Now Blooming in Oak Bay Native Plant Garden

This half-acre nook was first dedicated as a publicly owned native plant garden in 1939, but much of its current appearance is the result of diligent restoration done in the past 10 years by local activists. It boasts 120 native species, with many specimens rescued from building sites. April 1 showed the garden in its full glory, with fawn lilies...

...and more fawn lilies.

shooting stars

chocolate lilies

pink fawn lilies

trillium

satin flower

yellow wood violet

bleeding heart

blue-eyed grass

and the first camas.

Camas is in bloom

And my favorite place to see it, Victoria's Beacon Hill Park, is awash in bluish-purplish blooms right now. For a sample, visit Victoria Daily Photo.

Photo from the Idaho Transportation Department