Walk in the woods

This one is of the family of the Wild Violet

And then this one, I really do not know: it looks a bit like a dandelion, but…???

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Thanks for the walk in the woods “E”!!!! Truly felt like I was there. What a lovely and special place that you can visit!!! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

oh how lovely.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Hi Your yellow one is Colt’s foot. It is the French sign for a drug store because centuries ago it was used as the bases for a lot of the herbal remedies.After the flowers it will get the leaves.
What is a Snow Trillium? I am impressed with how many different plants you have in bloom already. I had snow on Monday!! Thanks for the walk.

-- horsetail, Fergus, Ontario

Hi Horsetail,
Thanks for the name!
Snow trillium is the white one!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Loved the walk in the woods “E”. I never realized there was a red trillium. The white trillium is ‘Ontario’s flower’ (some might not be aware) and its illegal to pick. Once picked I have always understood it will never flower again. I could be corrected on this one.

bw

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

it supposedly takes 7 years for the flower to re-emerge.
There are the whites, the reds and the pinkish ones and I understand that there is a green one as well but I’ve never seen them.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

When we first got here, we had quite a few of the white ones and hardly any red! And this year, lots of the reds, both the very dark and the regular one. Haven’t seen any white yet, but I think I saw the buds for the white ones. To be followed!
MsD. I will keep an eye out for the Green one: that should be really neat!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

yah My Mom says that there is a place somewhere within a 2 hour drive of here that is almost all “green trilliums” but she can’t remember where it is..

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Well, MsD.
If she remembers, please let us know where. I would love to see them!
Just did a Google search:mutant plants with green striped petals are found in the Trillium grandiflorum species. ...

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Here is a new one for me. I do not know it’s name and it seems to grown on one patch of the forest only that measure about 3’x3’

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Wonderful tour of the woodland gardens, E!

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

Thanks Damocles,
More to come as the days get warmer!
Mother Nature doesn’t stop!!!!:-)

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

check this out
http://www.chrishominukphoto.com/gallery/2889341_9AtcN#156821129_JAdKr

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Thanks MsD.
I had tried it yesterday but dial up..
Aren’t they just gorgeous!

Still haven’t found a Snow one!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Hi everyone.Just wanted to let you know there really is a green trillium.I have seen them many times growing in the forests around Campbellford.They are green with white edging.The little purple ones we always called dog tooth violets.Probably not the real name but that is what everyone around here calls them.(lol) Nice pictures Eklectic.Brings back memories of long ago for me. Thanks.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Bon
You are welcome.
It is so nice to be able to share with people who really appreciate!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Hi E, Is your purple one maybe Meadow Beauty?

-- horsetail, Fergus, Ontario

Horsetail
My reading shows that Meadow Beauty blooms in July!
As well, this one is white with pink/purple so…?

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Yes you are right. I finally found a website; check out Ontario Wildflowers homepage. I looked in the flowers of spring section and went to Spring Beauty. This site may be of help.

-- horsetail, Fergus, Ontario

eklectic your little flower is spring beauty. It once was used as a potato substitute by settlers. It is an ephemeral (if emeril). That means like most early bloomers it will die completely to the ground come summer. Then next year do it all over again. Notice the candy stripes on this flower. They are really pink when the plant 1st starts blooming and get lighter with age.

-- wjl - 5a Indiana

Thank you nativeplantsrule. I was kind of counting on you!:-)

And horsetail which site where you looking at?

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Pretty flowers???

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

“E” ... what beautiful treasures you find on your walks!!! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Ontario wildflowers. Have fun.

-- horsetail, Fergus, Ontario

“E” so nice to have a woods to stroll through. Thanks everyone!

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Beautiful Deb

I live in a wooded area too and I love the country as for you so much to offer

This is the first time I have seen a red trillium

I have a couple of pic of blood root by the brook

Post away my dear, your pic are gorgeous

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

The Mayflower is NOva Scotia’s provincial flower

it is a flower I have not seen in years

The fragrance is to die for

There has been so much clear cutting the last few years they say there are hardly any of them left now

They bloom only in May

Last year I went looking for them as I knew where to look at a teen ager

I couldn’t even get into the area now it is so over grown

I wonder if they grow in other provinces

Have any of you seen them in your area??

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Hi Bunting,
I did a Google search to see if I knew the Mayflower and I do not. But I will keep my eyes open for you around here!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

There is a brook running behind my house

This is bloodroot. They run about a 1000 ft along the brook and about a 100 ft wide

Yes I have yellow dog wood to and white and purple violets. I must take a pic of those

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-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

What a great pic, Bunting. Would this be bloodroot with all the white flowers? Beautiful shot again!

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

WHOA!
Great picture! Nice flowers!
Anymore where this came from?

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

our woods are alive with the sound of mayflowers! Mayflowers and trilliums galore.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Beautiful Bunting … what a marvelous view you got!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Clintonia

A NOT Red trillium about to bloom! Will it be white? or…

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

‘E’, any fiddleheads growing in your woods? Perhaps they are now too mature.

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Love these woods …!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

My favorite wild flowers

They are wild mallow

I have blue ones too

They pop up everywhere a=but i pull a lot out and just let them bloom where I wan then

New plants come and bloom again in 3 weeks after the first bloom

I do save seeds so if you want any let me know for a SASE

They a re non stop blooming from June to oct

To keep them from growing everywhere I deadhead a lot but I love them

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-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Never heard of “wild” Mallows. Beautiful, beautiful plants.

I grow “Zebrina” Mallows … they also reseed themselves every year and tend to come up everywhere. But I let them get “big enough” and then just transplant them to where I want. They get nice and tall. Strong stalk, so no staking is necessary. Like you Bunting, one of my favorites!

The picture below is from the internet; as I don’t have a photo of mine handy

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

blooz…I thought fiddleheads were around for the summer solstice? I know someone who used to spend the solstice out in the woods hunting them, and would get really excited when he could find them (which was not all the time!)...

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

Bunting
I have “wild mallow” in my flower beds! Have had them for years and thought they were just plain ones!!! ;-)

GranT
I have been trying for years to grow the “Zebra mallow” and I finally have some seedlings!!!

Blooz
I do not know anything about ferns except that I like them and we must have almost a dozen different ones here!
So far, this is what I have:

And a few more ferns:

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Wow

All of these pic are gorgeous

GRabdma T

I keep trying to grow Zibrenias. They don’t want to re seed for me. Don’t I wih

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

I have them coming up all over now … what tickles me is it is never quite in the same spot where the original grows. I like to see where they sprout each spring.

I have never had any trouble with mine reseeding … I don’t cut them down until after our first hard frost and I leave the plant/roots alone till spring. Sometimes I will get growth back on the original stalk, sometimes not. They bloom right up to that first hard frost. However, I do cut them back quite a bit mid-summer; makes the stalks good and strong and the leaves huge.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

GRandmaT

I just sewed a whole Pkg of Zebrinas about 5 min ago

I normally buy one plant hoping for seeds. But no luck

One plant here is $4.99 so thought I would try starting them inside along with the rest of my plants

$2.99 for a whole pkg is a lot better on my budget. I really love the Zebrina

I am going to plant them in a different spot . Better soil and full sun

I love your pic

This whole thread is so lovely

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Fiddle head season is over now since a week or 2

They need to be picked just as they come through the soil with the foiled heads

Any later than that they are bitter and tough

But then a much as I love greens , Fiddleheads is one I don’t like

They are thick growing along the river and brook here

I think they look nicer as ferns than in my tummy, lol,lol

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Well they do LOVE full sun Bunting and are quite drought tolerant as well. I wish you luck with the seeds, let me know how they do!!! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Democles, Bunting answer the guestion re. fiddleheads. Early spring just as the fern is poking its head through the ground. Do a search as all ferns are not edible. I tried them once and was not taken. They are sold in some of our stores but its a rare find.

‘E’ .... many ferns you have ….. lovely indeed. Likely a few “fiddles” there …. lol.

GrandmaT, Your Zebrenias are beautiful!

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Grandma T

I wonder if the area I had the Zebrenias is just too damp and that is why I loose them

can they handle any dampness at all?? That whole area, the soil is a bit damp almost all the time

I keep putting sand and peat in there but it doesn’t help

Any suggestions how I can improve the soil so it won’t be so damp

The bed is in full sun all day so I would think it would dry out but it doesn’t completly

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Well they can handle a certain amount of moistness, just not a constant “wet” if that makes sense. They seem to prefer it dryer.

Now I do water early mornings (soaker hose system) when the heat really hits here mid-summer … but my soil is a bit rocky and sandy so I have good drainage; they are not contantly sitting in “wet”.

Now at our old home my Zebrina’s were in a corner where they got full sun and very little water. They were mixed in with my daylilies (that do not need a lot of water either). And they did wonderful there.

I might move them to a dryer spot and see how they do this season. The wetness might be your issue. I also prune them in June, cut them back quite a bit. From that point on the stalks gets nice and thick, leaves get big and flower like crazy.

Hope this helps.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Thanks GRandma T

I think dampness is my problem

Our is just barely coming up so pruning would be a bad thing for them I would think at this stage

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Bunting, you certainly do not want to prune them now as they are just coming up (here too). I mentioned above that I prune them in June. I normally have substantial growth by then. Sorry if there was confusion with that.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

We live in the woods too and this is a picture of Bluebells, taken from my kitchen window. We went away on holiday nothing there and came back to this….lovely.

-- Derbyshire------- English Countryside

I would love to come home to this!
WHOA!
I just LOVE it!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

beautiful pictures

fiddlehead question…..........they are ferns ?.........being that there are many fern specie here, is there a particular specie that are the fiddleheads you eat?...........if so, how can you tell which ones they are?

I have tried fiddle heads and although 99% of the food I make is yummy, fiddleheads were simply not palatable

How do you cook them

-- Central northish Ontario

Greenthumb… My family have been gathering fiddleheads for many years in this area.I’m sorry I can’t tell you what the name of the fern is but it’s the only one I ever see around here.We put them in a bucket of water to get rid of the chafing.It usually floats to the top.Boil them for about 20 minutes. When you go to eat them add a splash of vinegar or lemon juice and lots of butter.They really are tasty.But remember to pick only the new heads.The bigger they get the more bitter they get.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Springwood ... what a beautiful kitchen view!!!! Wow!!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b