Here are a couple of pics of my wild bloodoot patch. Last year, it was only about 4 ft wide. This year it is about 12 ft. wide. This is just one small patch of it. Here is a close up of them.
The name Bloodroot refers to the red sap that comes from the root of the plant. American Indians used to use this sap as a dye. Great pics, has to be one of my favorite spring wildflowers.
I was about to ask how it got it's name. What a lovely bright flower. I wouldn't mind something like that wandering around my woodland garden instead of the celandine.
I love those! I'm fortunate enough to have a patch of them, and one of their double cousins, but it will still be a while before they bloom. Here the flowers will only last a day or too, so I tend to stand and stare when they bloom. They're not that vigourous here, but are rather well-behaved I think.
Here they bloom for about a week. The honey bees were really working them over when I took the pics. I'm surprised there isn't one in the pic.
When they bloom here, the slightest breeze will blow the petals right off of them. They are just so fragile.
