on my walk i spotted ladyslippers pink and tender like a human heart. carpets of creeping phlox. tiny bird's foot yellow violets. sweet shrub. bloodroot. chickweed. solomon's seal. wild ginger. tiny native southern blue flag iris. lily of the valley. and great stands of trillium. Here are some of the beauties i encountered on my own little patch of paradise:
white trillium. a frequently poached plant, only to die at the new location. it takes 7 years for a trillium to mature to the blooming stage you see above
the southern blue flag. a tiny native iris with spearlike leaves
lady slipper. you find it where dead trees have decayed to a soft loam on the forest floor
little white stars. dont know what these are
the one red trillium on the entire place
lily of the valley
a fiddle head fern
dovey in the creeping phlox
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on my walk i spotted ladyslippers pink and tender like a human heart. carpets of creeping phlox. tiny bird's foot yellow violets. sweet shrub. bloodroot. chickweed. solomon's seal. wild ginger. tiny native southern blue flag iris. lily of the valley. and great stands of trillium. Here are some of the beauties i encountered on my own little patch of paradise:
white trillium. a frequently poached plant, only to die at the new location. it takes 7 years for a trillium to mature to the blooming stage you see above
the southern blue flag. a tiny native iris with spearlike leaves
lady slipper. you find it where dead trees have decayed to a soft loam on the forest floor
little white stars. dont know what these are
the one red trillium on the entire place
lily of the valley
a fiddle head fern 
dovey in the creeping phlox