Finally made it out to the arboretum. We’ve missed some of the early spring flowers but there’s still lots going on-

Mary Isabelle

Missouri Evening Primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa)

Moth mullein (Verbascum blattaria)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tradescantia with bee

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glade

Draw

Indian Paintbrush (Catilleja coccinea)

Pussytoes (Antennaria parlini), the biggest and most mature one I’ve ever seen, growing just next to the draw

 

 

 

Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida)

Carolina larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum)

Persimmon blossoms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ox-Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum leucanthemum)

Shooting star (Dodecatheon meadia, looks like the last one left in bloom)

Devil crayfish (Cambarus diogenes)