A Walk in the Arboretum

But on a Saturday, and if you follow me, you know that typically we do that on Sundays. But tomorrow I've got a class in the am, so we went today. It was showery and chilly this morning, but we got a great hike in. The new leaves on many trees and shrubs are emerging, and wildflowers abundant. I didn't bring the Canon since it wasn't particularly nice weather, so used my phone. But fortunately I use Affinity as a photo editor and can edit my iPhone photos directly.

I had a number of interesting subjects today, but the Trillium ovatum also known as Western White Trillium, or simply Western Trillium was blooming in the understory. It's one of the earliest blooming of our native flowers, one of hundreds of species worldwide. They are recognizable by the collar of three whorled leaves held above a bare stem, holding a single bright white flower. It grows in shade to partial shade in organically rich soil with regular water in the spring (perfect conditions here in the Pacific NW). It requires little or no summer water, when the plant has died back and gone dormant for the season...again perfect for this region. Thank you so much Miranda, for inspiring our local wildflower observation!

The grandchildren visited today....we had a grand day playing in the garden, and cleaning the mud from the little feet in the back seat of the car :-)

Happy weekend!