Hiking in the Smokies

This past year apparently was tough on my wildflowers. The extreme drought of summer, 2007, has resulted in many of my plants being very small, or having foliage but no flowers. We are still down about 2.5" of rain in east Tennessee, but hopefully, this year will prove to have more precipitation than last. However, my wild geraniums have been beautiful, and full of blooms.

I have been fortunate to meet a dear octogenarian who lives in Loudon County, and who has an amazing wildflower garden. She has sold plants from her garden the past few years, and I have obtained almost all of my trilliums from her yard. Click on "photos" above to see the trilliums I have blooming, as well as several other late spring wildflowers.