Flowers from around the Farm

The Dahlias an Zinnias are blooming on the farm.

 

The Bachelor Buttons are also blooming.

Flowers and Grass at Hoffman Hills

Recently photographed flowers at Hoffman Hills Recreation Area.

Purple Coneflower

Evening Primrose

Big Bluestem

Grey-headed Coneflower

Prairie Blazing Star

Walking the Red Cedar Trail

A wide variety of wildflowers blooming along the Red Cedar Trail.

Hedge Bindweed

Spotted touch-me-not

False Sunflower

Pale touch-me-not

Green-headed Coneflower

Cattails

 

 

Summer Wildflowers at Crex Meadows

There were a wide variety of wildflowers blooming on a recent trip to Crex Meadows Wildlife Area.

Purple Prairie Clover

Pussytoes

White Water Lily

Wood Lily

Black-eyed Susan

Turk’s Cap

Blue Viervain

Butterfly Weed

Flowers Blooming around the Farm

I have a wide variety of flowers blooming in my prairies.

Heal-all

Bachelor’s Button

Catchfly

Sweet William

Wild Bergamot

Common Yarrow

Gloriosa Daisies

As I mentioned in an earlier blog I had been growing Black-eyed Susan’s around my well head. At the end of the season I cut them and dumped them in my prairie. Gradually they started growing but in their reincarnation they were growing as Gloriosa Daisies. I have noticed in the last couple of years that many of them seem to now be coming back as Black-eyed Susans.

 

The Groundnuts are Blooming along the Red Cedar Trail

There doesn’t seem to be as many of them but the Groundnuts are blooming along the Red Cedar Trail. They are a little hard to find hidden behind the leaves. Some of the places I’ve traditionally found them don’t seem to have any this year.

The Touch-me-nots are blooming on the Red Cedar Trail

If you have been on the Red Cedar Trail recently you will have noticed that the Touch-me-nots are blooming all along the trail. The Spotted-touch-me-nots are the most common.

There are also a few Pale Touch-me-nots blooming.

Netherlands day 9 Keukenhof Gardens

The boat crew said goodby to our home for 7 days and traveled by cab to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport where we said our goodbys to members of the group. Dave and Sara caught a train to France, Lisa and Jim caught a plane to Stockholm and Linda and Phil stashed their belongings at the airport and caught a bus to Keukenhof Gardens to see the tulip displays. We found out earlier that the tulip displays in the fields were gone. The Netherlands has a couple of weeks of very warm spring weather so the tulips didn’t last long. When we arrived we found that the flowers at Keukenhof were still in full bloom. I can’t say enough about the experience so I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

More photos from Keukenhof can be found on my website.

After spending the afternoon at Keukenhof Gardens we returned to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to collect our packs. We then caught a bus that we hoped would take us to somewhere near our Airbnb. We had to walk a few blocks from the bus stop before finding it. We were just getting unpacked when someone opened the back door. It turned out it the husband of the woman who managed it. He didn’t realize we had checked in. The woman was mortified and turned out to be really nice. It was a great place to stay.

Leif Erikson Park

Last week I took a walk through Leif Erickson Park in Duluth to check on the flowers. The roses were not in bloom yet and one of the caretakers indicated that it would be another couple of weeks. Seems that things are a couple of weeks behind because of of the late spring snow. There were still a variety of flowers blooming.

In the Wild Ones flower garden I found

Wild Geraniums

Columbine

There were a variety of Tulips blooming.

There were some onions and Bleeding Hearts bloomins.

Onion

Bleeding Heart

The Azaleas were in full bloom.