Snow is in the Forecast for Tuesday & Wednesday in Connecticut... Will we ever see spring flowers?

Sanguinaria canadensis f. multiplex

Double Bloodroot has an interesting history.  Originally found by Mr. Guido von Webern on his property in Dayton, Ohio in 1916, this amateur botanist protected his find.  As it grew, he divided it and gave three divisions away.  Apparently the propagation & distribution of his clone within the horticultural world is attributed to Henry Teuscher of Montreal Botanic Gardens. 

Sanguinaria canadensis

Thus we have this delightful mutation to entrance us humans.  The pollinators are not able to enjoy this fully double flower, as with many of like ilk, there is no pollen or nectaries available to them...   therefore no seed is produced... division (or cloning) is the only means of reproducing this plant.  Please remember this and provide the single bloom native in your environment as an early pollen source for our native miner bees. (These single plants do not produce nectar either...  the attraction is the contrasting white & yellow colors)

March 12, 2014 snow melt starting

 Eden's Natives are still under snow cover...  only the edges are melting from the remaining Magnesium Chloride mixture used on our roads....  which, FYI,  is another reason not to grow edibles within reach of that contamination....   Traditionally the bloodroot here begins blooming in the first week or two of April.  Whether the weather will dump more snow this week remains to be seen.