It is mayapple time in New Jersey |
Uvularia grandiflora - Bellwort |
Celantine or pilewort - ficaria verna |
Hairy Bittercress - cardamine hirsuta |
Snowdrops are in full bloom since early January 2024 |
Wet dripping grass mid-winter |
New Year's Eve Walk 2023, 4 pm |
Goldenrod ready for winter weather |
Late fall view of weedfields |
Pampas Grass in north-west New Jersey |
Knotroot Bristlegrass- Fall Version |
Bittersweet vine - Celastrus scandens |
Cheerful Sunflower - helianthus laetiflorus |
Windswept Reeds |
It looks like fall around here - goldenrod meets bumblebees |
WILD WOOD ASTERS |
Wild Bergamot or Bee Balm - monarda fistulosa |
Yellow cup plant with foraging bumblebee |
Horseshoe lake and coneflowers in the late afternoon sun |
Broadleaf Arrowhead- sagittaria latifolia |
Buffalo bur - Solanum ostratum - a veri evil plant |
Wilted |
Bladder Campions - silene vulgaris |
Mayapple - podophylum peltatum |
Star of Bethlehem - Ornithogalum umbellatum |
Wild violets are taking over our lawn |
Field of Buttercups |
Last year's weed all dried out. |
Wild Geranium - Geranium maculatum |
The final look of the blooming poppy - papavera oriantalis |
Poppies are breaking open too - papavera oriantalis |
Oriental Poppy just before blooming - papavera oriantalis |
Wild Hyacinths |
Wild Bluebells - hyacinthoides non scripta |
English Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta11 . |
Dandelion seeds at take-off stage |
Northern Evening Primrose - oenothera parviflora |
Wild Columbines - Aquilegia Canadensis |
Yellow Trout Lily - Erythronium americanum |
Dutchman's Breeches- Dicentra cucullaria |
Glory of the Snow (Chinodoxa) |
CHINESE SILVERGRASS (MISCANTHUS SINENSIS) |
CHINESE SILVERGRASS (MISCANTHUS SINENSIS) |
Jumping for joy. |
Emerging dafffodils under a surprise snow blanket |
2023 - Snowdrops-a-smiling |
Hepaticas blooming already. |
Just an old shriveled stalk of golden rod |
Thistles growing along the roadside |
First snowdrops appearing way too early. |
A controled burn of weed fields |
Weeds in Winter - Wild Carrot - Daucus carota |
Field Thistles - cirsium discolor |
Goldenrod loaded with snow |
A false milkweed bug feasting on the seeds of milkweed |
Milkweed Pods Opening |
Zabulon Skipper visiting |
Great spankled fritillary - Speyeria cybele |
Purple Cone Flower and Great Blue Lobelia |
Swamp Rose Mallow - Hibiscus moscheutos |
Wild Beach Roses - Rosa Rugosa |
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Scarlet Beebalm - monarda didyma |
Great Mullein - verbascum thapsus |
Nothing but sunshine - heliopsis helianthoides |
Scarlet Beebalm - monarda didyma |
Butterfly Milkweed - asclepias tuberosa |
A very pretty "false" sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides |
A whole field full of oxeye daisies |
Sweet Pea - lathyrus odoratus |
Foxglove Beardtongue - Penstemon digitalis |
Philadelphia Fleabane - erigeron philadelphicus |
Yellow water flag iris - Iris pseudacorus |
Bristly Locust - robinia hispida |
Stars of Bethlehem - ornithogalum umbellatum |
Siberian Iris - iris sibirica |
HARLEQUIN BLUEFLAG IRISES - iris versicolor |
Wild pink azaleas - rhododendron periclymenoides |
Night-Scented Gilliflower - Hesperis matronalis |
Wild bleeding heart flowers - dicentra eximia |
Lily of the Valley - convallaria majalis |
Wild Geraniums - geranium maculatum |
Bellwort - uvularia perfoliata |
Columbine Bloom - Wild Columbine - aquilegia canadensis |
Dandelion - Taraxacum erythrospermum |
Solomon's seal - polygonatum biflorum |
Time or some grilled fiddleheads |
Smiling Buttercup |
Spring meadow |
Ready to let fly and reseed |
Fiddlehead fern emerging |
Dandelion Time |
First wild columbines making an appearance in 2022 |
Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra cucullaria |
Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra cucullaria |
First grape hyacinth in our yard - muscari armeniacum |
Today's find in the woods. |
Moss in spring |
A pretty weed leftover from last year |
Dried up thistles still smiling - mid-winter |
Perennial snowdrops basking in the rays of the winter sun. |
Leftover from 2021 |
Weeds in the winter meadow |
Goldenrods in winter |
Cat o' Nine Tails in Winter |
Airborne Milkweed Seeds |
Sunset over Milkweeds |
Picnic Area Detail |
New Arrival - Something is sprouting on our deck |
A hint of blue |
Wild Bergamots in Bloom (monarda fistulosa L.) |
Chicory wild flower |
Weathered Cone Flower |
Coneflower and other willdflowers |
Invasive - yes, but still very pretty. |
Daisy Time |
Shamrock time |
Sweet peas in bloom. |
Sweet Peas - lathyrus odoratus |
The more the merrier. |
Hello, beauties in the fields. |
Multirose bush |
King Solomon's Seal - poligonatum spp |
Wild geraniums are blooming all around here now |
A banner year for wild columbines |
Love and Peace |
Feeling a little blue today. |
Dandelion |
Mayapple Canopy |
Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra Cucullaria |
Wild Columbines |
Anemones are raising their heads |
Forsythia Branch Blooming Indoors |
Glory-of-the-snow - Scilla luciliae |
Bloodroot Blossoms Emerging |
Hepaticas raising their pretty heads. |
Bloodroot blossom - sanguinaria canadensis |
First sighting of hepaticas |
Dinner is served |
Beautiful Grass Weeds |
Ordinary Reeds in Winter |
A delicate weed in winter |
Field of Weeds in Fall |
Common Reed - Phragmite Australis |
Goldenrod in mid-winter |
End of walk in the park |
Milkweed pods |
Ripe Uncut Grasses |
Gently waving in the breeze |
Yellow Toadflax or Butter and Eggs - linaria vulgaris |
Chinese Silver Grass - Miscanthus sinensis |
Perhaps the last trip to this bud. |
Goldenrod - Solidago |
Milkweed seeds are taking to the wind |
Milkweed pods opening up |
Cardinal Flower |
Thistles |
Goldenrod - Solidago |
Balmony or White Turtlehead - Chelone Glabra |
Orange Jewelweed or Spotted Touch-Me-Not |
Yellow Jewelweed Blossom |
Spear or Bull Thistle - Cirsium Vulgaris |
Blue Lobelia or Blue Cardinal Flower |
Bull Thistles - Cirsium Vurgare |
Chicory Flowers |
Sweet Pea Blossoms on Lily Pads |
Black Eyed Susans in the Field |
Butterfly Weed - Asclepia tuberosa |
Black Eyed Susan |
Wildflower Meadow |
Orange Daylily |
Ground cover golden sedum |
Bush Honeysuckle |
Orange Daylilies |
Foxglove |
Sweet Peas |
Lily pad on the water - Spring time |
Yellow Beauty |
Mayapple |
There has to be a dandelion. |
Eastern Wild Columbines |
Lady Slipper Orchids - wild |
Dame's Rocket - Hesperis Matronalis |
Lily of the Valley |
Solomon's seal - Polygonatum biflorum |
Wild Columbine |
Spring Wildflower Arrangment |
A violet of a different color. |
Fiddlehead Fern |
Apple Blossoms |
Wildflower Bouquet |
What is there not to love about this plant. |
Blood Root - Sanguinaria Canadensis |
Coronavirus Activity |
Exception of the rules |
It is fiddlehead fern time again in Northern New Jersey |
Hepatica |
Periwinkle - Vinca Minor |
Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra Cucullaria |
Periwinkles |
Happy Easter from the Woods of New Jersey |
Wild Trout Lily |
A perfect sextet playing Rhapsody in Blue/Lavender |
One can never find too many hepaticas. |
They call me Vinca or Periwinkle |
Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra Cucullaria |
Spring Awakening |
Crocus in Exile |
Skunk Cabbage Emerging |
Farewell to Summer 2019 |
The Weeds Have it! |
Thistles in fall mode |
Golden Fall Grass |
The more the merrier. |
Milkweed pods covered with large milkweed bugs |
Milkweed pods covered with milkweed bugs |
Fall grass close-up |
Fall grasses over pavement |
Pretty in White |
Grasshopper on Goldenrod |
Autumn Landscape |
Milkweed seeds taking to the wind |
Black- eyed Susan |
Pretty in purple |
Scarlet Lobelia or Cardinal Flower |
Happy Daisy Faces |
Yellow Beauties |
Sweet peas growing in the shade |
Dogwood Dream |
Dogwood blossom against a cloudy sky. |
Columbines Ringing in Spring |
Dutchman's Breeches - dicentra cucullaria |
Linaria vulgaris | Common Toadflax |
Rye Grass Spikes |
Milkweed in Bloom |
Sweet Peas - Lathyrus odoratus |
Spring has sprung. |
Burnt grass |
Prickly Arrangement |
End of Life for these Seed Pods |
A Bow of Bittersweet Berries |
Common Reeds |
A patch of grass and algae bloom |
An interesting mushroom |
Common Reed |
Fiddlehead Fern Septed |
Purple Majesty |
Rhododendron Unfolding |
Joe-Pye Weeds Taller than a Man |
Wild Azaleas |
Fall Beauties |
Sweet peas along the path |
Spottted Jewelweed by the Falls |
Yellow Pond Lily and Wasps |
Dried up Thistles |
Prehistoric Antennas Provided by Mother Nature |
Lovely weed called Joe Pye or Jopi |
Arisaema triphyllum (Jack in the Pulpit) |