Earth is thawing and spring is working its wonders. Out walking in a park, I spotted a bog filled with tiny exotic beauties. They looked like pitcher plants at first, but on closer inspection, and with the help of google image look up, we were able to identify them as skunk cabbage. I was sorely tempted to dig one up and take it home, but luckily didn't have a trowel with me. My backyard isn't boggy enough, and I think one specimen would be lonely all on it's own. What a little miracle of a plant - when the ground is still frozen, it gives off enough heat to melt its way through. How fantastic is that?
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| skunk cabbage |
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| skunk cabbage bog |
Toronto Botanical Gardens was bursting into flower. Tulips and daffodils and magnolia buds, and tender pink flowers on viburnum.
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| Viburnum at Toronto Botanical Gardens |
When the scilla were coming up in our own backyard, Rob and I went to check out the spot in Rosedale Valley where they've naturalized into a corner of blue. Years previous, we have anticipated their brief appearance and dramatic hue on our morning commute. This year it became the destination rather than a drive-by.
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| Scilla at the Rosedale corner |
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