Welcome to Awesome Native Plants
True Spring Ephemeral
Trout Lily - Erythronium americanum
You won't find this plant in July. It's ephemeral, gone underground. There is a wait of 4-7 years for this plant to form 2 leaves and a flower from seed. Before then it has only one leaf. What is it doing in all those years? See our updated page and find out.
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True Spring Ephemeral:
Dwarf Ginseng - Panax trifolius
These easy to recognize balls of flowers are all male flowers. The alternative are bisexual flowers that form a less distinctive inflorescence. Each year the plant has to decide with kind of flowers to grow. Read more Click Here.
True Spring Ephemeral:
Virginia Spring Beauty - Claytonia virginica
These plentiful delicate petite flowers will always bring delight to a spring hike. If you look carefully, you will note that the flower goes though 2 phases. Also read about the life cycle of a spring ephemeral : Click Here.
True Spring Ephemeral
Slender Toothwort - Cardamine angustata
Cardamine angustata is rare in NJ, although globally secure. It is differentiated from other toothworts by its cauline and rhizomal leaves. They are different in shape. It's flowers are similar to the other toothworts.
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Think spring Spring Plant Profiles & Photos
About AWESOME NATIVE PLANTS
This is the website of Millie & Hubert Ling. This site was created in September 2021 and is is dedicated to Native Plants mainly of New Jersey with a focus on the Plant Profiles & Photos pages. The goal here is to continue these. Also, we will be adding trip reports of our many hikes in NJ. Hubert is a regular writer for the Gardener News and we will be republishing some of his articles. Continued in 'About Us': Click Here
WHY all the FUSS about NATIVE PLANTS?
What are they and why they are important? Get the definitions and why they are important and how to find out if a plant is native or not. Also, NEW, added information on rarity in NJ. Click Here
in our 'Resources" section.
Looking around in NATURE: HIKES
Start planning where to hike for next year. NEW: Added: a list of conservation organizations that have preserves which are great places to see native plants. Click Here
BEAUTY and BEYOND
Get to know your native plants. Visit our Plant Profiles & Photos section for photos of not only the beautiful flowers but also their parts and what makes them work.
'GARDENERS NEWS' reprints
Hubert Ling as NPSNJ horticulture has been writing articles for 'Gardener News' since 2015. Some of his articles are being reprinted here. See them at Resources .
Autumn
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
(Anglican hymn)
Study and photography unfolds a whole new dimension of intricacies and interdependencies that commands deference and awe.
"The Lord God made them all"