Dutchman's breeches

[redbird]

cattitude and I are just in from a walk in the park. First we went along the water, our usual path around the soccer field and then uphill toward the north tip of the park. We saw violets and three kinds of tiny purple flowers*, and lots of periwinkles (more once I cleared some of the dead oak leaves out of the way) and a few white flowering shrubs and plenty of yellow daffodils**. We went back downhill and into the woods the other way, because Cattitude wanted to look for Dutchman's breeches, a not-very-common wildflower. They bloom for about ten days in the Spring, and last year we didn't see them at all.

There had been one patch of Dutchman's breeches in Inwood Hill Park, for twenty years or more. In the last year or two, they've spread impressively: more flowers in the area where they used to grow, and spread across a path and significant southward. We both had our cameras, and with any luck we have some pictures of them. If I got any I like, I'll put them here and/or on Flickr.

ETA: I have put a few photos, including one of the Dutchman's breeches, a few other park pictures, and a nice crystal from last weekend's trip to the museum, on Flickr. My userid there is rosvicl.

*we have photos, and if I manage to identify them from that and the web, I will post an update or addendum

**the last few years, New York City has had enough daffodils to suggest a Dutch bulb nursery. I like them.

Comments

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

I lovelovelove Dutchman's breeches.