Antennaria solitaria ? Here is a link that might be useful: Antennaria

The Daniel Boone Native Gardens 3rd Annual Early Bird Wildflower Walk & Plant Sale will be held on Saturday, April 24, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to benefit the Daniel Boone Native Gardens. Guests are invited to view rare spring wildflowers in a natural setting and purchase mountain-grown wildflowers, native azaleas and rhododendrons. The event is free to attend, but donations will be accepted. For more information, click to www.danielboonegardens.org.

The first looks like a corydalis, but differs from my Corydalis lutea. The second is a puzzler. The foliage does not remind me of geranium nor does the shape of the bloom resemble Uvularia. How many petals? Are the leaves baaal? Can you describe the flower and leaves more fully?

Hi, everyone. Just an update on my search for the Cumberland (flame) azaleas. I went back this time and the Mountain Laurels were in full bloom, but no azaleas. (You were right about the ID on that one, Marty; I had just forgotten what azalea buds look like!) But, boy, the laurels sure were pretty. I'm kicking myself now for not getting a picture of one. Some of them were 15 feet tall and covered with white blooms! However, with a little searching around, I think I found the right plants this time. They just weren't quite ready yet. :-) Here is a photo: And here is another: I didn't get a picture this time, but I think I even found the exact plant that was blooming in the photo I posted earlier. It was just a little bit further along the trail. The forest had shifted around a bit in the intervening years since we took the first photo. :-) My brother assures me they will bloom the first week of June. I had remembered them as blooming in June, but over time I had convinced myself that must not be right, given that most other azaleas bloom so much earlier. So in another two weeks I'm going back. I have flagged these in the meantime, but I will go back and verify that they are indeed the right plants. So, Marty, when would we need to go back to collect the seed? By the way, one of the pink ladyslippers was still blooming. Here is a photo of it for your enjoyment, although the light was very dim under the full forest canopy, so it is a bit dark: It was tempting to try to collect seed from the ones that had finished blooming, but I know zero about that, so I figured, rather than depleting the supply that will fall to the forest floor and make new orchids, I'd just let the experts handle it. :-) More soon, I hope. --April