Category Archives: Wildflowers

Finally

Snow at last! Here it is February 2nd, Groundhog Day, the middle of the Winter season, but now it actually looks like Winter. I never would have thought that I would actually have missed the stuff, but it sure is good to see some.
Now if all of my plants haven't frozen solid and died I'll [...]

Strangeness

The deep freeze of Winter has set in. For a while I was beginning to wonder. I still wonder.
The first lasting snowfall in the Pioneer Valley has always been at different times. I remember years when it was before Halloween and other years when it was after Christmas. But here it is the end of [...]

Last and First

The last of the flowers are gone for this Autumn and Winter is fast approaching.
In my list of Wildflowers the last plant to be in flower - on around November 11, is Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana An unusual characteristic is that it flowers after it's leaves have died. Each flower with it's 4, very slender, [...]