Last Update:
January 7, 2023
Time Covered:
January
Locations:
Some RBG properties, the Hamilton Waterfront Trail and &
a property just west of the Hamilton border.
Comments:
During the pandemic I was not able to visit the RBG & Hamilton area to look for flower and so I got out of the habit of updating this website every week. Instead, I worked on my daily blog and started putting down flowers from home, just west of the Hamilton border as well as other nature observations. I am still doing that so if you would like to see the more limited list of daily flower blooms have a look at my blog:
Following a list of flowers that I have seen blooming during Januarys of the past years.
January Flower Records
Hamilton and Brantford Areas, Canada
Updated to January 31, 2022
Following are records of 28 wild or naturalized plant species and
22 cultivated species seen blooming in January during the last 24 years
in the Hamilton/Brantford areas.
| English Name | Latin Name | French Name | Bittercress, Hairy * | Cardamine hirsuta | cardamine hérissée | Charlock * | Sinapis arvensis | moutarde des champs | Chickweed, Common * | Stellaria media | stellaire moyenne | Chickweed, Mouse-Ear * | Cerastium fontanum | céraiste vulgaire | Dandelion, Common * | Taraxacum officinale | pissenlit officinal | Dandelion, Red-Seeded * | Taraxacum erythrospermum | pissenlit à graines rouges | Dead-Nettle, Purple * | Lamium purpureum | lamier pourpre | Dead-Nettle, Spotted * | Lamium maculatum | lamier maculé | Fleabane, Daisy | Erigeron annuus | vergerette annuelle | Goldenrod, Tall | Solidago altissima | verge d`or haute | Groundsel, Common * | Senecio vulgaris | séneçon vulgaire | Groundsel, Sticky * (S.Ragwort) | Senecio viscosus | séneçon visqueux | Hemlock, Poison * | Conium maculatum | ciguë maculée | Johnny Jump-Up * | Viola tricolor | violette tricolore | Mustard, Dog * | Erucastrum gallicum | moutarde des chiens | Mustard, Field * | Brassica rapa | moutarde des oiseaux | Mustard, Wormseed * | Erysimum cheiranthoides | vélar fausse-giroflée | Pennycress, Field * | Thlaspi arvense | tabouret des champs | Peppergrass, Wild | Lepidium virginicum | lépidie de Virginie | Periwinkle * | Vinca minor | petite pervenche | Rocket, Dame's * | Hesperis matronalis | julienne des dames | Shepherd's Purse * | Capsella bursa-pastoris | bourse-à -pasteur | Spurge, Leafy * | Euphorbia esula | euphorbe ésule | Spurge, Petty * | Euphorbia peplus | euphorbe des jardins | Storksbill * | Erodium cicutarium | érodium cicutaire | Tansy * | Tanacetum vulgare | tanaisie vulgaire | Whitlow Grass * | Draba verna | drave printani ère | Witch-hazel, American | Hamamelis virginiana | hamamélis de Virginie |
|---|---|---|
Cultivated Plants | Rose sp.* | Rosa | rosier | Snowdrops * | Galanthus nivalis | perce-neige | Veronica "Whitewater' * | Veronica 'Whitewater' | véronique 'Whitewater' | Viburnum, Dwarf Fragrant * | Viburnum farreri 'Nanum' | viorne odorant naine | Viburnum, Fragrant 'Album' * | Viburnum farreri 'Album' | viorne de farrer | Viburnum, Fragrant * | Viburnum farreri | viorne odorante | Witch Hazel, 'Aurora' * | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Aurora' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Aurora' | Witch Hazel, 'Barmstedt Gold'* | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Barmstedt Gold' | hamamélis 'Barmstedt gold' | Witch Hazel, 'Brandis' * | Hamamelis × intermedia 'Brandis' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Brandis' | Witch Hazel, 'Cyrille'* | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Cyrille' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Cyrille' | Witch Hazel, 'Goldcrest' * | Hamamelis mollis 'Goldcrest' | hamamélis de chine 'Goldcrest' | Witch Hazel, 'Heinrich Bruns'* | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Heinrich Bruns' | hamamélis 'Heinrich Brunss' | Witch Hazel, 'Jelena' * | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Jelena' | Witch Hazel, 'Orange Beauty' * | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Orange Beauty' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Orange Beauty' | Witch Hazel, 'Pallida'* | Hamamelis molis 'Pallida' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Pallida' | Witch Hazel, 'Primavera' * | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Primarvera' | hamamelis intermédiaire'Primarva' | Witch Hazel, 'Rochester'* | Hamamelis 'Rochester' | hamamélis 'Rochester' | Witch Hazel, 'Ruby Glow' * | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Ruby Glow' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Ruby Glow' | Witch Hazel, 'Westerstede'* | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Westerstede' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Westerstede' | Witch Hazel, 'Winter Dawn'* | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Winter Dawn' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Winter Dawn' | Witch Hazel, Chinese 'Brevipetala'* | Hamamelis 'Brevipetala' | hamamélis de chine 'Brevipetala' | Witch Hazel, Chinese 'Wisley Supreme'* | Hamamelis mollis 'Wisley Supreme' | hamamélis de chine 'Wisley Supreme' |
Photo from Fleur-Ange Lamothe
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) --------------------------------------------------------------------- The link for the rest of the records is below:
A link to a new portfolio, under very slow construction, of flowers from Dean, Fleur-Ange and Ron is below:
Links to Wild Flower Page Home, etc.
Index & Home of the Wild Flower Page
| January Blooms - Updated to January 27, 2022 | February Blooms - Updated to February 28, 2021 |
| March Blooms -Updated to March 31, 2021 | April Blooms -Updated to April 30, 2020 |
| May Blooms -Updated to May 31, 20 |
June Blooms -Updated to May 31, 2020 |
| July Blooms -Updated to July 31, 2020 | August Blooms - Updated to August 31, 2020 |
| September Blooms - Updated to Sept. 30, 2020 | October Blooms - Updated to October 31, 2021 |
| November Blooms - Updated to Nov. 1, 2022 | December Blooms - Updated to Dec. 30, 2016 |
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