This beautiful
spring ephemeral is also very fragrant.
"When hummingbirds return in the spring, even some of the
spring ephemeral flowers aren't open yet," she says, "but sapsuckers make holes in trees, and the hummingbirds feed off the sap and the insects attracted to that sap."
Pick a
spring ephemeral and it will collapse; its balloon of water punctured.
Effect of removal of co-occurring species on distribution and abundance of Erythronium americanum (Liliaceae), a
spring ephemeral. American Journal of Botany 79:1329-1336.
ficaria, as a
spring ephemeral, has impacts primarily on other
spring ephemerals (Swearingen, 2005).
This is a true
spring ephemeral. It blooms early in March, and the plants completely disappear or go dormant by June.
Follow along as an instructor leads you step by step in creating a Georgia O'Keefe-inspired painting of
spring ephemeral flowers using a large tree slice as your canvas.
The best known
spring ephemerals, for instance--Dutchman's breeches, trilliums and bloodroot, among others--require a continuously damp substrate in order for their seeds to germinate.
A few years ago, no one predicted that the
spring ephemerals would be stunning in March following a week of 80-degree weather.
Spring Wildflowers
Spring ephemerals will be making their debut at this time of year, woodland wildflowers peep out side-by-side with fern fiddleheads and the delicate greens of the trees and shrubs as they leaf out.
Currently, native
spring ephemerals in the wild escape infection by powdery mildew, but they do compete with garlic mustard.
Around MotherAAEs Day, the garden is a big bouquet of
spring ephemerals that rush to flower and seed before the trees leaf and cast them in shade.