Success Granted

Near where we live there is a really nice trail for walking. It used to just be a foot path, not used often, really nice to just let the dogs run. The town council thought it would be a good idea to make it more user-friendly so added a crushed gravel path, some boardwalk, and extended the trail. That made it a really easy path to walk. It is used frequently by all sorts of people.

Even though it is used more often than I like (I prefer solitude when walking the pups), I still often use it.

Last year I picked some plants to see if I could get them started at home.

Bloodroot From Wikepedia "Bloodroot is also known as Bloodwort, Red Puccoon Root, and sometimes Pauson......The plant was used as a dye and for an herbal remedy by the native population. A break in the surface of the plant, especially the roots, reveals a reddish sap."




I picked three Trillium. Two white and one red. From Wikepedia "While trillium flowers are very attractive, some believe they should never be picked, since the three leaves below the flower are the plant's only food source and a picked trillium may die or take many years to recover. For this reason in many areas, e.g. British Columbia, Michigan, New York, Oregon, and Washington, it is illegal to pick trilliums. While popular belief exists that it is illegal to pick trilliums in Ontario, no such law actually exists......A white trillium serves as the emblem and official flower of the Canadian province of Ontario. It features prominently on the Franco-Ontarian flag." Only one of the white ones survived.


I also picked some DogTooth Violets. Boy..were they ever hard to dig up! The roots go way down. The bulbs are buried quite deep. I was very pleased to discover that one of the five that I dug up actually made it through! From Thompson and Morgan: "Dog Tooth Violets may not be well-known, but they're definitely worth including in your spring garden. The bulbous perennials form clumps of glossy foliage, with attractive bronze mottling for extra appeal. It's marvellous for naturalising in thin grass. Tooth-shaped bulbs"

These plants, as near as I can tell are native to Ontario. It's really nice having them come up in our backyard. I planted them under our tree in the backyard.