We finally took a drive to see some wild flowers.
For those of you who are local Road 100 gravel road
starts in Blairsville off Murphy Hwy & goes to Young Harris,
with the hill facing north so only a few early Spring flowers
Here is a white trillium
Not sure if the pink trillium fades to white
or visa versa
or if these are two different trilliums
one hillside was covered with white trillium
a type of geranium ?
an unusual shaped fern leaf.
trailing (purple) trillium
white violets
moss covered rocks
not sure about this one ?
Laura from New Zealand says this is
Tiarella or foam flower
Laura from New Zealand says this is
Tiarella or foam flower
columbines I think
flame azalea
blue flowers look to be miniature flag iris,
not sure about the pink flower, an orchid or lily ?
Peter from New Zealand says the pink one is
Trillium catesbaei - Bashful Wakerobin
Peter from New Zealand says the pink one is
Trillium catesbaei - Bashful Wakerobin
a spring fed tiny creek
a tree going back to the earth
a dense pine stand
White rabbit to you all
Hope you are all doing well.
Hares and Rabbits
ReplyDeleteOne of the neat things about blogging is that I get to see spring progressing up the eastern U.S. Love all the photos.
Happy Spring!
Hi Suzi, thanks, we saw lots of mayapples, but they are still small we will go back in another couple of weeks.
DeleteBeautiful photos. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLinda, I really enjoyed virtually taking your drive with you. Loved the pics. Thanks so much for sharing. Are you building up your stock of pottery during this pandemic?
DeleteHi Rian, thanks, no I haven't made a thing of pottery at all and our farmers market said crafts couldn't come till July and then they'd re-evaluate, so I have gotten my money back for this season. We were planning on refinancing but bank is only hold due to the virus so all home projects are also on hold, its not easy being in limbo.
DeleteHi Barbara, thanks, nary a person was seen on the road, the whole field of white trillium was impressive.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing sight - thank you for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteI have learnt from another blogger than the trilliums are white when they first open and fade to pink as they age.
Hi Sue, thanks, I just read about that too on trilliums and it amazes me they fade from white to something with color. it was all so beautiful to see nature again after being so cooped up.
ReplyDeleteBloomin' lovely, as Eliza Doolittle would say! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Lee, thanks, yes bloomin lovely for sure
DeleteSo very lovely to see your Spring flowers. It is amazing to me seeing the varieties that you have growing wild as they are the sort of thing that you would have to go to a garden center to see here in New Zealand!
ReplyDeleteLaura says that the "not sure about this one" is probably a Tiarella, also known as Foam Flower. I had a Google Image search and I'm sure she is right! :-)
All the Best from us here in NZ!
P&L xx
Hi Peter, thanks, do you not have any woods where you could go to see wild flowers there? I will check out the flower, good to know, I looked through every wild flower listed for Georgia and could not find one similar
DeleteMe again.... I couldn't help but do a Google search for a North American pink flower with 3 petals, and, amazingly I think we may have a match! My guess is that the mystery pink flower is Trillium catesbaei, which sometimes answers to the name of Bashful Wakerobin!
ReplyDeleteI may be wrong, but is has been great fun on a dark and rainy evening having a look at lovely Spring flowers! :-)
ok I looked both of them up and think you both are correct, I'll make a note in the text.
DeleteHi Peter, thanks, Bashful wakerobin would be an appropriate name since the flower points downward
ReplyDeleteSo good to see you got out Linda and thank you for taking all these photos of what you saw. I love all that nature and look forward to when I can enjoy it again. Great photos!
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