The last few weeks have truly been a blur! Our spring wildflowers, of which I am so fond, are truly ephemeral. Every chance I've had, if the weather was halfway agreeable, I've set out with my son to seek out wildflower displays.
Raccoon Creek Wildflower Reserve once again did not disappoint!
These pictures are from our visit on April 24. The first eye catching delight were the ferns. They were unfurling at a tremendous rate, in seemingly infinite variety. (I have got to figure out how to identify ferns!) The trees were leafing out like crazy, signaling to the wildflowers that their narrow window was closing. Bluebells, trout lilies, toadshade, and golden ragwort were going gangbusters. Dutchman's breeches were past peak, Jack-in-the-pulpit and mitrewort just beginning to bloom, and Mayapple just budding. I was especially pleased to see mitrewort, which is a favorite of mine. Its blooms are arranged on tiny spikes. The lacy flowers are easily overlooked but well worth noticing. The woods that day were rather heavenly.
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| Virginia bluebell with honeybee. |
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| Virginia bluebell with honeybee. |
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| Blue cohosh. |
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| Trout lily. |
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| Virginia bluebells, but these have a lavender cast. |
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| Virginia bluebells. |
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| Mitrewort. |
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| White tailed deer. Stay away from our wildflowers, you brute! |
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| Trillium. |
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| Toadshade. |
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| Jack-in-the-pulpit. |
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| Trout lily, in white. |
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| Virginia bluebells and trillium. |
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| Trillium. |
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| Wild stonecrop. |
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| Dutchman's breeches. |
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| Eastern comma butterfly. |
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| Virginia bluebells and bumblebee. |
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| Redbud tree. |
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| Delphinium. |
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| Mayapple. |
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| Golden ragwort. |
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| Sensitive fern. |
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| Wild geranium. |
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| Golden ragwort. |
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| Spring beauty. |
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