Beauty in the Shade Garden

Hellebore

Where to begin this article escapes me.  This afternoon The One I Love Best dragged other “stuff” out of the way of the golf cart and offered me a ride.  It was as though I had died and gone to heaven.  Our woods are ablaze with color.  The pictures I made are not top quality; however, I’ve asked a professional to come by and shoot a few shots.  (Yeah, a few).

A good many years ago we bought Hellebores and set them in various spots around the shade garden and by now the blooms have gone to seed and produced babies galore.  I dare say there are a million Hellebores scattered around the woods  in different colors and mixed in with Daffodils of various kinds.

Trillium and Dutchmen’s Britches

The most exciting thing for me was all the different wildflowers that are up!  Several different varieties of Trillium are strutting their stuff.  The Cuneatum Trillium is absolutely gorgeous — one plant is mixed in with Dutchmen’s Britches and Toothwort and is stunning.  I could sit there and drink in that beauty and remember when I almost lost the Dutchmen’s Britches, but it moved itself to another location.  The tiny blossoms — blooming up a stem — look just like a pair of Dutchmen’s britches.

Nearby the Dutchmen’s Britches is a patch of yellow Trout Lilies — I’ve never had so many blooming before.  Usually I’d have one or maybe three.  I said I’ll bet Buck’s Pocket State Park is yellow with these little beauties.  At the park the ground is literally covered at this time of year.

Trillium – Stamenium

If you enjoy spring wildflowers, stay tuned — there’ll be more and better pictures.  I wish you all could drive by our woods and see the beauty.  It’s breathtaking (at least to me).  Maybe the hard winter we’ve had makes this sight even prettier.  It’s absolutely the very best part of country living.

Hellebores