tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338397056866369418.post594491226754250693..comments2023-11-11T03:47:45.548-05:00Comments on Plants Amaze Me: April 20 2018 Hepatica Hill in Bloom!Plants Amaze Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12146268920352124853noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338397056866369418.post-86909605874679355262018-05-02T12:54:04.679-04:002018-05-02T12:54:04.679-04:00Marie, Happy Boots is a fun and interesting places...Marie, Happy Boots is a fun and interesting places. I think we first stopped here because we saw Marsh Marigolds blooming in the ditch near the road. Hepatica Hill is a place we only visit in spring, and it seems every time we go there we see the Hepatica blooming.<br />We have been so many places around Michigan, it is amazing! I hope we can keep it up for many years.<br />Chris :)Plants Amaze Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146268920352124853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338397056866369418.post-38633251619688141342018-04-25T07:23:23.905-04:002018-04-25T07:23:23.905-04:00Happy Boots doesn't look like much, how did we...Happy Boots doesn't look like much, how did we ever come to like it so? Easy! The endless variety of plants which grow there - Marsh Marigold, Purple Fringed Orchid, Cardinal Flower, Liverwort, to name just a few. And the trees - Tulip Tree, Sycamore, Basswood, Ash, Red Maple, oaks galore, Black Cherry, Blue Beech, Hop Hornbeam, Witch Hazel, Spicebush, dogwoods, Hackberry, American Beech, Sassafras, Alder, White Pine, even Autumn Olive and Hawthorn and ouch Prickly Ash, and more. It has frogs and snakes, the water level changes, and no people! <br /><br />Hepatica Hill with its namesake perched on a wall of a hillside! Your photos show the variety of colors and shapes. The sloping old road with the swamp down below. The warblers singing like crazy. We didn't even mind the few bugs! At the bottom, the Kalamazoo River. What's not to like? <br /><br />133rd Avenue, another hillside facing the sun. The last photo of a Hepatica says it all - it was a great day! Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com