{"id":633,"date":"2025-04-30T02:26:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T02:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/?p=633"},"modified":"2025-06-02T02:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T02:41:28","slug":"spring-blooms-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/2025\/04\/30\/spring-blooms-april\/","title":{"rendered":"spring blooms &#8211; April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>April 18-24, daffodils, and fern fiddleheads, and some other lovelies! Also, tons and tons of <em>Scilla siberica<\/em> (which I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amherstindy.org\/2024\/04\/05\/adventures-of-a-native-plant-gardener-scilla-in-the-spring\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amherstindy.org\/2024\/04\/05\/adventures-of-a-native-plant-gardener-scilla-in-the-spring\/\">wrote about<\/a> last year in the <em>Indy<\/em>). And, the hepatica (sharp-lobed and round-lobed) was in bloom, but I can&#8217;t find any pictures of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250418_222334808.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250418_222334808-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250418_222334808-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250418_222334808-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250418_222334808-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250418_222334808-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250418_222334808.jpg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daffodil (non-native, but for my mom)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250420_174200355.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250420_174200355-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250420_174200355-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250420_174200355-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250420_174200355-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250420_174200355-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250420_174200355.jpg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250423_181953966.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250423_181953966-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250423_181953966-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250423_181953966-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250423_181953966-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250423_181953966-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250423_181953966.jpg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">terrible picture of Virginia bluebells (<em>Mertensia virginica<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250424_153858786-e1747363601465.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250424_153858786-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Sanguinaria canadensis<\/em> (Bloodroot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week later, April 27-May 1 &#8212; the catawba rhododendrons are in full bloom. So are the violets and the Phlox divaricata is out too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250427_161404313.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250427_161404313-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250427_161404313-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250427_161404313-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250427_161404313-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250427_161404313-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250427_161404313.jpg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rhododendron catawbiense (Catawba rhodies) in full bloom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_195753908.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_195753908-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_195753908-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_195753908-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_195753908-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_195753908-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_195753908.jpg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_194831918.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_194831918-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_194831918-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_194831918-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_194831918-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_194831918-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_194831918.jpg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">peaches!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_210908166.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" data-id=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_210908166-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_210908166-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_210908166-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_210908166-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_210908166-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250429_210908166-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ferns! Christmas fern (<em>Polystichum acrostichoides<\/em>) is one of my favorites<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250430_221459400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250430_221459400-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250430_221459400-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250430_221459400-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250430_221459400-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250430_221459400-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250430_221459400.jpg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">trying to pull out tons of invasive lily-of-the-valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200851333.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200851333-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200851333-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200851333-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200851333-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200851333-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200851333.jpg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Viola sororia<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200900893.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200900893-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200900893-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200900893-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200900893-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200900893-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200900893.jpg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Phlox divaricata <\/em>(Wild blue phlox)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200950187.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200950187-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200950187-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200950187-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200950187-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200950187-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250501_200950187.jpg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>violet &#8230; maybe Viola palustris<\/em>?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 18-24, daffodils, and fern fiddleheads, and some other lovelies! Also, tons and tons of Scilla siberica (which I wrote about last year in the Indy). And, the hepatica (sharp-lobed and round-lobed) was in bloom, but I can&#8217;t find any pictures of it. A week later, April 27-May 1 &#8212; the catawba rhododendrons are in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[95,84,96],"class_list":["post-633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening","tag-april","tag-flowers","tag-spring-blooms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1219,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions\/1219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}