Category Archives: Plant portraits

The very tall weedy plant called Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) grows in waste places across  most of North America.   Pokeweed begins to bloom in early summer and continues putting out inflorescences all summer and into the fall season. The flowers on … Continue reading →

The bright orange — spotted with red — flowers of Blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis) catch the eye on a summer day.  This native of central Asia, India, China and Japan has naturalized in the eastern and central regions of the … Continue reading →

Here’s a beautiful, delicate spring ephemeral found in the eastern and central portions of North American woodlands:  Rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides). The immature flower has greenish-yellow stamens clustered around the white stigmas as the flower petals open.  Surrounding the flower, … Continue reading →