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Just The Beginning
Yesterday I took a look where the Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) usually come up and sure enough, there they were. Just as I expected. Little purplish-green leaves coming up through the soil. Given 3 or 4 weeks and this is what the plants will look like. They bloom for about 3 weeks. What a splendid…
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Purple Pink Blue
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica), herbaceous perennials, native to eastern North America. Painting its landscape with rich yummy purple, fading to pink and eventually turning to a lovely soft blue as its flowers mature. A beautiful palette for spring, April and May. By midsummer the blooms are gone, the plants disappear into the leaf litter of…
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Another Early Spring Surprise
This wasn’t found until I was back to my cabin, checking on the photographs. Buds on the Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica). Virginia Bluebells, a herbaceous perennial plant, generally blooms at the beginning of April. A variety of bees, butterflies, skippers and hummingbird moths help to pollinate the flowers. A spring ephemeral. By mid-summer the above…