Skip to main content

What's Up : Ponds & Streams

Lotus Leaves

The American Lotus has finished blooming, but the round umbrella-like leaves are still putting on quite a show. Here I captured the huge leaves backlit by the morning sun. This … Continued

View Photo

Lotus Pod

The American Lotus flowers have dropped their petals and are now turning into seed heads. At first the seeds are blue and the showerhead like pod is green. As they … Continued

View Photo

Blue Lobelia

This late-blooming native wildflower can be found along Hiller’s Creek and other wet places. It grows on stalks up to 3-feet tall.

View Photo

American Lotus

The Lotus is my favorite native plant and they are having a great year. There are hundreds of them blooming at the Prairie Garden Trust (PGT) right now.To see them … Continued

View Photo

Morning Light Creek

You’ll be rewarded for forcing yourself to get out of bed early to take nature walks here at the Prairie Garden Trust (PGT). Everything is more alive then. The treetops … Continued

View Photo

Nelumbo lutea

Lotus Leaf

American Lotus isn’t blooming yet, but the leaves are coming up. As they emerge, they are in a spike which unrolls reveal their classic circular leaf. The spike reminds me … Continued

View Photo

Wood Duck

I saw a pair of Wood Ducks yesterday at one of the ponds at the Prairie Garden Trust (PGT). Instead of flushing and flying away they swam into some brush. … Continued

View Photo

Horsetail

Horsetails look like green soda straws; the stems are hollow. This native evergreen grows along the edges of water. You can find it along Hillers Creek here at the Prairie … Continued

View Photo

Boneset

This 3-foot tall wildflower is also known as Feverwort because Native Americans used them to treat fevers that made one’s bones ache. The white flat-topped flower clusters of Boneset can … Continued

View Photo