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Re: What's coming up?

 

On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Christopher Lindsey wrote:

> As spring finally starts picking up its pace again, more and more things
> are starting to leaf out.  I noticed the tender young shoots of compass
> plant, foxglove beard tongue, and the wild indigos peeking out.  The
> coneflowers (only E. purpurea though) are all about 2" tall, ox-eye
> daises about the same, and queen-of-the prairie is over a foot tall!
> These are all from the Chicago area.
> 
> Anyone have anything blooming yet?  Anemone patens var. wolfgangiana 
> (pasque flower -- listed as Apr 5 - May 30 in Chicago)?
> 
Pasque flower and prairie buttercup are blooming in my yard (Rockford,
IL). Prairie Smoke is in full red bud. Trout Lily (Dogtooth Violets) are
out in area parks (Aldeen Park, North Alpine in Rockford). Bloodroot, too.
brian

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