PA Plantings

The ice storms and dreary weather have gotten me down so I just want to do one more post this year to keep my spirits up and try to think about spring. I do like cacti with ice on them. but I prefer them with flowers! Eventually spring will come, I can hardly wait! Happy New Year The new flower of the week in the greenhouse is Lachenalia viridiflora Erythronium americanum red anthered form in the wild in Lancaster Co. PA Narcissus rupicola in our garden last spring. It is good to know it is near the cacti just waiting for a little bit of warm waether.

This Blog will be mainly about plants in Pennsylvania both in the wild and in gardens. I am starting the Blog off right with one of my favorite spring ephemeral wildflowers. We live in Berks County, PA where we garden with both native and foreign plants. My wife Jan and I are active members of the North American Rock Garden Society and the Muhlenberg Botanic Club of Lancaster, PA. This picture of Erythronium americanum was taken at the Lancaster County Conservancy's Fern Cliff Preserve.