Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Eurya japonica is a charming broad-leafed evergreen with attractive pendulous flowers

 
That smell like a decaying corpse. We were working in the olofactory perimeter of this plant today and it was not pleasant. Every year I fantasize about making a scarecrow and positioning it under this plant so that neither the head, hands, or feet (which would clearly give it away) are visible, and waiting for someone to discover it. Hey, I was looking around today and I knew where the smell was coming from! Don't worry; I'll never do it. I'll just think about it every year.

Things are beginning to happen near the ground in Fern Valley: Sanguinaria, Shortia, and Dentaria? Toothwort anyway

Trillium cuneatum is wonderful too and the Virginia Bluebells are showing color and ready to go. Troutlilies are everywhere. I'm excited; I can't help myself.