White flowers of Wild strawberries, Fragaria will bear small, red, edible fruits later in summer, Phippsburg, Maine.  For a list of protected and endangered wildflowers in Maine see http://plants.usda.gov/java/threat Wildflowers should be left undisturbed where they are found. To uproot and attempt to transplant them puts the species at risk. Wildflowers are dependent on very specific soil, water and light requirements which a home gardener can rarely reproduce.
Blackburnian warbler singing, a migratory warbler in Maine. I photographed this one on Small Point, Phippsburg, Maine
Kolkwitzia, also known as Beauty Bush is an old fashioned favorite, tall shrub in Maine. Beauty Bush is an old fashioned favorite. It grows quite tall for a shrub, as much as 15 feet. I used to steal them from a neighbor for my mother when I was young.
Blackburnian warbler singing, a migratory warbler in Maine. I photographed this one on Small Point, Phippsburg, Maine
Blackburnian warbler singing, a migratory warbler in Maine. I photographed this one on Small Point, Phippsburg, Maine
Blackburnian warbler singing, a migratory warbler in Maine. I photographed this one on Small Point, Phippsburg, Maine
Evening Primrose, Oenothera is an indigenous, yellow Maine wildlfower, For a list of protected and endangered wildflowers in Maine see http://plants.usda.gov/java/threat Wildflowers should be left undisturbed where they are found. To uproot and attempt to transplant them puts the species at risk. Wildflowers are dependent on very specific soil, water and light requirements which a home gardener can rarely reproduce.
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