Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Plant of the week: Large flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

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This is a nice woodland clump forming species that actually makes a pretty good cut flower, of which there are not that many native specie...
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Monday, March 18, 2013

Plant of the week: Violet woodsorrel (Oxalis violacea)

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Violet woodsorrel is the only native woodsorrel in Kentucky with lavendar to purple flowers.  All the remaining species have yellow flower...
Monday, March 11, 2013

The purple martin scouts are back, get your houses up and cleaned out now!!!

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Purple martin scouts began returning to Kentucky in late February this year but right now in the past few days, more reports are coming in...

Plant of the Week: Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)

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This early spring blooming woodland flower is not that showy for the garden, although I do like the texture and leaf/stem color and the bl...
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Monday, March 4, 2013

Plant of the Week: Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis)

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The foliage of this early spring wildflower is easily mistaken with the foliage of its close cousin, Dutchman's Breeches ( D. cucullar...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Plant of the Week: Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica)

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Some folks consider these delicate spring wildflowers to be weeds because they flourish in older, established neighborhoods and carpet the...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Plant of the Week: Harbinger of Spring (Eringenia bulbosa)

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I absolutely love this tiny, dainty early spring wildflower.  It is sometimes called "pepper and salt" plant because of the w...