[Magdalen] More weather

[Marion Thompson]

I love trout lilies, a.k.a.dog-tooth violets.  I first met them as a 
child on nature walks at my country boarding school.  I also fell in 
love at that time with marsh marigolds (bought one for my little pond 
yesterday), spring beauties, hepaticas, and Dutchman's breeches.  As the 
twig is bent, so grows the tree.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 4/30/2017 5:55 PM, Charles Wohlers wrote:
> The ground cover in our woods is trout lilies. We undoubtedly have 
> millions of them on our 17-or-so acres of woods. Very few of them 
> actually flower, however. Friday I went out to see if any wildflowers 
> were out yet, and take pictures if they were. Typically spring 
> wildflowers peak here the second or third week of May, and normally 
> none are out in April. However, as you can see, I was not disappointed 
> - including the first trout lily of the season: 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwohlers/
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
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> -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
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> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] More weather
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> In a message dated 4/30/2017 1:20:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
>
> . When  the mint gets too rowdy, I dig up part of it
> and throw it in the yard where  it can take its chances. Or not.
> :->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> My brother had a flowering ground cover on one side
> of his lawn.  I thought it was attractive and brought
> it home (back in Wisconsin) to plant it in my lawn.
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> My neighbor saw it and cried out in amazement.  The
> flowering plant was Creeping Charlie (Glechoma hederacea),
> a member of the mint family, and considered a very noxious
> weed.  It's nearly impossible to eradicate once established.
>
> He needed have worried.  The rabbits loved it, and ate it
> all.
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> David S.
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