April Flowers in Beacon Hill Park

[monksandbones]

I'm very lucky to live close to míqәn/Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, BC, Canada, and early to mid-April is the season for one of my favorite native flowers, the giant white fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum). They grow in the Garry oak meadows at the north end of the park (interspersed with daffodils, which bloom at the same time), and I love taking walks to see them. Here are my pictures from some of my walks earlier this month!

Comments

[cmcmck]

Lovely!

Around here (Shropshire UK) all that white would be wild garlic which gives you quite a 'scent' as well! :o)

[full_metal_ox]

But when was the last time Shropshire was troubled by vampires?

[cmcmck]

We tend to have more issues with giants and dragons hereabouts! :o)

[yourlibrarian]

What a nice view! The closest I've got locally is just seeing all those yellow dandelion heads popping up 🙂

[full_metal_ox]

I don’t believe I’ve ever seen white fawn lilies before, probably because I’m too far east; thank you for posting! They have a fierce spiky air.

[pameladean]

Those are fabulous in just about every sense of the word. P.

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

The white flowers really stand out.

[chestnut_pod]

Incredible! They hardly look real.

[shirebound]

Lovely. Thank you for sharing this.

[mific]

Wow! Stunning!

[ribirdnerd]

Beautiful!

[turlough]

That's a beautiful flower! It makes the whole place look magical.

[linky]

These are beautiful!

[scintilla10]

I grew up on the island, and garry oak meadows are some of my favourite places. Love the field of fawn lilies - sometimes a person is lucky enough to spot a chocolate lily in the meadows too! Thanks for posting such beautiful photos. ♥