Nice start to the New Year. Turk's Cap "in full bloom" made me smile. So easy to miss! Years back, we'd go out into fields west of the city and look for pasque flowers. Early Spring in the Midwest is not conducive to abundant, colorful blooms. And we'd routinely walk past and even through whole groups of "pulsitilla vulgaris" without really seeing them. Bet a person could do the same with Turk's Cap.
Pasque flowers were one of my favorite wildflowers when I was a child in Alaska. I loved to see them after the long dark cold winters. The world was coming back to life again.
Turk's Cap when well established makes large mounds of leaves with many bright blooms - harder to miss, for sure! This is a first-year plant in bloom, so it's small yet.
Our pasque flower treks to the Kettle Moraine (Wisconsin) became a regular Spring pilgrimage. Made all the difference knowing that they were up and thriving.
Nice start to the New Year. Turk's Cap "in full bloom" made me smile. So easy to miss! Years back, we'd go out into fields west of the city and look for pasque flowers. Early Spring in the Midwest is not conducive to abundant, colorful blooms. And we'd routinely walk past and even through whole groups of "pulsitilla vulgaris" without really seeing them. Bet a person could do the same with Turk's Cap.
Pasque flowers were one of my favorite wildflowers when I was a child in Alaska. I loved to see them after the long dark cold winters. The world was coming back to life again.
Turk's Cap when well established makes large mounds of leaves with many bright blooms - harder to miss, for sure! This is a first-year plant in bloom, so it's small yet.
Busy weeks, or I would have pinged back sooner.
Our pasque flower treks to the Kettle Moraine (Wisconsin) became a regular Spring pilgrimage. Made all the difference knowing that they were up and thriving.
Well said and well done.