Their pervasive fragrance and gaudy color suggests an overdressed matron wearing too much cheap perfume, as these plants often become too much in the landscape. Dick Young Kane county Wild Plants & Natural Areas Roadsides Dick Young was referring to Dame’s Rocket (Hesperus matronalis) in bloom now along partially shaded roadsides, railroad [...]
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Spring Quartette Plus
Spring Quartette Plus Many years ago, I saw clumps of Wild Hyacinth (Camassia scilloides) in bloom in May at Bluff Spring Fen. Enchanted, that fall I bought some bulbs–maybe 7–and planted them. Alas, not a one came up–I attributed it to squirrels digging them up. Several years later–May 2007, one came [...]
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Wild Ones: Northern Kane County Chapter