Constance

We have had excessive amounts of rain in our area this spring, and many people in low lying places have been flooded out. We are on a hill, but even so, we got so much rain that the ground was saturated and it was coming down so fast it didn't have time to drain. As a result, the lower parts of my woodland garden stood in water off and on for over a week.
In the past, I planted hundreds of assorted wildflowers that I assumed had died out, because I haven't seen any sign of them for several years.

But I guess that they've just been laying dormant, because this week I noticed several blue bells up and starting to bloom. On closer inspection, I found trillium, Dutchman's britches, trout lilies (yellow dogtooth violet), and wild ginger coming up. The allium, columbine and bleeding hearts hadn't altogether disappeared, but this spring they have spread and are really flourishing.

I guess something good has come out of all this rain, after all, although my heart goes out to all the people whose homes have been damaged or washed away in the floods.

Jennifer25

Isn't it awesome how something beautiful can come from something we might find inconvenient or destructive? Enjoy those lovely flowers!

Jennifer

Constance

It sure is, Jennifer...it's kind of like the rainbow after a storm.

I found something new this week. The squirrels always have fun with the buckeyes from my tree, but this spring, I believe every one they buried has come up and is blooming. Most of them are in the fence rows and can stay where they are, and I'll either move the rest or give them away. Humming birds love the red blossoms, and I love the humming birds!

lulugardens

I remember reading about something like this in the LA Times. There were major forest fires a few years back and the article was about how there was new growth in these areas that had been decimated by the fires, with wildflowers that no one could remember seeing there before. Pretty amazing how nature takes care of things...