{"id":717,"date":"2025-05-24T21:42:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T21:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/?p=717"},"modified":"2025-06-02T02:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T02:40:25","slug":"spring-blooms-later-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/2025\/05\/24\/spring-blooms-later-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"spring blooms, later May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 16:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dodecatheon meadia<\/em>, aka Primula meadia<\/em>, aka Eastern shooting star.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Calycanthus floridus<\/em>. <\/em>Aphids on the flower!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spiraea vanhouttei<\/em> (non-native)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rhododendron calendulaceum <\/em>(flame azalea) <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rhododendron maximus<\/em> (Great rosebay) is coming!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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May 18: Rhododendron maximum (front ones that get a bit more sun) are coming! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The oaks have leafed out!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Maianthemum racemosum<\/em><\/a> (False Solomon’s seal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cornus sericea<\/em> (Red twig dogwood)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chrysogonum virginianum<\/em><\/a> (Green-and-gold)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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umm … sheep laurel? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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moss! Common hairmoss (upright) and twisted moss. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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May 21:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lonicera sempervirens<\/em> (Trumpet honeysuckle)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Indian azalea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trillium luteum<\/em> is now past its bloom time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Phlox divaricata<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rubus allegheniensis<\/em> (Allegheny Blackberry)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kalmia latifolia<\/em> (Mountain laurel) is coming — it has a boom & bust cycle and this will be a boom year!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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May 23 & 24th — we’ve had a lot of rain the past few days, so less opportunity to take photos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rhododendron roseum<\/em> (a catawba cultivar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chrysogonum virginianum<\/em><\/a> (Green-and-Gold)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Viburnum acerifolium <\/em>(Maplewood Viburnum)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Osmunda regalis<\/em> (Royal fern)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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May 26-29: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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omg we have peaches!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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peaches & blueberries!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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mountain laurel coming!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oxalis corniculata<\/em> (creeping woodsorrel) – in bloom!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ilex verticillata<\/em> (Winterberry)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Iris versicolor<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Leucothoe fontanesiana<\/a> <\/em>(mountain doghobble)! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rhododendron catawbiense<\/em> (Catawba rosebay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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May 30:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Iris versicolor<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Rhododendron periclymenoides<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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May 16: May 18: Rhododendron maximum (front ones that get a bit more sun) are coming! May 21: May 23 & 24th — we’ve had a lot of rain the past few days, so less opportunity to take photos. May 26-29: May 30:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[84,94,96],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening","tag-flowers","tag-may","tag-spring-blooms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717","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=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1218,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions\/1218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}