Spring Wildflowers!

Virginia Springbeauty is one of the many wildflowers native to our area. I enjoy the beauty of these flowers but they have another benefit beyond aesthetics. Native wildflowers provide food and shelter to the many insects, butterflies and birds that I so enjoy discovering on my nature walks! 

Purple Cress: Native Wildflowers have adapted to grow in our climate and rarely require watering.

Wood Poppy: Native Wildflowers provide shelter and food for wildlife. They help to increase biodiversity.

Sharp-lobed Hepatica: The roots of wildflowers help to reduce soil erosion by holding the soil in place.

Red Trillium is sometimes called Stinky Robert! A girl on a hike last year, took a whiff, and decided it smelled like a wet dog! 

A virus is the likely cause of the mostly green petals on this White Trillium.

Virginia Bluebells: The tubular flowers are especially valuable to bumblebees, mason bees and other long-tongued bees. Butterflies, skippers, Sphinx moths and even Ruby-throated Hummingbirds will benefit from the flowers.

https://www.inournature.ca/early-spring-blooming-native-plants