Wild Flower Watch

Last Update:

January 14, 2020

Time Covered:

January 1 - 10, 2020

Locations:

RBG Rose Garden edges, Hendrie Valley;
Hamilton Waterfront Trail;
and a property just west of the Hamilton border



Comments:

Happy New Year! Yes, there are a few flowers blooming. I am putting up photos for these first few days of January as there are very few flowers to list.


Wild & Naturalized Flowers Blooming - January 1 - 10, 2020







Cultivated Flowers Blooming - January 1 - 10, 2020







I am retiring from leading the Monday Wild Flower Walks.

For a variety of reasons, I have decided after 38 season to stop leading wild flower walks.

Thanks to everyone over the years that have come out to both learn and to share observations and knowledge.

I will continue to update this webpage with my observations but will probably not do it as often as I have done in former years. (Already this past season I have let weeks pass by without updates.)

Photos from Fleur-Ange Lamothe


Some other Photos from Fleur-Ange

Photos and Information from Ron Hepworth




Ron passed away on Tuesday, September 4th, 2012. Because he kept records of early and peak blooming times for nearly 30 years and then passed along his summaries to me for this site, I plan on leaving his last summary here. Below is a small sample of what the whole summary looks like:

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           ANNUAL FLOWERING RECORDS FOR YEAR 2010           LEGEND

             (observed at Brantford, Ont.)       FF = First Flower/Pollen
             43.10'N--80.12'W                    PB = Peak/Mid Bloom Date                                                                                 (  )= Interpolated Date                                                                                 E  = Estimated Date
             SPECIES OBSERVED          NO.   FF     FF     PB     PB      LAG    
                                       YRS  2010   MEAN   2010   MEAN   IN DAYS
                                       
            willow buds (sprout/green) 15  Mar 9  Mar 15 Mar 17 Mar 27   -8.0            
            (Salix alba vitellina)          
            Euro. hazelnut (FF/Pollen) 13  Mar 19 Mar 21 Mar 21 Mar 30   -5.5
            (Corylus avellana)
            skunk cabbage (pollen/PB)  13 (Mar 18)Mar 25(Mar 31)Apr 2    -4.5
            (Symplocarpus foetidus)
            
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            The link for the rest of the records is below:

Ron's 2010 Flowering Summary


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A link to a new portfolio, under construction, of flowers from Dean, Fleur-Ange and Ron is below:

Portfolio of Various Photos


Links to Wild Flower Page Home, etc.


Index & Home of the Wild Flower Page


January Blooms - Updated to January 31, 2017 February Blooms - Updated to February 28, 2017
March Blooms -Updated to March 31, 2017 April Blooms -Updated to April 30, 2016
May Blooms -Updated to May 31, 2016
 June Blooms -Updated to May 31, 2019
July Blooms -Updated to July 31, 2016 August Blooms - Updated to August 31, 2016
September Blooms - Updated to Sept. 30, 2016 October Blooms - Updated to October 31, 2016
November Blooms - Updated to Nov. 1, 2019 December Blooms - Updated to Dec. 30, 2016


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