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The back end of my property is bordered by a creek, and there are a few wild flowers grow down there.
There are some camas down there just starting to bloom. The plants in the foreground are the camas. The bulb of the camas plant was a food staple of Native Americans in in the Pacific Northwest. Camas bulbs and salmon were there two major sources of food. These plants were so plentiful that pioneers that saw them blooming in a meadow said the meadow looked like a lake. Those same pioneers raised hogs, that took care of the abundance, there aren't near that many now.
Below are closeups of the camas flower.
I dug some bulbs and planted them in a half barrel, those are the blooms I have pictured here.
There are also some Trillium flowers.
And finally this year there are a couple of what I call "blue bell" plants, growing down there also. I've also dug some of those bulbs, and have them growing in a barrel out front of the house.
I have no idea what those large green leaves are, but they aren't part of the blue bell plant.
There are some camas down there just starting to bloom. The plants in the foreground are the camas. The bulb of the camas plant was a food staple of Native Americans in in the Pacific Northwest. Camas bulbs and salmon were there two major sources of food. These plants were so plentiful that pioneers that saw them blooming in a meadow said the meadow looked like a lake. Those same pioneers raised hogs, that took care of the abundance, there aren't near that many now.
Below are closeups of the camas flower.
I dug some bulbs and planted them in a half barrel, those are the blooms I have pictured here.
There are also some Trillium flowers.
And finally this year there are a couple of what I call "blue bell" plants, growing down there also. I've also dug some of those bulbs, and have them growing in a barrel out front of the house.
I have no idea what those large green leaves are, but they aren't part of the blue bell plant.
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