The bright red berries against the vibrant green leaves of the Holly bush are just so pretty this time of the year! Perfect colors for this holiday season!
Tag Archives: Cape Cod Wildflowers
Porcelain Berry Is Everywhere On Cape Cod This Fall.
“Porcelain-berry is a deciduous, perennial, woody vine from Asia that can grow 10 to 15 feet a year. A relative of our native grapes, porcelain-berry produces distinctive fruits in late summer and early fall that change from lilac or green to bright blue.”
Still Picking Zinnias From My Garden On Cape Cod.
Cape Cod Salt Marsh In Summer.
Unique Indian Pipe Wildflowers Are Blooming On Cape Cod.
The Indian Pipe wildflowers are blooming and gorgeous here on Cape Cod. Lacking chlorophyll which results in being totally white, they are a very unique wildflower. I’ve seen many of them over the years growing in our wooded yard.
“The entire plant is a translucent, “ghostly” white, sometimes pale pinkish-white and commonly has black flecks. The leaves are scale-like and flecked with black on the flower stalk. As the Latin epithet uniflora implies, the stem bears a single flower. Upon emerging from the ground, the flower is pendant (downwardly pointed).”
Have you ever seen an Indian Pipe wildflower?