April 2014

Bloodroot: Wildflower Wednesday

– Posted in: Native/Invasive, Plant info

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) is the first and only native wildflower blooming around here. (Coltsfoot is blooming also, but it's not native.) There is an area of brushy shrubs and saplings steps away from the back deck that has a generous patch of bloodroot. This brushy area has no raison d'être; it seems to merely be [...]