Water Lily
Water Lilies are one of my favorite flowers, they’re very photogenic At the Prairie Garden Trust (PGT), you can find them at Beaver Lake and in the ponds by the … Continued
Wild Persimmon Fruit
Persimmons are are starting to set fruit; some are even starting to turn orange. Wild Persimmons are a native small tree that occurs over the eastern and middle parts of … Continued
Lotus Leaves
The Lotus are done blooming for the season, but the leaves are still attractive. Here they are backlit by the morning sun. To see the lotus at the Prairie Garden … Continued
Maximilian Sunflower
The buds on these wildflowers are opening up to reveal bright yellow flowers on tall stalks. I found a clump of them blooming this week near our mailbox that’s 10-feet … Continued
Tickseed Sunflower
This week you can find large clusters of these bright yellow flowers lining the sidewalks leading to the Lotus Ponds.
Hackberry Leaves
Oaks and hickories are the most common big trees at the PGT, but there are many others. Hackberries have asymmetrical leaves and cork-like bark with warty growths.
Tickseed Sunflower
There are so many different kinds of yellow daisy-like wildflowers blooming in the prairie now that identifying them is challenging. I think this one is called Tickseed Sunflower.