Happy Mother’s Day

It’s Mother’s Day and here is the flower for today. It’s called Pale Stickseed and stands several feet tall. From a distance you notice the white flowers waving in the breeze. Up close, the white flowers tinged with blue are beautiful.

Pale Stickseed

What’s Blooming in Park City?

I went for a ride this evening. A wonderful 24-7 / Flying Dog / Glen Wild / Bob’s Basin Loop. The trails are fast. Here’s a list of the most plentiful blooming flowers:

• Wasatch Bluebell
• Tall western groundsel (Gauge plant)
• Longleaf phlox
• Wallflower
• Mountain Bluebell

There were also a handful of Glacier lilies and one solitary Desert paintbrush.

Violets

The weather has been beautiful in Park City and a wonderful number of new wildflower continue to make their appearance. Another early bloomer is the goosefoot violet. There are several violet species in Utah and some can be found in close proximity to one another. Nuttall’s violet is another violet that can be seen in Utah. The picture here is a goosefoot violet.

It’s one of my favorites because I get to call it a “yellow violet”….

Viola purpurea

Steer’s Head

I went for a hike yesterday and hidden in with the Utah Buttercups and the Glacier Lilies was this little gem. It’s called Steer’s Head… for obvious reasons.

Enjoy!

Colors of Summer

These are the colors I see when I think about summer. This is Lanceleaf Spring Beauty – And I agree it’s a beauty.

Happy May Day!!!!

Fritillaria

I went for a morning walk yesterday and I came across a field of Fritillaria pudica . These are one of my favorite spring flowers. They flower yellow but then fade to an interesting combination of orange and yellow.

Earth Day

Today is Earth Day. I hope everyone is out enjoying the day. And if you’re sitting behind a computer, at least google is celebrating Earth Day with a Google Earth Day doodle.