Twinleaf

Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla).  This is a wildflower native to Indiana but not too common.  You can see it here at Purdue Horticulture Gardens, it's planted under the hawthorn tree.  Picture taken April 17, 2011.

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Dead nettle

Spotted dead nettle (Lamium maculatum 'Pink Chablis').  Under the hawthorn tree.

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Dead nettle (Lamium purpureum).  An unintended plant at Hort Gardens, this is the common dead nettle of fields and waste places.  Along Marstellar Street. 

Pictures taken April 17, 2011.

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Armenian grape hyacinth

Armenian grape hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum).  Picture taken April 15, 2011.


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The juneberry tree is flowering

The juneberry tree (Amelanchier sp.) at Hort Gardens is now in flower.  Each flower turns into a delicious berry by June. Juneberry trees are planted all over town.   Look for these trees now while they stand out and remember where they are and come back to them in June.

The tree in the foreground is the downy hawthorn tree (Crataegus mollis), it flowers a liitle later in the spring.

This picture was taken April 15, 2011.


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Basket of Gold

Basket-of-gold (Aurinia saxatilis), just beginning to flower.  Picture taken April 15, 2011.

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Pasque flower

Pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) blooming before Easter, April 13, 2011.  This year Easter comes very late, April 24, just one day before the latest possible date.

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Bethlehem Sage

This is Bethlehem Sage (Pulmonaria saccharata). Picture taken April 13, 2011.

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Bellwort

The False Solomon's Seal sign is in the wrong place. This is a patch of bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora), a spring wildflower that can be found in our Indiana woodlands. This patch is under the hawthorn tree in Purdue Horticulture Gardens. Picture taken April 11, 2011.

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Mayapple

The Purdue Horticulture gardens has some mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) popping up out of the ground. Mayapple is a familiar native plant of our Indiana woodlands. Oddly enough, mayapple is in the barberry family. Picture taken April 8, 2011.

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