Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Trillium, Herb Robert, Hawthorn

Trillium grandiflorumTrillium grandiflorum.Geranium robertianumGeranium robertianum, growing in the crotch of a tree. As with above, in the Native Flora Garden.CrataegusCrataegus…The ringer of the trio. Native hawthorns have white flowers. This looks like the English Midland Hawthorn, C. laevigata, perhaps the cultivar “Crimson Cloud.”

One response to “Trillium, Herb Robert, Hawthorn”

  1. Love hawthorns! State flower of Missouri!

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