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What's blooming in the Wildflower Garden

There is always something of interest to see in the Wild Flower Garden at the Green Briar Nature Center.  The garden is just awakening from its winter sleep with the arrival of some pretty spring bulbs and flowers.  The White Heath has been blooming for awhile and a lot of other beautiful flowers are rapidly emerging.


Siberian Squill [Scilla Sibirica]


Grape Hyacinth [Muscari botryoides]


Rock-Cress [Arabis alpina]


Dutchman's-breeches [Dicentra Cucullaria]


Bloodroot [Sanguinaria canadensis]

           

 


White Heath


 Lenten Rose [Helleborus]


Skunk-Cabbage [Symplocarpus foetidus]


Lungwort [Pulmonaria angustifolia]


Yellow Anemona [Anemone ranunculoides]
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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