#FairySlipper #wildflower in backyard.
Corms are used as wild #FoodSource by #NorthAmerican #Indigenous peoples. #Nlakapamux #FirstNation of #BritishColumbia used it as a treatment for mild epilepsy. Bumblebees love them.

#WesternAster aka #PacificAster is a pretty #NativePlant #NativeWildflower & fab for #rewilding. It's also used in #environmental restoration work; it's been proven to absorb #selenium pollution.

Cold tolerant, hardy from sea to mountain elevations & will grow in poor soil.

This is the current height of my Scottish primrose flower. Not much taller than the moss capsules. Grown from seed in my garden, only found in the wild in the north of Scotland.
#nativeWildflower #ScottishPrimrose #mosstodon

First #lupine #flowerbud spike head is developing.

My #columbine #NativePlants are showing lots of new #FlowerBuds . I have several plants in pots & in one contained bed in front gardens.

#ShootingStars #Wildflowers have started to show themselves! Magnificent! These are one of my fave #NativeWildflower #NativePlants on #VancouverIsland I love seeing them return every year. This patch has a blueish one!