Blooms to the Left and to the Right - Everywhere Really!

As May comes to a close, the entire world seems to be in bloom.

Let's take a walk and admire all the color.

We'll start off with a pop of orange - the Western-trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa).

Nootka Rose (Rosa Nutkana)

A wild pea of some sort.

This perennial Bachelor Button (Centaurea Montana) is a cultivated variety that has 'escaped' the captivity of a flowerbed.

Large False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)

Meadow Checker-mallow (Sidalcea campestris)

Oregon Checker-mallow (Sidalcea oregana)

Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)

Large-leafed Avens (Geum macrophyllum) 

We have two kinds of lupine - this is the earliest bloomer of the two.

A bright patch of Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens).  It loves damp places and is in a seep.

I've never been able to figure out what this forget-me-not type of flower is.

Inside Out Flower (Vancouveria hexandra )

Common Camas (Cammassia quamash)

Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)

Tolmie's Mariposa Lily (Calochortus tolmiei )

One of my favorite wildflowers - my family has always called this fuzzy flowers Cat's Ears.

Oregon Tea Tree or Redstem Ceanothus (Ceanothus sanguineus) 

Common Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)

And not to be forgotten - blackberries in bloom.

I hope you enjoyed this week's walk.