Posts tagged wildflowers

frolicingintheforest: Rue Anemone(Thalictrum thalictroides) 

frolicingintheforest:

Rue Anemone
(Thalictrum thalictroides) 

frolicingintheforest

Cavalcade of Columbine

kimnelson:

stockschatz: Blooming almost a month early.

stockschatz:

Blooming almost a month early.

natureismysanctuary: Fields | riccardoce on flickr, taken in Falze, Veneto, Italy

natureismysanctuary:

Fields | riccardoce on flickr, taken in Falze, Veneto, Italy

wallacegardens:

Club-hair Mariposa Lily (Calochortus clavatus). Photo: Noah Elhardt

Botanical illustration: 1898 Curtis’ Botanical Magazine, Vol. 124 (Smith and Fitch).

natureismysanctuary: Purple and Green | Ernst Vikne

natureismysanctuary:

Purple and Green | Ernst Vikne

wallacegardens: Cosmos atrosanguineus - Chocolate Cosmos, full sun perennial.

wallacegardens:

Cosmos atrosanguineus - Chocolate Cosmos, full sun perennial.

neiture: Wildflowers below Mt. Saint Helens, Washington | image by Ian Plant

neiture:

Wildflowers below Mt. Saint Helens, Washington | image by Ian Plant

flowergirlnyc:

when new york bloomed…

in the midst of the towering skyscrapers and endless pavement, it’s hard to believe that early settlers migrated to new york city because of its wealth of natural resources and plant & wildflower life.  sadly, of the 1,357 native plant species documented in the city’s history, only 778 still remain.  to learn more about nyc’s extinct blooms, check out this slideshow from the new york times…