wild Geranium

Nothing says spring in Minnesota like wild geraniums.  Actually they don’t say anything they are just plants.  The sun is out today.

Wild Columbine

Wild columbine grows in Minnesota.  I never planted any in my yard.  It plants it self every year where it wants to grow.  Mostly shade, part sun on the North side od the house.

Xcel Center - Wild Game

I was supposed to be shooting inside on Saturday night but I can’t resist the blue hour.  These blurry people are headed to the Xcel center for a Minnesota wild hokey game.

Grey headed cone flowers

These are favorites of mine because they look like they are dancing.  I used this one as a background or wall paper as it is called on my computer.  If you like it go ahead and download.  They like to bloom starting in mid to late July and are mostly done before the end of August.   I love to photograph flowers and I have read that flower photographs are very common and really no that interesting yet according to my Google Analyitics for this site there are a lot of people looking at the flower photographs . . did I say thank you?

forget me not

If you are ever walking near the woods and find a clump of forget-me-nots you will not forget it.  They are oh so tiny and very beautiful.

prairie clover

The prairie clover is a native species and they are just starting to bloom.   I found patches of them along the bike paths on the North side of the Mississippi River west of downtown.

spiderwart

June is when the spiderwart blooms.  I found this flower in a large patch at Como Park.

wood anemone

I got out on my bike on Friday and headed for the woods to hunt for wildflowers.  I found a few species blooming in  Battle Creek Regional Park.   The wood anemone likes to grow in clumps in wooded areas.  These were growing at the base of a tree.

Have a happy mothers day.

I did not notice it until a couple of days after I wrote this post but this plant it blood root not wood anemone.

Astors

This is the third species of Aster I found with out really trying. I have no idea how many species there are here in Minnesota.   I found these growing in clumps in Cherokee park in St. Paul.  Like most Minnesota wild flowers they are small and delicate.

Purple Asters

Purple Astors – another Minnesota wildflower that blooms in the fall.  They just started opening and in another week or so they will be gorgeous.  I found these at Harriet Island regional park.  There is a patch of them right by the parking lot closest to the pavilion.