Monica,
   I’m a bit partial to Foamflowers too. The extra long stamens are faerie eyelashes.

   Who knows maybe it did. If it grows in your area some squirrely little nutkin could have planted it for you.

2. Ratty Says:
   May 8th, 2009 at 8:13 pm

   I love seeing all of the wildflowers even if I don’t know the names. There aren’t very many here yet, but I did see something that looked a lot like the white trillium. I’ll have to compare and see if that’s what I have.

   Ratty,
   Remember – All parts 3. Leaves, petals and sepals. (stamens 6)

3. Sheila Says:
   May 8th, 2009 at 8:29 pm

   Lovely, lovely!

   Sheila,
   You have to stop looking in the mirror before commenting.

4. HoneyB Says:
   May 8th, 2009 at 8:31 pm

   Absolutely beautiful. Especially the red trillium!

   HoneyB,
   I have to say that I was quite pleased with the red. It’s the one I put on my desktop.

5. Ellen Says:
   May 8th, 2009 at 10:01 pm

   You are totally motivating me! I’m going out with my camera tomorrow (unless it’s raining) to get up close and personal with some of my spring ephemerals. Thanks.

   Ellen,
   I hope you have better weather than I – it’s raining this morning.

6. cindee Says:
   May 8th, 2009 at 11:24 pm

   Awesome wild flowers(-: The butterfly is pretty too(-:

   cindee,
   Only the best were served up fresh.

7. ryan Says:
   May 8th, 2009 at 11:35 pm

   Nice photos. The trilliums, of course, but the fragaria virginiana is really pretty, too. Much prettier than the flower of ours, vesca and chiloensis.

   ryan;
   The Wood strawberry is around here too (alien). And we can thank the Beach for garden strawberries. But no matter what the flowers lead to a tasty treat

8. Heather Says:
   May 9th, 2009 at 12:11 am

   I put up the red trillium, thanks for the new desktop background! I needed a pretty one.

   Heather,
   It always makes me happy when someone actually uses one. (and lets me know)

9. rainfield Says:
   May 9th, 2009 at 2:04 am

   Red Trillium is beautiful, but the West Virginia White Butterfly was labeled as wildflower, it might look as fantastic as wild flowers.
   rainfield,
   you missed the fine print:
   And now for something completely different

10. Elaine Says:
    May 9th, 2009 at 10:08 pm

    These are beautiful, I think the White Trillium is my favorite. Thank you for sharing these.

    Elaine,
    The Bluets are my favorite. The Trilliums come in a close second.

11. Grammy Says:
    May 10th, 2009 at 11:38 pm

    You comments were not working on the above post. You need to try zyrtec it has helped allot with allergy’s for me.
    Have a great day.

    Grammy,
    Thanks for the heads up – there was some bug so I deleted and re-posted the piece.

    I’ll skip the zyrtec – I like being allergic to work.

12. jodi (bloomingwriter) Says:
    May 11th, 2009 at 8:35 pm

    I love wildflowers and spring ephemerals…was going to dig up and transplant some bluets here but it didn’t happen yet. Of course, there are a gazillion things that need doing around here, but I want the bluets. They look like they’re made of china. This working for a living though….

    jodi,
    Yea, this working for a living really gets in the way at times. I come home and don’t want to look at my garden (mess) after dealing with every one else’s. So I go wandering around and enjoy the one Mother Nature takes care of.

13. Giddy Says:
    May 12th, 2009 at 7:46 am

    I always learn so much from your site. The photos are stunning and I get such a kick out of finding various plants you have featured in our woods. Now, if you could just give me a definitive photo of chanterelle mushrooms. I know there are two which look much alike, one edible, the other not. How to tell the difference?

    Giddy,
    Soon as I find some I’ll be posting. I only started to hunt mushrooms last year so many were unidentified. This year I’m hoping to do much better. I got 4 new mushroom field guides for Xmas

    If I’m not positive on an ID – they are made into desktop backgrounds with no name

14. Joy Says:
    May 15th, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    Dear Mr. WiseA**
    these are gorgeous wild flowers you have captured .. with your camera : )
    I have a white trillium and a red one .. the red one always looks rather forlorn and small .. any suggestions to force a little family from it at all ? It seems rather stubborn on being an only child for me .. BIG sigh !

    Joy,
    I leave them in the wild – they are particular about their surroundings and I hate taking care of stuff. I did see a site somewhere that had some advise – I’ll have to look and if I find it again I’ll give you the link.

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