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Reports on Gerry Williamson's Wildflower Hobby
Wildflower Journal
Wildflower: A flowering plant that grows without cultivation.This is a journal of my discovery of wildflowers, which not only will provide my memory (since the biological memory is failing more and more,) but also can be a valuable record as to when certain wildflowers will be in bloom.
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#Wildflowers at The Pocket – Update 04/21/2013
Posted on April 21st, 2013 No commentsIt’s been a very busy two weeks, but we made it down to The Pocket today; unfortunately only the boardwalk. The spectacular show is definitely winding down, but there is still plenty to see. Among the flowers now at peak are the Wild Hyacinth – Camassia scilloides.
Wild Hyacinth; Atlantic Camas – Camassia scilloides
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#Wildflowers at The Pocket – Short Update 04/06/2013
Posted on April 6th, 2013 1 commentSorry, but I don’t have time for a full update. Quickly, however – the Bent White Trillium have started their bloom, Phacelia and Phlox are full-blown. There are a few Trillium cuneatum that have opened up along the horse trail. Dutchman’s Breeches and Bloodroot are gone, and Hepatica are almost completely gone (supplanted by Rue Anemone.)
Bent White Trillium – Trillium flexipes
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Update on #Wildflowers at The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain 03/29/2013
Posted on March 29th, 2013 2 commentsIt’s only been 5 days since my last report, but it’s been a rough week and it looks like I won’t be able to get away over the weekend. While wildflower photography can be more physically demanding than most people would think, I find it a great way to get away from stress for a while, so I took a few hours for a visit – it was great. Among the new flowers beginning to bloom in the past 5 days are the prettiest of the Fleabanes we have in this area – Robin’s Plantain.
Robin’s Plantain – Erigeron pulchellus
Read on for the rest of the list, and a few more photos. Click on the photos for larger images, and then “back” to return to this page.
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Yellow and Blue – Update on #Wildflowers at The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, 03/24/2013
Posted on March 24th, 2013 3 commentsIt was a cloudy and dreary day today, following a lot of rain yesterday and last night, but Cindy and I made a quick run down to The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain again today to keep from being cooped up in the house another day. We were glad we did – the yellow and blue are out – Bluebells and Wood Poppies are blooming!
Virginia Bluebells – Mertensia virginica
Read on for the rest of the list, and a few more photos. Click on the photos for larger images, and then “back” to return to this page.
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Update on #Wildflowers at The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, 03/16/2013
Posted on March 16th, 2013 1 commentLast week we reported that the Dutchman’s Breeches were very close to blooming. My wife and I didn’t want to miss that relatively brief bloom period, so we headed back down there today to check on them. I’ll let the picture below tell the story.
Dutchman’s Breeches – Dicentra cucullaria – about 10 plants are blooming.
Read on for the rest of the list, and a few more photos. Click on the photos for larger images, and then “back” to return to this page.
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Update on #Wildflowers at The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, 03/10/2013
Posted on March 10th, 2013 1 commentThe wildflowers at The Pocket are very similar to last time – check out the update from 2/24. However, there were a few additions, including Trout Lily, which is just beginning to bloom.
Trout Lily – Erythronium americanum
Read on for the rest of the list, and a few more photos. Click on the photos for larger images, and then “back” to return to this page.
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#Waterfalls and #Wildflowers – What’s Blooming at The Pocket 02/24/2013
Posted on February 24th, 2013 1 commentIt was a beautiful Sunday so my wife and I made a quick trip down to The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain after church to check on the status of the wildflowers. Pretty close to the same plants blooming this time as it was on 02/16, with the primary difference being much more abundant Hepatica, and – the exciting part – a number of Bloodroot just starting to bloom!
Bloodroot Blooming at The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain 02/24/2013
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Quick List of Wildflowers at The Pocket – 02/16/2013
Posted on February 16th, 2013 1 commentJust under two weeks ago (2/4) I reported that Harbinger of Spring and Hepatica were blooming at The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, the beginning of an early spring. We made another trip down there today, and things are continuing to develop. This post has the list of what we saw blooming or getting ready to bloom.
Cutleaf Toothwort – Cardamine concatenata – on Feb 16, 2013
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#Waterfalls and #Wildflowers – The Pocket – an Early Spring? 02/04/2013
Posted on February 5th, 2013 2 commentsOn Monday, Feb 4, I took a ride down to The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain with a couple of my grandsons – Chase and Jeff. To a great extent this was to get them out from in front of their computers/video games, but also, since we’ve had such a warm winter, to check to see if there were any early signs of spring. We walked the boardwalk and all the way up to and above the falls. We had a good time, and even though I was expecting some indication that spring is around the corner, I was surprised…
Waterfalls in The Pocket
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Wildflowers at The Pocket 03/11/2012
Posted on March 12th, 2012 No comments
Purple Phacelia, Fernleaf Phacelia – Phacelia bipinnatifida
I wasn’t planning on going down to The Pocket this weekend, but my wife had other plans for Sunday, so she suggested that I do something to take advantage of the beautiful day, so I headed down there shortly after getting home from church. In addition to walking the boardwalk and the trail up to the falls, I did a little back country walking above the bluff north of the horse trail. Wildflowers are abundant; here is my report, and a couple of photos taken off the beaten path in The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain.
The Phacelia are blooming. There is a Phacelia in the field to the right as you walk down to the boardwalk; they are blooming along the boardwalk and all the way up to the falls. The photo above was taken up on the top of the north bluff.
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An Early Spring at The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain
Posted on February 29th, 2012 3 commentsThis is Leap Day. For this once-every-four-years day, I thought that rather than the normal Native Plant of the Day (#NPOD on Twitter) I’d post a few native plants from and a report on the early spring status of the wildflowers at one of Georgia’s premier wildflower locations, The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain. As things worked out, Feb 27 was the day available to make the short trek down to that part of Walker County.
It was a beautiful day. When my wife and I headed down to The Pocket on Monday, Feb 27, 2012, we considered both the beautiful day and the time we were able to spend together a blessing from God. We also expected to find wildflowers, since we’ve had very little real winter and quite a warm February. However, we had no idea!
Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis at The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain
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The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain – Fee Area
Posted on January 30th, 2012 11 commentsI’d been looking for an opportunity to head down to The Pocket to photograph the the leaves of Aplectrum hyemale, which are withered or entirely gone by bloom time in early May. Sunday was a beautiful day, so I headed out after our family lunch for the 20-mile drive. While I was a couple of months late for fresh leaves, it was still a trip of discovery – I discovered that the Crockford-Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area is now a fee area.
Crockford-Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area is now a fee area.
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Update on The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain
Posted on April 6th, 2011 No commentsMy wife, a grandson, and I took a trip down to Pigeon Mountain to check out an old minesite, but that was just an excuse. We couldn’t avoid a walk around the boardwalk part of Shirley Miller Wildflower Trail. Other than the time with my wife and grandson Joseph, who is learning his wildflowers well, the highlight along the boardwalk for me was the beginning of the wild hyacinth bloom. Photo by Joseph Ibach.
Wild Hyacinth; Atlantic Camas – Camassia scilloides
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Update on The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain
Posted on April 2nd, 2011 No commentsIt was a beautiful day today, and I got to make a brief trip to The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain (with author Jay Clark, but more on that later!) This is just a quick update on what’s blooming now. The dominant species is probably the Bent White Trillium – Trillium flexipes. But read on for more.
White Trillium, Nodding Wakerobin, Nodding Trillium – Trillium flexipes
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The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain Status Update
Posted on March 20th, 2011 2 commentsThis is a quick update to Friday’s status on The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain; things change daily during this time of year. Read on for some changes I noticed in a trip we took down there today so my wife could see the Dutchman’s Breeches.
Jack-in-the-Pulpit – Arisaema triphyllum
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