Yes, I know the Garden Bloggers Bloom Day was yesterday the day before yesterday. I didn’t get finished in time. So just pretend this is May 15th, okay? (As always, hover your mouse over any thumbnail for a caption, and click on any photo for a larger image.)
Narcissus
Let’s start off with the narcissus. The early […]
Entries tagged with polygala
May Blooms: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
May 17th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 11 Comments
Categories: Native/Invasive · Narcissus
Keywords: acquisitions · anemone · bloom dates · bloom records · caltha · daffodils · ell · gaywings · marsh marigold · May · meadow rue · Mertensia · narcissus · native plants · polygala · secret garden · thalictrum · trilliums · violets · Virginia bluebells · wood anemone
Native Plants This Spring
May 14th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 3 Comments
May is always a busy month, what with birthdays (3 this month), Mother’s Day, a garden going to weeds, and homeschooling paperwork, but this past week had additional expected and unexpected busy-ness. It’s very easy to miss the spring ephemerals if you’re not careful. I know, because I’ve done it before. And if you go […]
Categories: What's up/blooming · Native/Invasive
Keywords: bloodroot · canada lily · delphinium · erythronium · gaywings · geranium · larkspur · mayapples · meadow rue · Mertensia · native plants · podophyllum · polygala · polygonatum · sanguinaria · solomons seal · spring · thalictrum · trilliums · trout lily · violets · Virginia bluebells
Gaywings
May 17th, 2003 by Kathy Purdy · Comments Off
There is a sweet little flower (Polygala paucifolia) that blooms in our woods about the same time as the trilliums. It is called Fringed Polygala, which doesn’t do justice to the plant, but also Gaywings, which captures the essence of the flowers better. You could almost call them funny; they look like little hot pink […]
Categories: Plant info
Keywords: gaywings · native plants · polygala










