Wildflowers

All sorts of flowers the which on earth do spring
In goodly colours gloriously array'd
Pyramidal Orchid
Edmund Spenser, 1552-1599

Wildflowers are transient beauties. They are there today in profusion and tomorrow you cannot find even one. They grow in the most inhospitable places, and yet if you try to grow them in your garden they fade away and die. Next to showy garden plants they are often drab, but in their proper setting in the wild they have a subtle beauty that is all their own.

Pyramidal Orchid
Common Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea)
Morning Glory bud
two Fly agaric toadstools
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Yellow evening primrose (Calyophus hartwegii)
Fly agaric
Cranesbill, also called Hardy Geranium
Evening Primrose
fern unfolding in spring
Scarlet Indian Paintbrush (castilleja linariaefolia)
Coral Bean (erythrina herbacea)
Coral Bean
Indian Paintbrush
White Trillium, Trillium grandiflorum
Trillium undulatum (Painted Trillium)
Podophyllum peltatum (the mayapple)
bud of Scarlet Indian Paintbrush (castilleja linariaefolia)
pink poppies in a field in Andalusia
Indian Paintbrush Bud
White Trillium, Trillium grandiflorum
Poppies in Andalusia
Western Skunk Cabbage (lysichiton americanus)
Trillium
Skunk Cabbage
Trillium erectum, also known as Wake-robin, red trillium, purple trillium
Western Wood Lily (lilium philadelphicum)
Wood Lily
Angel's Trumpet (Datura Wrightii)
White Trillium, Trillium grandiflorum
Angel's Trumpet
Crotalaria agatiflora, Canary-bird Bush, Rattlebox
Trillium erectum, also known as Wake-robin, red trillium, purple trillium
Bird Flower