What a difference 4 days of sunshine makes! Our morning temperatures this week were still very chilly (20s), but it has been sunny. Brings those little buds right out!
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| The first Shooting Stars of 2013! |
There are still lots of Yellowbells (at the top Mary, and they are only as big as your thumb!) and Prairie Stars scattered here and there--they are only as big as your pinky-nail.
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| Yellowbells |
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| Prairie Stars |
Our little Fairyslippers have been hard at work in the cold frozen ground and have sent up shoots! Won't be long for them.
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| Fairy-slipper bud |
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| These are also known as Calypso Orchids |
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This is the same patch as the ones pictured on an earlier post in the snow.
The shoots/buds are very pale. |
There were lots of new leaves and plants emerging. One is called Biscuitroot:
What I saw the most of today were new leaves that will be Heart-leaf Arnica. But Alumroot and Fairybells are busy too.
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| Heart-leaf Arnica |
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| Heart-leaf Arnica |
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| Fairybell shoots |
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| Alumroot leaves |
My flower-nerd buddy, Lynn, is helping me identify some of those mystery plants. (see post on 4-20) Mystery #1 is most likely the starry leaves of Larkspur, which we know grows up there. Mystery #2 is an invasive, houndstongue, and will need to be pulled later on. Mystery #3 has grown a little bit and I think it is Stoneseed or Lithospermum. Again these are in places that I can monitor and check to see if we are right once we get some flowers. Come on sunshine!!
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| Mystery #3: Lithospermum/Stoneseed |
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| Larkspur leaves; from mystery #1 |
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