A New Flower or Two

            I have several new flowers to add to this blog. Here is the first one:

Found in the Dundas Valley

at this time of year.

Purple Cress - Newcomb Guide Name

Limestone Bittercress - Vascan name

Cardamine de Douglass - Vancan French

(Cardamine douglassii)

Close-up from different angle

Large-flowered Bellwort

Uvulaire à Grandes Fleurs

(Uvularia grandiflora)

Woodland Strawberry
Fraisier des Bois
(Fragaria versa)

Wild Strawberry
aka Common Strawberry
Frasier des Champs
(Fragaria virginiana)

Yesterday's Flower - Today's Walk

We had rain, wind, and cool weather

yesterday but our Red Trillium

started blooming!

Red Trillium

Trille Rouge

(Trillium erectum)

Our walk with the Beckett Walkers today

was at the Sudden Tract.

Wet condition but not raining.

First Marsh Marigolds blooming.

Lots of Round-leaved Hepatica seen.

One Spicebush in bloom near the end of the walk.

We walked on the red trail, white trail

to the road, up the road to the intersection,

back to the yellow trail,

along the yellow trail to the blue,

and finished back on the white again.

More Leaves Showing

Rainy day today but some new leaves were showing.

Black Raspberry
Framboisier Noir
(Rubus occidetalis)

Sweet Viburnum

Viorne Flexible

(Viburnum lentago)

White Trillium

Trille Blanc

(Trillium grandiflorum)

Two Friday Flowers

Giant Blue Cohosh

Caulophylle géant

(Caulophyllum gigantism)

Butterbur

Pétasite du japon

(Petasites japonicus)

Two Bloodroot Photos

Sunday, April 21

RBG Arboretum

Tuesday, April 23

Rural Brant County

Bloodroot

Sanguinaire du Canada

(Sanguinaria canadensis)