With each walk that I take at the Arboretum, I’m seeing signs of some of our early spring wildflowers. Bloodroot, Dutchman’s breeches, toothwort and the aptly named spring beauty will soon be making their appearances on our grounds. As the weather begins to moderate, our woodlands will soon be in full bloom with a number of our spring ephemerals. Interested in learning more about the identification of these plants? Wonder about how to grow these wildflowers in your garden? Charmed by the folklore surrounding these harbingers of spring? Visit the Sterling Morton Library and delve into some of our resources before (or after) a woodland walk: - Coffey, Timothy. The history and folklore of North American wildflowers, c1993.
- Cullina, William. The New England Wild Flower Society guide to growing and propagating wildflowers of the United States and Canada, 2000.
- Eifert, Virginia. Flowers that bloom in the spring : spring comes to Illinois--and with it come wild flowers which are part of the picture of springtime, 1952.
- Loewer, H. Peter. The wild gardener : on flowers and foliage for the natural border, c1991.
- Martin, Laura C. Wildflower folklore, c1984.
- Runkel, Sylvan T. Wildflowers of Illinois woodlands, c1979.
- Sanders, Jack. Hedgemaids and fairy candles : the lives and lore of North American
wildflowers, c1993. - Voss, John. Illinois wild flowers, 1951.
- Werner, William E. Life and lore of Illinois wildflowers, 1988.
- Wildflower gardens : 60 spectacular plants and how to grow them in your garden, c1999.
Bloodroot line drawing from: USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 140.
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