June 17, 2018
July 7, 2017
Over the last week or so:
And when I think they are about over…
Elegant Rein Orchid ~ Piperia elegans
Ocean-spray ~ Holodiscus discolor
Brook Cinquefoil ~ Potentilla rivalis
Spreading Dogbane, Apocynum androsaemifolium
Western White Clematis ~ Clematis ligusticifolia
Bering Chickweed, Alpine Chickweed ~ Cerastium beeringianum
Western Pearly Everlasting ~ Anaphalis margaritacea
February 4, 2015
Looking forward to Spring
This is the time of year when many of us start looking forward to Spring and all of the new arrivals of the season that will be appearing, my favorites of which are wildflowers. In my photo library there are somewhere around ten thousand photos of western Montana wildflowers and I’ve decided to have a few printed and I have made some simple frames in which to mount them. At the moment I really don’t know what I will do with them, but first I have to see what they might look like that way. As I go along I will post a few of those photos here as a sample of what the next seasons are sure to bring.
Spreading Dogbane ~ Apocynum androsaemifolium
This is a rather mundane appearing little plant that grows to be about 20 inches tall and its flowers are small and, as you walk past them, hardly noticeable. However, when scrutinized closely, they are quite pretty. This photo was taken in June of 2009 along an old road upon which I walk quite frequently, and the gentle raindrops that were falling that day added a little sparkle to the appearance of the blossoms.
July 21, 2011
Wildflowers of summer (6)
Self-heal ~ Prunella vulgaris
Narrow-leaf Hawksbeard, Annual Hawksbeard, Rooftop Hawksbeard ~ Crepis tectorum
Blue Elderberry ~ Sambucus caerulea
Spreading Dogbane ~ Apocynum androsaemifolium
Moth Mullein ~ Verbascum blattaria
June 9, 2009
In a festive mood
These are just beginning to bloom now in the high country. They are tiny and usually ignored, but when you look closely, they seem to have their own little celebration going on. I think this group was celebrating the rain.
Montana Outdoors 