Duluth - Georgia - USA - Zone 7b
 

Wildflowers

2009 Stinkhorn - Mutinus caninus
I love fungi.  I have several different kinds of stinkhorn, puff balls, saucer mushrooms and other mushrooms, probably due to all the mulch I use.  I found this moth enjoying the rich, earth "stink" of this stinkhorn.  I actually don't mind the smell as it reminds me of the deep woods after a rain.

2009 Rue Anemone
I love native wildflowers.  I have rescued several little ephemerals such as this anemone from sites which were destined for bulldozing.

2009 Star Chickweed
Okay, so most of you think chickweed is a weed, but just look how beautiful this Star Chickweed is.  It is not invasive like the smaller version, which even I pull out whenever I see it growing in my yard.

2009 Jack in the Pulpit and 'Catesby's' Trillium
I have started collecting unusual Jack in the Pulpits.  I recently bought Arisaema fragesii which has a truly amazing looking flowers.
Among the ephemerals I rescued are trilliums.  Here is a picture of Catesby's trillium.  It starts out white and turns light to dark pink over a span of about 3 weeks.  I also have southern nodding trillium and large-flowered trillium.

2009 'Sweet Betsy' Trillium and Hellebores
One more trillium I have is 'Sweet Betsy'.  The stems are about 12" tall with very large leaves.  They are quite spectacular and reseed readily.  Behind them are two hellebores.  When the flowers first open the one on the left is almost black and the one on the right is white.  I also have spotted pinkish ones and plain pink ones.  I planted 6 double hellebores this year, 'Onyx Odyssey', 'Golden Lotus', 'Sparking Diamond', 'Peppermint Ice', and two 'Double Vision' hellebores.

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