Cindy and I headed down to The Pocket today not only because I needed to get an update published, but because it was an absolutely beautiful day. And the flowers did not disappoint.

Bent White Trillium – Trillium Flexipes are magnificent and aromatic right now. Hurry for the show!

The full list of what I found blooming, more or less in the date order I expect to find them blooming. (Click on the hyper-linked scientific name to go to the page with more photos/information on that species.)

• Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) – Almost gone.
• Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera) – A few blooming here and there.
• Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) Plentiful.
• Long-spurred Violet (Viola rostrata) – Plentiful along the “horse trail”.
• Canada Violet (Viola canadensis) – Plentiful, becoming dominant.
• Smooth Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens) – Plentiful.
• Common Blue Violet – Plentiful.
• Virginia Bluebell (Mertensia virginica) – More fruits than flowers.
• Heartleaf Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) – A few, but getting long in the tooth.
• Wood Poppy, aka Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) – Some still blooming, but hurry if you want to see these.

Wild Hyacinth – Camassia scilloides – At PEAK!

• Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) – Still quite a few, but turning from “Geranium” to “Cranesbill”.
• Cumberland Spurge (Euphorbia mercurialina) – Still quite a few, but most now have the swollen ovary showing.
• Plantain-leaf Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia) – Still blooming, but many going to seed.
• Trailing Trillium (Trillium decumbens) – Plentiful.
• Bishop’s Cap (Mitella diphylla) – Still blooming, but all the way to the top now.
• Sweet Betsy (Trillium cuneatum) – Peak.
• Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) – A few plants blooming, easier to find fruit than flowers.
• Redbud (Cercis canadensis) – Almost gone.
• Robin’s Plantain (Erigeron pulchellus) – Still plenty blooming, but some in seed.
• Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) – Still plentiful.
• Wild Blue Phlox  (Phlox divaricata) – Plentiful.

Blue-eyed Grass – Sisyrinchium species. I’m really bad at identifying these to the species.

• Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) – Peak.
• Bent White Trillium (Trillium flexipes) – Probably peak, or just past.
• False Garlic (Nothoscordum bivalve) – Plentiful.
• Round-leaved Ragwort – I think! (Packera obovata) Plentiful.
• Purple Phacelia (Phacelia bipinnatifida) – In decline.
• Woodland Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum) – Peak – most plants with all blossoms fully open.
• Dwarf Iris (Iris cristata) – Quite a few, but fewer than a week ago.
• Dogwood (Cornus florida) – Blooming.
• Wild Hyacinth (Camassia scilloides) – Peak. Most flowers except the top-most open, but a few plant with none open. Magnificent display.
• Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) – Peak.

Yellow Fairybells, Yellow Mandarin – Prosartes lanuginosa

New from the 3/30 report:

• White Baneberry (Doll’s eyes – Actaea pachypoda)
• Yellow Mandarin (Prosartes lanuginosa)
• Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia)
• Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
• Solomon’s Plume (Maianthemum racemosum)
• Aniseroot (Osmorhiza longistylis)
• Meadow Parsnip (Thaspium barbinode)
• Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium species)
• Venus’ Pride (Houstonia purpurea)
• Lyreleaf Sage (Salvia lyrata)

The Mayapples – Podophyllum peltatum have finally started to bloom