Rue Anemone is starting to bloom along with Phlox, Bluebells, Bloodroot, Toothwort, Spring Beauty and more. Want to see what might be blooming visit our new What's Blooming page on our website for photos, common names and scientific names now sortable by month!
We are having a hard time getting Spring to show it's beautiful face but that isn't holding back the Spring Ephemerals! Neither cold nor wind nor rain can stop their yearly awakening. This past week has given us our first look at what might be the best blooming Spring in TRWA history!
Get your flower eyes on as you walk thru all the trails of the TRWA. The colors are popping everywhere. The bluebells on the new Bluebell Trail is starting to show off. The hundreds of Spicebush with their little yellow blooms are everywhere, watch for the white blooms of the Rue Anemone, Bloodroot and Toothwort and the delicate pinkish/purpleish of the Phlox. Trillium are showing their three leaves and will be blooming a a few weeks along with many of the trees in the Arboretum.
The Spring/Summer Pollinator Garden that was planted last fall is slowly awakening. We are really excited to see what it brings us this year.
Yesterday, volunteers planted a variety of native plants and seeds in the wooded areas of the TRWA.
They include: Dwarf Crested Iris, Jack in the Pulpit, Indian Pink, Shooting Stars, Red Wake Robbin, Black Cohosh, Squirrel Corn, and White Baneberry ( dolls eyes).
Volunteers also planted several new trees over the last several weeks including: Bald Cypress, Red Maple, Honey Locust with more on the way. The Townsend River Walk & Arboretum by the end of April will have 51 designated trees!
Enjoy the sunshine and take a walk to the Townsend River Walk & Arboretum to enjoy these wonderful Spring bloomers as well as the wildlife and the Little River is quite beautiful after the rain the past week
If you do enjoy the TRWA think about donating so our volunteers can create an even more incredible Townsend River Walk & Arboretum. All donations go directly to the maintenance, preservation and enhancement of the Townsend River Walk & Arboretum thru Project TRWA (501c3) whose only mission is to keep the TRWA for Townsend residents and visitors for generations to come! All donations are taxdeductible.
