My fondest memory of childhood summers is picking red raspberries from my family’s small patch. The wonderful flavor and fragrance of these berries led me up and down the rows until I reached my saturation point. Now that I’m an adult, my own garden holds a prominent place for raspberries. In fact, for 10 years I grew raspberries commercially and sold them to area restaurants.
GPOD on the Road: Canadian Wildflowers
31.05.2024 - 08:33 / finegardening.com
Happy Friday, GPODers!
We have another installment of my travels through Canada last summer, and I want to dive into some of the wildflowers I spotted while traveling.
While rest stops and overnight parking lots are an unglamorous necessity of long-haul travel, I make a point to park in nature as often as I possibly can. Part of my routine when I find myself parked up at a new area is walking around and taking in all of the various plant life around me. This is partly for safety reasons (looking out for poison ivy, oak, sumac, giant hogweed, etc.) but mainly for pleasure. At the first sight of color or fascinating foliage, I’m taking my phone out and going in for a closer look.
Below are some of the first wildflowers I spotted on my trip, most of them being from Manitoulin Island, an island in Lake Huron in Ontario that is also the largest lake island in the world.
First up were some beautiful little harebell (Campanula rotundifolia, Zones 3–8) flowers that were right at the campsite I stayed at for a week. No matter what you call this adorable little plant (bellflower, Scottish bluebell, witch’s thimble, heathbells, fairies’ thimbles, etc.), it’s one you should spend some time learning more about. The native has a fascinating folklore in Scotland, where people believe witches squeezed juice from the flowers to turn into hares!
Though this flower looks like it would be right at home in the tropics, it is actually a North American native. Wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum, Zones 3–8) is one of the most widespread lilies in North America but used to be even more abundant. Though they are always tempting to pick, native wildflowers are much better admired than they are cut and brought home.
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