St. Paul, MN Photos

Crab Apple blossoms

I take this shot every year.  If you come back next year you will see it again. They are in full bloom.  Don’t miss out.

spring beauties

I had to gt back for one more picture of these wildflowers.  They were in full bloom this week and I got a preview of what will be blooming next week.  If you like wildflowers Battle Creek Regional Park is the place to go.  There we be something new blooming every week I promise.

spring beauty

These flowers really are called spring beauty.  They are very small and they grow in the woods.  One has to walk carefully and look down to find them.  The spring wildflowers in Minnesota tend to be very small and delicate.  These bloom at about the same time that the buds on the trees open so that is when I start hunting for them. I have a wonderful time hunting.  I love the woods I always have.

Rose

OK . . I ran out of photos a couple of days ago.   I took this one a couple of years ago.  I had to dust it off before I posted it.

Wild Rose

I have been taking pictures of native plants and wildflowers for years.  One fourth of July weekend just for the heck of it I started a wildflower blog.  I set it up so people can search by color so they can find photos of wildflowers and use them to help identify plants.  I can’t post on it in the winter because there is nothing to shoot.  This year I am going to Southern Minnesota just to photograph wild flowers that are not found anywhere else in the state.  My goal is to photograph all of the indigenous wildflower species in the state.  I figure it will take at least five years.  I am looking forward to the hunt.  Those hours outside walking through fields and exploring the woods.

Last month several of my photos were used by a group in Ohio for a wildflower seed exchange and a master gardener from the twin cities plans to use some of the photos in a presentation to promote the idea of growing native species in gardens.  I like having the photos used that way and it makes my wild hobby that much more rewarding.