The woods are bursting with color!
This is a gorgeous wild Orange Azalea Bush. Also know as Mountain Azalea, Wild Azalea and Honeysuckle Azalea. It has showy fragrant flowers.
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Hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies are attracted to the sweet smelling clusters of flowers.
Each time you wish upon a dandelion you are sending anywhere from 54 to 172 seeds into the air.
It is said that the 3 phases of a dandelion represent the sun, moon and stars. The yellow flower represents the sun, the white puff ball represents the moon and the dispersing seeds represent the stars.
May all your wishes come true!
Needle Pointed Blue-Eyed
Grass (Sisyrinchium Mucronatum) -
Contrary to its common name, it is
not a grass, The low growing, narrow leaves do have a grass-like appearance,
thus the common name. The dainty, deep blue to violet flowers open one at a
time. The star shaped blooms are under 3/4" across. At the tip of
each rounded petal or sepal is a needle like tip, thus its common name of
Needle-tip Blue-eyed grass. Flowers close in the late afternoon to evening and
open again in the morning. Its native habitat includes forests, woodlands,
fields, meadows, and along ponds and streams.
Spreading Fleabane (Erigeron Diverens) - Is a flowering plant in the daisy and sunflower family. It has small, attractive daisy like flowers with up to 150 ray flowers, giving the round flower head a frilly look. The plump yellow or greenish-yellow centers are made up of tiny disk flowers.
It is a plant of many habitats from desert to low-elevation mountains.
Creeping Buttercup - The common buttercup found in damp places on grassland, along woodland and field edges. Its long, rooting runners helping it to spread across lawns. This golden-cupped flower is a childhood favorite: if a yellow reflection appears when it is held up to the chin, it is considered as a sign
that the person likes butter.
Sometimes called the Nodding Trillium. The flowers nod
beneath the petals with a hue of pastel pink or rose. Trilliums, as the name
implies have everything in 3's-three leaves, three petals. It is one of the
wildflowers whose seeds are distributed by ants. The Trilliums are now
recognized as precious and special although they are not officially endangered.
In many areas Trilliums are still very common. The Trillium is very
slow growing, it takes decades to establish a healthy colony. If left
undisturbed it will spread by creeping rootstocks to create a carpet of early
spring flowers on the forest floor. It can also propagate by seed but this is
even slower.
A wonderful time to be exploring outdoors! So much new growth! In our backyard we have a wild blackberry bush blooming. The blackberries have showy flowers that range in color from pink to white and occur singly or in clusters at the end of shoots.
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Each flower is about 1 inch across with 5 petals. The fruits are red to black in color, edible, and tasty when ripe if you can get there before the birds and the deer! Beware the stems are thorny!
This beautiful flowering plant can be deadly to humans and animals. Bark, flowers, seeds, leaves, roots, stems, and sap are all poisonous. Even the honey made from bees that forage exclusively on Mountain Laurel is toxic. It is called ‘Mad Honey’. Lovely to look at but beware...
Some plants can be poisonous if ingested.
Others can hurt you if you get them on your skin. For some plants, all parts of
the plant are poisonous.
Important to educate yourself on plants and any
possible toxic properties.
I discovered an easy to follow video tutorial to construct this sweet origami basket demonstrated by Easy Origami and Crafts . Used a 12...
