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Mousetoescamper

(6,186 posts)
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 01:25 PM Tuesday

Earth Day: Native Northeastern wildflowers

Taken yesterday at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA.

White trillium


Wild geranium


Trout lily


Red trillium


Squirrel corn


White violets


Bellwort


Wood poppy


Virginia bluebells


Yellow trillium


Star chickweed



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Earth Day: Native Northeastern wildflowers (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Tuesday OP
Wow, thanks for sharing these beauties! First rate. CaliforniaPeggy Tuesday #1
Thanks and you're welcome, Peggy! Mousetoescamper Tuesday #5
Wow! SheltieLover Tuesday #2
Thanks and you're welcome, SheltieLover! Mousetoescamper Tuesday #6
Thank you IbogaProject Tuesday #3
You're welcome, IbogaProject! Mousetoescamper Tuesday #7
Beautiful pics! anciano Tuesday #4
Thanks, anciano! Mousetoescamper Tuesday #8
Between these and the tukips, i am swooning over all this beauty! ShazzieB Tuesday #9
Thanks and you're welcome, ShazzieB! Mousetoescamper Tuesday #12
Really pretty native flowers. I have seen some of them in my area, too. Diamond_Dog Tuesday #10
Thanks and you're welcome, Diamond_Dog! Mousetoescamper Tuesday #13
Looking forward to walking in your path. So much beauty Easterncedar Tuesday #11
You're going to have beautiful weather for your visit: partly to mostly sunny and warm Mousetoescamper Tuesday #14

ShazzieB

(20,340 posts)
9. Between these and the tukips, i am swooning over all this beauty!
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 06:21 PM
Tuesday

Longwood Gardens sounds like a real treasure, and I thank you for sharing it with us.

Diamond_Dog

(36,670 posts)
10. Really pretty native flowers. I have seen some of them in my area, too.
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 09:28 PM
Tuesday

What a perfect post for Earth Day! Your photos are gorgeous. TY for sharing this beauty with us, Mousetoescamper.

Mousetoescamper

(6,186 posts)
13. Thanks and you're welcome, Diamond_Dog!
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 10:26 PM
Tuesday

I used to enjoy looking for wildflowers and edible plants during walks in the woods with my kids (my children, not baby goats) I can still identify some of the more common species.



Easterncedar

(4,259 posts)
11. Looking forward to walking in your path. So much beauty
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 10:04 PM
Tuesday

And I had never heard of the dicentra called Squirrel corn. Interesting!

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