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Whats in bloom and I mean natives...ladyslipers ect..

12 years ago

I took a tour of my woods today.. my only rule was to limit myself to my actual property.. so strolled around for about a hour taking a look. If you are not interested in natives skip this post, but thought to share with those that would. I consider them cottage to me, as I let them stray into my gardens.

First, probably maines showiest flower..

Showy Lady Slipper.

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Painted Trillium, a fav, but slugs apparently like the leaves =( saw lots of these but mostly flowers are spent, this is the best I could find for you today.

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Bunch Berry related to dogwoods.. This is a local fav of mine

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Eastern Starflower.. a flower that likes maine apparently becuase its everywhere .. delicate and a beauty

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Blueberry(low bush)(Vaccinium angustifolium), I always find it facisnating learning about the history of food, consider Tomatoes italian fare? Not so , niether are gourds, rasberries or blueberries, all american fare either north or southern type hemispheres, kinda neat.

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Here are some unknowns.. if you know them let me know if not no biggie, have been looking on a identification page.. but like you put in yellow natives with 7 petals and you still get like 50 entries lol.. so you select basal growth and you get like 36 ect ect.. Im not native expert, but like to study some when I get the chance...

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My fern dale.. Cinnimon ferns.. I kinda lucked out here.. they are my favorite maine native fern and I have them.. My last place I had wood ferns.. the cinnimon ones have this very interesting red plume in spring. They do fade late summer though..

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MY one non native of today.. Hardy Geranium.. floating in yesterdays sun..

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girlgroupgirl
12 years ago
Silverkelt they are so beautiful. The yellow is Uvularia, and I think it's often seen near the beautiful trillium. Your woods are lovely and full of surprises!
woodyoak zone 5 southern Ont., Canada
12 years ago
Beautiful! I grew up on the east coast of Canada (in NB, next door to Maine :-) so those are all familiar flowers that evoke a lot of nostalgia. I have tried and tried to grow bunchberries here but they just don't like it. Wintergreen is another childhood favorite that I can't get to grow here.Not acid enough conditions here I think. I'd love some starflowers too. Do you have Bluets? They used to coat the rocky hilltops at my grandparents' farm and make it look like it had snowed in May! They're the wildflower I most associate with spring when I think of 'home'.
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O.K., so trees don't have elbows, but you know what i mean!
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Yeah, I second what he said - you can always remove a tree if it looks like the health of the others is at stake. And trees in the wild can grow surprisingly close together and still be ok (though it's not optimal.) I once saw an evergreen and a redbud that had grown so close together the redbud's trunk was entirely INSIDE the evergreen's limbs, and all you could see of the redbud was its outermost limbs stretching every which way out of the evergreen. Since it was in bloom at the time, it looked like the evergreen was exploding. Moral of the story is that they CAN survive like that, and sometimes it looks really amusing.
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Christmas Cactus - do these buds mean that it is about to bloom?
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Just FYI, despite the common marketed name 'Christmas Cactus,' what you have there my friend is a 'Thanksgiving Cactus.' Below is a picture of a 'Thanksgiving Cactus' leaf on the left and a 'Christmas Cactus' on the right. The dead giveaway is the pointed leaves on a 'Thanksgiving cactus.' Most are 'Thanksgiving Cactus' and if you find one that's rounded in a local store, most likely it's an 'Easter Cactus,' not a 'Christmas Cactus.' 'Christmas Cactus' is a rarity these days. Edited to state that this is not my picture. Planto This post was edited by plantomaniac08 on Tue, Oct 28, 14 at 18:14
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does this mean I will have blooms soon 3 pics
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Toni, see where each side of the leaf joins the stem at the leaf base and one side joins higher than the other.... that difference in where it joins the stem is a good indication that buds are about to form just above the unequal leaf sets.
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what does it mean when your plants don't show/bloom?
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1. If I remember correctly, some of the plants listed require moist soil. And I think, there was a bit of a dry spell in your area. 2. It's not unusual to lose a few transplants. I planted three red huckleberry. Two survived. I did not water in late fall, and I probably should have. I also lost a mock orange, but it was one that I planted in the fall. The spring plantings took well. 3. The spindly dicentra may be due to soil deficiency or something else lacking in the location. You may want to see if where you have planted it is consistent with its natural setting - part-shade, moist soil, etc. 4. I'm guessing, but if your plants were too close to a tree, they may not have been planted in a suitable location. I have planted many native plants, and the ones that are shrubs will take longer to grow to sufficient size to bloom and fruit. Good luck, and compliments on all your hard work.
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Thyme2dig NH Zone 5
12 years ago
They are all so beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I love the painted trillium. How large is your property? How nice that you have such beautiful woods.
newyorkrita
12 years ago
Not much into woodland flowers but I do think it is marvelous that you have them. I do love ferns however and the cinnimon ferns are really pretty. I have lady ferns growing in my garden that have been here for years. And I planted Red Stemmed Lady Fern afew years ago that I found in a local nursery.
christinmk z5b eastern WA
12 years ago
I on the other hand ADORE woodlanders! If I had the space and more shade I would have a whole section devoted to natives/woodland flowers. The ladies mantle is my favorite! I've often been tempted to try one, but have a feeling they might not be as happy over here as they are on your property.
Thanks so much for sharing these natural beauties ;-)
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mytime
12 years ago
Wonderful post, perhaps we can keep it going all summer. I love native plants and have many interspersed with my cultivated plants. This week, the blooms are serviceberry, elderberry, Jacob's ladder, tall Jacob's ladder, starflowers, chiming bells (Mertensia paniculata), a saxifrage (S. tricuspidata), nagoonberry, Sanguisorba officinalis (red burnet), and a dwarf willow and myrical gale that are a little past their most gorgeous stage.
I tried to take a couple of pictures just now, but the sun is just too bright and is washing all the color out, or is just reflecting off the plants with shiny leaves (of course I'm too lazy to go find the good cameral and do it). Last summer and this last winter were very hard on my cultivated perennials, so this year the stars of my flower beds will be my native plants!

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