Entries tagged with trilliums
May 15th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 12 Comments
Variegated bulbous oat grass, sweet white violet, and a bit of ‘White Nancy’ lamium in the lower left corner
Because of the warm April, a lot of the daffodils that were still blooming last year are done for this year. This is the “gap” time between the early blooming spring flowers and the big June extravaganza […]
[Read more →]
Categories: Miscellaneous
Keywords: birthday garden · bloom dates · bloom records · brunnera · cherry · corydalis · daffodils · hellebores · trilliums
May 17th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 11 Comments
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 […]
[Read more →]
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
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 […]
[Read more →]
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
March 28th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 3 Comments
If you want to learn more about the plants native to your area, a good place to start would be The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada by William Cullina. He has done a good job creating a general reference work that can help […]
[Read more →]
Categories: Book reviews · Habitat gardening · Native/Invasive
Keywords: erythronium · houghton mifflin · native plants · reference · trilliums · trout lily · william cullina