Virginia Bluebells In Bloom - April 2026

When we inherited our property, there were a few things here that I discovered in the garden: we had some hostas, a couple of peonies, a bunch of daylilies and (at the time), I thought a bunch of Spring leafy-weeds that flowered.  Those Spring-time leafy-weeds were clustered around our south fenceline and were migrating from our neighbor to the south. 

For the first few Springs after I created a mulch bed along the fenceline, I didn't like seeing these weeds and presumed them to be invasive.  So, I chopped them off and the ground level and moved on.

Only to discover that I was totally wrong.  And, what I was seeing is a native Spring ephemeral named Virginia Bluebells.  

A few years ago, our neighbor dug up a couple of clumps of hers and handed them to me over the fence.  What a treat.  I planted them both and now, a few years later they're thriving.  

Here, below is a photo of one of those clumps of this flowering (in bloom) Spring ephemeral.    This is in its prime right now, but will disappear in just a few weeks.  Hopefully, this will naturalize a little bit over the year and spread out when it re-appears next Spring. 

This post is going up at the end of April, but I took this photo right in the middle of the month.  Right about the same time as the Bloodroot was blooming on April 14th.