Hepatica acutiloba

Hepatica acutiloba is flowering now at Clegg Gardens.  It is one of the first spring wildflowers to appear in the forest.  There are a lot of them flowering this year.  This photo was taken at Clegg Garden March 18, 2016.

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Leaves of the Resurrection Lily appear in the spring

In the foreground, leaves of Lycoris squamigera, sometimes called resurrection lily, have sprouted out of the ground.  The leaves die back at the end of spring and later in the year a flowering stalk appears.  In the background of both photos are daffodils, just beginning to flower.  The leaves of both plants appear somewhat similar but Lycoris has blunter tips to the leaves.

Photos taken March 16, 2016.

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Snowdrops blooming

Snowdrop (Galanthus sp.) blooming here at the entrance to Clegg Garden.  Snowdrops are not native plants and this was planted here years ago.  They are popular with gardeners as they bloom very early in spring.

Photo taken March 9, 2016.

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The winter aconite which was beginning to bloom a couple weeks ago, as shown in this post, is now seen blooming in many spots on the Clegg Garden property, some of them far from the headquarters building.

Skunk cabbage

Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) flowering at a seep near Wildcat Creek, at Clegg Garden.

Photo taken March 2, 2016.

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