Mini Road Trip: Mt Pleasant – March 2021 (1)
/I may do more than one mini road trip to Howard County Conservancy’s Mt Pleasant this month since the plants change so quickly this time of year. I also want to photograph the wood frogs in the small pond in the Honors Garden when they start their mating songs; the pond was still silent and empty this time. Everything was still skewed toward ‘winter’ although there were more signs of spring than when I went at the end of February.
The skunk cabbage bloom is fading…the golf-ball-like flowers are turning brownish…maybe seeds are forming.
Last time I saw the skunk cabbage there was still snow on the ground along the trail. Some spathes that had black areas at the top during that visit now appeared smaller in size…and one spathe was almost totally black; maybe it had been too damaged to continue flowering.
Overall, there seemed to be more visible clumps of skunk cabbage than the last time I visited the site. Next time I go, I expect there will be green leaves unfurling.
The witch hazel along the drive to the farmhouse is another plant I check this time of year. It’s an Asian variety that blooms in late winter.
The tree keeps some leaves from last season…that provide a more subtle color than the blooms.
Other ‘sights’ from Mt Pleasant in tomorrow’s post….
