Large-flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)

(1/500 sec @ f/14; ISO 640; 0 EV)

I just love the Trilliums. My guidebook, Wildflowers of Pennsylvania, says these “large, showy white flowers are 2 to 4 inches across and fade to a rosy pink.” This particular flower is obviously early in the cycle and pretty pure white. 

Image was made last weekend [...]

Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)

 

Sometimes also referred to as Purple Trillium.

I think I discovered paradise today and just 40 minutes from home. For several years, I have known about Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve just outside of New Hope, PA. But we had never gotten around to visiting. Today we decided to go for the first [...]