We discover a new world every time we see the earth again after it has been covered for a season with snow. ~Henry David Thoreau This past week started with one  of those North Carolina spring conundrums – a snow storm! I have been working on some fact sheets on spring ephemerals, those spring wildflowers Read more…

One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve. ~ Henry David Thoreau The beautiful, pure white petals of Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, are almost finished now. Their time is brief, only a few days for each flower. They emerge in early Spring, each flower bud wrapped in the protection of a Read more…

Surely no flower of the year can vie with this in spotless beauty. Its very transitoriness enhances its charm. ~ Mrs. William Starr Dana in How to Know the Wild Flowers, 1917 Twice this past week I came across one of my favorite wildflowers, Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis. When open, the pure white flowers of Bloodroot Read more…