Wild Flowers of Southwestern Pennsylvania!

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Southwestern Pennsylvania Wildflowers!

While taking a walk along our local bike trail here in Connellsville, PA, I have been fortunate to spot several wild flowers blooming along the trail!

So here are just a few of the gorgeous flower to start! These are wild Phlox (or as some prefer - Sweet Williams).

Edible Wild Flowers!

The Nodding Onion, Day Lily, and Ox-eye Daisy are just a few of the edible wild flowers!

Because of my love of flowers, photography, AND eating edible wild weeds, I've now published a book with 27 edible plants/flowers.

You can get it as an ebook for $5.00.

Check it out at http://www.carolwingert.com !

Get the Paperback Version!

Save your paper and ink, order the paperback version here!
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Turk's Cap

I found many of these growing along the river bank here at the River Park in Connellsville, PA, which is located along the Great Allegheny Passage Bike/Hike trail.

The stems of these lilies grow 4-5 ft tall. As ususal, I had to do some climbing and bushwacking to get
the photo!

The Nodding Onion

During one of our walks along the Bike/Hike trail, I saw this "umbrella" looking flower, and I had to get a closer look!!

Beautiful pink flowers! To my surprise, it's a Nodding Onion!

This onion is different than the Autumn Wild Onion, because the flowers hang in drooping clusters, as I see it, like an Umbrella.

This is a perennial that grows each year from a bulb. The Indians once used the bulbs to treat colds, colic and croup!

Butterfly Flower

and a Bonus!

Check out the gorgeous color of this Butterfly Flower.

Can you imagine my excitement when I found this butterfly on it! They match so well!

I took this across the river opposite the trail while walking along some railroad tracks. I have tons more photo to show you too!

Daisy

He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me!

Remember pulling the petals off one at a time, while saying this?

This is an Ox-eyed daisy, and these flowers are everywhere along our countryside, not just our bike trail!

Water Lily

On one of our recent trips to Twin Lakes in Greensburg, PA, I spotted this beautiful flower!

I had never seen one close up (really, and I am 54 yrs old), so I climbed the fence and headed down to the edge of the shore. I stretched as far as I could to get this beautiful shot of this gorgeous flower!

Beautiful Colors!

Mother Nature sure can paint a beautiful flower!

Now you can see the beautiful Phlox (Sweet William) in all it's glory all year round!

Go to http://carolwingert.com/phlox/ and get your screen saver today!

Star of Bethlehem

These beautiful flowers open at daylight and go to "sleep" at night. I actually watched them slowly go to sleep. It's amazing!

Unfortunately they are not longer with us. They lasted approximately three weeks.

The Day Lily

This beautiful orange flower is called a Day Lily for a good reason. It blooms for one day only then dies.

It makes you appreciate it so much more!

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I hope you enjoy looking at these flowers as much as I do!

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    Sara Jun 26, 2011 @ 7:07 pm | delete
    Beautiful shots and I admire your passion for what you do. I stumbled across this site trying to identify some of the wild flowers and plants growing in our yard. It is pretty likely I will be buying your book as well. I'm from Greensburg, not far from you, and I'd love to contribute to someone local rather than B&N. I am trying to figure out what is edible mainly. Thanks for sharing your talents!
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    CCGAL Aug 22, 2010 @ 1:06 pm | delete
    Congrats on the book! Another feather in your cap and I'm applauding your creativity!
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    mbgphoto May 3, 2010 @ 9:08 am | delete
    Love you photos! Beautiful flowers and great photography! Thanks for the view.
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    Ramkitten Mar 2, 2010 @ 2:57 pm | delete
    I enjoyed this. Brings back memories from the years I lived not far from you, in Confluence, PA. We used to get loads of wildflowers on the farm. I didn't know what most of them were called, but I loved them just the same.
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    TheWhistler Feb 28, 2010 @ 2:12 pm | delete
    I love wild flowers. A colourful lens, how could it help but be. Thank you.
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