Bloodroot is the best of the spring ephemerals as far as I am concerned. The flowers grow straight up and unfurl first, followed by their showy leaves. They get their name from the red sap in their stems. Ephemerals are the flowers that come out on the forest floor before sunlight is obscured by the leaves. They only last for a very short time. When I w…
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