This beautiful purple wildflower,  Purple Dead-Nettle, is growing along the sides of the trails at Fort Hill. It grows low to the ground and the flowers are only 1/2 – 1″ so it might be a bit hard to see.

Purple Dead-Nettle, which has irregularly shaped flowers,  blooms from now through September. I was so surprised to see how exquisite it was when I saw it blown up on my computer.

Gorgeous wildflower, don’t you think?