Summer is so abundant! We're looking forward to a month of flowers and wild edibles. (Links are to last year's LOOK FOR posts):
Photo credit: The Natural Capital
We're generally opposed to the Asian plants that have made it into our local woods, but the wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius) might be one exception. For several weeks in July, these relatives of our native raspberries are abundant and delicious. And, if we can get to the berries before the birds do, and keep the plants from spreading, all the better. Get out there and do your part!
Photo credit: The Natural Capital
Photo credit: The Natural Capital
Chantarelles are a choice culinary mushroom prized by chefs around the world. And they grow in Washington, DC.
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It seems to be a strong butterfly time, but do you know of good venues to find them in the region? I've found them here and there, but can't find large flowering areas they'd enjoy.
Look for a park near you that has sunny areas of flowers... things start to revert to woods unless someone is mowing to maintain a meadow. The butterflies don't avoid the woods necessarily -- many have host plants that grow in the woods -- but more sun usually means more flowers. Off the top of my head, the National Arboretum has a good butterfly meadow. Lake Artemesia is nice and sunny. But hands down the most butterlies I've ever seen around here is Jug Bay in August, when the pickerel weed and swamp milkweed and joe pye weed all bloom. We try to make it down there every year for the show.
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