[Magdalen] More weather

[Grace Cangialosi]

Another wonderful native lily is the Blackberry Lily--so named because the seeds are in a cluster that looks just like a blackberry. It's a very small mottled orange flower.

> On Apr 30, 2017, at 6:01 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The trout lily is wonderful - I may add that to my list of wild flowers to suggest when people order floral themed stoles. And...was that an all germ dragon lily?
> Lynn 
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> On Apr 30, 2017, at 4:55 PM, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
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> 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/
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> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
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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:
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> . 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.