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G Dan Mitchell

“Purple Larkspur” — Purple larkspur flowers, blooming in Northern California.

Recently I wrote — again! — about returning to unremarkable “special places” that probably don’t have any meaning to anyone but me. This photograph comes from one that I mentioned, a trail through a small ravine at a nearby country park. Every spring I go there to visit spots where I can photograph a few favorite wildflowers, including a particular little area where these Larkspur flowers bloom…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2025/04/24/pu

purple larkspur flowers
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Ash O'Kesta

The bluets are blooming, so spring is really and truly here! Houstonia is a spring blooming, New England native #wildflower that grows best in partially shaded, slightly dry soils. You'll often find it on roadsides, cemetaries and in minimally mown lawns. It is tiny, grows slowly and doesn't like to be fussed over, so you'll have to enjoy it where you find it.

PS. This is my absolute favorite plant, and as a horticulturalist, that's really saying something. #inBloom #bloomScrolling #flowers

Dozens of tiny star shaped, pale blue flowers cluster tightly together. Each flower has four petals, symetrically arranged, and a bright yellow center.
A photo as seen from above. Dozens of tiny star shaped, pale blue flowers cluster tightly together. Each flower has four petals, symetrically arranged, and a bright yellow orange center. The sunlight casts deep shadows between the single little blooms, but each plant is only 1-2 inches tall.
Dozens of tiny star shaped, pale blue flowers cluster tightly together. Each flower has four petals, symetrically arranged, and a bright yellow center. The color of the flowers is a darker blue when they are grown in the shade, or white when grown in the sun.
Dozens of tiny star shaped, white flowers cluster tightly together. Each flower has four petals, symetrically arranged, and a bright yellow center. The stems look long and slwnder, but each flower is actually only an inch or two tall.
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G Dan Mitchell

“California Buttercup” — A California buttercup spring wildflower, Almaden Quicksilver Park.

Previously I have mentioned my habit of returning to seemingly unremarkable places that are special to me — perhaps a particular rock in the Yosemite high country, a certain tree in the Central Valley, an overlook along the Big Sur coast, one small Eastern Sierra aspen grove, and so on. If you visited these places (at the right times) you might think, “Well, yes, that is nice — but it isn’t iconic.” And you would be right. They are not iconic — they are just special to me. This flower photograph comes from one of those places…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2025/04/21/ca

Yellow California buttercup
#buttercup#wildflower#flower
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