After less than a month the prairie is back to its lush and verdant self;
you'd barely know we'd done any burning at all. There definitely seem to be fewer weeds, clover, etc. in the portions we burned.
The main flower we're seeing blooming right now is zizia aurea or Golden Alexanders
Here and there we're finding some aquilegia canadensis, Wild Columbine
there are lots of tiny polygonatum canalicalatum (Great Solomon's Seal) and polemonium reptans (Jacob's Ladder) but none of these have seen fit to bloom yet.
The other new bloomer, although not a prairie plant, but rather one that I threw in the ground at the edge of the prairie a couple of years ago is this pretty lupine
3 comments:
I love this blog entry. I don't even have to go outside to see stuff. I just look at the pretty pictures and open the window to smell the smells!
I miss you, and I miss all of your beautiful herbaceous surroundings. I must come out this weekend for the grand tour!
Beautiful! Amazing what grows out of the ashes. In your honor, Mark, I planted some monkshood in my garden. I should have read the Wiki entry about it first, though. I didn't realize it was used to poison spear tips. I hope the bunnies in my garden don't eat it.
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