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Plant of the Day
Sunday 19 May 2024
In a small front garden Lamprocapnos spectabilis (bleeding hearts, dicentra, Dutchman's breeches, lady in the bath, locks and keys, lyre flower, seal flower) was producing arching succulent stems hung with heart-shaped flowers. This clump-forming perennial grows in moist, fertile, humus-rich soil in partial shade.
Jill Raggett
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Dutchman’s Breeches by Katja Schulz on Flickr.
This work is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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Dutchman’s Breeches
To a sailor, a patch of blue sky signifies the breaking up of a storm at sea. Even the smallest glimpse is viewed with optimism and said to be “enough to patch a Dutchman’s breeches.” the Dutch being famous for their thriftiness.
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In The Sailor’s Wordbook, Admiral William Smyth described this portent of better weather as being “enough to make a pair of breeches for a Dutchman.” The expression washed ashore where it is still used to describe a small patch of blue sky. Occasionally, less optimistic landlubbers use the expression in a variant form: “ not enough blue to patch a Dutchman’s breeches.”
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A few more treasures from my hike this past weekend in Core Arboretum. I’ve posted detailed descriptions of these ephemerals in the past. So if you want to learn more about these wildflowers, go to my main blog page and search on the plant's common name. You’ll also be rewarded with higher resolution photos. :-)
From top: sessile trillium (Trillium sessile); dwarf larkspur (Delphinium tricorne); twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla); Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica); Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica); harbinger of spring (Erigenia bulbosa); cutleaf toothwort (Cardamine concatenata); Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria); yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum); and great white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum).
#appalachia#vandalia#west virginia#spring#early april#wildflowers#spring ephemerals#core arboretum#sessile trillium#dwarf larkspur#twinleaf#virginia bluebells#virginia spring beauty#harbinger of spring#cutleaf toothwort#dutchman's breeches#yellow trout lily#great white trillium
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Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
This native, white bleeding heart plant blooms throughout the eastern United States during early spring.
March 31st, 2023
Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
#nature#forest floor#forest#woods#botany#plants#native plants#native flowers#bleeding hearts#Dicentra cucullaria#dicentra#Dutchman's breeches#spring#spring ephemeral#spring flowers#wildflowers#wild flowers#fairy core#fairycore#cottagecore#naturecore#white flowers#white#ozarks#the ozarks#Missouri#Missouri nature#ephemerals#ephemeral#papaveraceae
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Usually I only see Dutchman's breeches, Dicentra cucullaria, in small patches here and there. Last summer when I was in woods just a few miles from where I am now, I remember trying to build a little stick fortress around the small colony of Dutchman's breeches so the deer wouldn't eat it before the flowers bloomed (the deer found a way to overcome).
In my neighborhood woods this year, however, the forest floor is completely covered in these special little flowers.
(April 2023)
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Ephemeral spring wildflowers, my beloved
#wildflowers#spring wildflowers#ephemeral wildflowers#spring beauties#bloodroot#dutchman's breeches#lamb's ears#henbit
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Went for a walk by the creek to get out of the house!
Here we have Dutchman's Breeches, Spring Beauty, wood violet, wild blue phlox, bloodroot (not in bloom just yet, at least not this one) and a white trout lily, the first one I have personally ever found! It was beautiful and much needed.
#illinois wildflowers#illinois nature#dutchman's breeches#trout lily#wood violet#spring beauty#bloodroot#the creek! the creek!#nature hikes#my photos
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Spring ephemerals 04/14/23
#spring#flowers#wildflowers#plants#anemone#dutchman's breeches#dogtooth violet#native plants#spring flowers#nature#nature photography
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dutchman's breeches (dicentra cucullaria), one of my favorite flowers
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Ohio Spring Wildflower Field Guide
#flower#flowers#spring flowers#spring#floral#wildflowers#wild flowers#ohio#ohio wild flowers#botany#april#march#may#dutchman's-breeches#dicentra cucullaria#Dutchman's britches#Dutchman's breeches
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took a short rainy walk today and met a couple new plants!
this little guy is named dutchman's breeches! i found a bunch of it in a small sliver of woods by the creek.
this is mayapple. it caught my eye today because the way its leaves droop in the rain makes it resemble a mushroom. apparently these guys grow in colonies from one root system, so they're all connected.
a couple pictures of the creek as well. the moss lining really makes it stand out. i'm pretty sure this is an ephemeral stream that's dry most of the year, but i don't have the best memory.
as a silly little bonus, here's my very underwhelming eclipse photo! i'm lucky to have seen totality, but unfortunately my phone camera couldn't handle it.
#errambles#native plants#nature#plant identification#mayapple#dutchman's breeches#such a silly name for a plant lol
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Dutchman's Breeches by zachbaranowski on iNaturalist.
This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
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Dutchman’s Breeches
#dutchmans breeches#nature#woods#forest#pagan#trees#witchy#woods witch#forest witch#cottagecore#cottage#naturecore#nature photography#forestcore
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Early spring on Dunkard Creek. From top: early saxifrage (Micranthes virginiensis); great white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum); Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria); rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides); hispid buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus); red trillium (Trillium erectum); twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla); and Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica).
#appalachia#vandalia#west virginia#april#spring#wildflowers#dunkard creek#mason-dixon historical park#early saxifrage#great white trillium#dutchman's breeches#rue anemone#hispid buttercup#red trillium#purple trillium#wake robin#twinleaf#virginia bluebells
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Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
April 12th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
#Dicentra cucullaria#dicentra#botany#Dutchman's Breeches#bleeding hearts#nature#forest floor#woods#forest#Missouri nature#the ozarks#Missouri river hills#ozarks#flower photography#plants#native plants#native flowers#fairycore#fairy core#naturecore#forestcore#Missouri#white flower#exploring the woods#spring ephemerals#spring ephemeral#dutchmans breeches#nature photography#papaveraceae#plant photography
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