Suddenly, there are flowers. Everywhere. Trees are coming into leaf. Gardens are bright with spring flowers. I have been nurturing a patch of wild Solomon’s seal for more than ten years. This year, perhaps because of all the rain, they are in overdrive.
I took these pictures less than an hour after the rain … two weeks of rain … finally stopped. Hopefully, we will get a few days of sunshine before the next monsoon hits.
If you are interested in the medicinal properties of this plant (and there are many), this is a pretty good place to start.
Flower of the Day – Solomon’s Seal
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Ah the Green !
Sometimes it just seemed like a dream.
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They do look a bit like a bigger version of the Lily of the Valley. Do they have a nice scent?
Leslie
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I think they are related — part of the lily family. As far as my (not very good) nose can tell, they don’t have much of a scent.
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I thought the leaves looked similar.
Leslie
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Beautifully captured Marilyn 😀
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Thanks Cee. They aren’t easy. The flowers hide under the leaves and it’s not a flashy plant. But they have really been loving all the rain, so they are huge and there are at least twice as many as there were last year.
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Purty! You can see the sunlight. Gosh almighty!!
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And with a little luck, we shall be seeing a lot more of it. It’s really WARM today!
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they look so lush! Everything here is very green too as a result of the rain- I have to say it does look nice! (now that the sun is shining!)
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It’s a jungle out there … in a good way. We may have found the rain dreary, but the plants found it inspiring!
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My patch also grew by leaps and bounds this year. Sure hope it isn’t a sign I’ll be needing more of its medicinal qualities. 😀
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I was reading about that. Apparently this is not only a pretty plant, but a very useful one. With rather a lot of work required to reap the benefits. One of the interesting things is that these plants are huge. They are at least 50% bigger — taller, thicker stems and wider leaves — than ever before. Pretty impressive. I’ve been nurturing them at the edge of the woods for 15 years and finally, they’ve really grabbed hold.
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Really loved the big bright green leaves. The rain brings so much hope and prosperity
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The plants really loved all the rain. Everything is bursting out of the ground, though we are still getting very chilly nights. It’s going to be a bumper year for flowers, or at least for some flowers.
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