The Water-Willow wildflowers are blooming on the Cape near the swamps and ponds. They are an aquatic shrub with magenta flowers that grow in whorls. (Click on blog link to see the interesting whorls.)
The flowers are only 1/2 to 1 inch while the plants grow up to 9 feet tall. I’ve seen Water-Willows on the boardwalk on the Red Maple Swamp Trail at Fort Hill and along the banks of the Silver Spring Trail at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Such a pretty and delicate little flower…
The Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is just gorgeous this year. They have done a beautiful job creating a flower garden with walking paths so that people can really enjoy the natural environment. (Click on blog link for other photos.)
There are so many different varieties of flowers that bloom at all different times of the summer.
What a wonderful place to explore and enjoy!
These beautiful, little, white Starflowers are blooming along the trails now. Each flower has 7-9 pointed petals and 7 long stamens. They are a tiny plant (4″-9″) with 1/2″ to 3/4″ white flowers which grow solo or in twos.
They like to grow in the cool, dry woods. I’ve seen them at Wiley Park, Beech Forest Trail and the Red Maple Swamp Trail at Fort Hill, as well as the Wellfleet Bay Wildife Sanctuary.
Beautiful little wildflower, don’t you think?
