Golden alexander (Zizia aurea) is one the first native species to flower in the spring
The dainty Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) are an early spring favorite for the ruby-throated hummingbird.
Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) at it’s best softly blooming in dappled shade.
The striking spring ephemeral known as Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
Ontario woodlands come alive, after a long winter, with the trilliums carpeting large pockets of forest floor with their clean white, three-petaled flowers.
The spring darling known as the eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) is magnificent to behold. The multitude of vibrant flowers burst into bloom in May.
Prairie smoke (Geum triflorum) in it’s full glory
Hiding out in the shadows the wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) has a gorgeous tone and a calm demeanor
Bright, cheerful flowers of the balsam ragwort (Packera paupercula)
This diminutive blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium monatum) has the appearance of a member in the grass family yet is actually considered a perennial. Purple blooms are displayed near the end of it’s slender stalks.
The earliest blooming member of the beardtongue family is the pale beardtongue (Penstemon pallidus)
The splendid, large leaves of the basswood (Tilia americana)
Smooth wild rose (Rosa blanda) attracts more than just bees, check out this fly (bee-look-alike) visiting the colorful flowers
Hairy beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus) is one of the best. Early season flower, attractive to pollinators, adaptable and can handle drought. What else could a gardener ask for?
The downward hanging “laterns” of the wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Robust and full of life the false blue indigo (Baptisia australis) puts on a show of lavender to deep purple blooms in June
The modest flowering stalks of the prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) are frequented by bumblebees
Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) is cool and collected first thing in morning
Red maple (Acer rubrum) is arrayed in wonderful lobed leaves
Bowman’s root (Gillenia trifoliata) has a spray of star-shaped blooms
