Pink petals
Bitterroots are beginning to bloom in the North Hills, one of the best spots to see them in Missoula. The Waterworks Hill trailhead, for the ridge just north of downtown, is on the west side of...
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First flowers
Western Montana’s wildflowers have arrived! Buttercup buds and prairie smoke leaves have been out at Blue Mountain for a while, but on a walk up Waterworks Hill this weekend I saw my first true bloom...
View ArticleNative Plant Society gets out
The Clark Fork Chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society has a couple of outings planned this month. This Saturday, the group will go in search of Steer’s Head, a cousin of Bleeding Heart, in the...
View ArticleReports from Missoula and beyond
I’ve received a few wildflower reports from readers in Missoula and beyond recently. “Yellow bells, shooting stars and two other flowers I’ll have to research are in the unkept city park below Whitaker...
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Walk for May 27
Whiteleaf phacelia Phacelia hastata Description: Clusters of one-quarter-inch white to pale purple flowers with five lobes and five protruding stamens. Plant is 8 to 20 inches tall with lance-shaped...
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Fast flowers
I ran my first Pengelly Double Dip half-marathon on Mount Sentinel and University Mountain on Saturday, and while the word “brutal” could be heard around the start/finish area, many people also took...
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Walk for June 17
Bitterroot Lewisia redivia Description: White to pink flower 1 to 2 inches wide with 12 to 18 elliptical petals, six to eight petal-like sepals and many stamens. Stands on a stem up to 3 inches tall....
View ArticleThe green line
Anybody else notice the fenceline rising from Interstate 90 into Missoula’s North Hills – bright yellow-green to the west and drab brown-green to the east? That line perfectly illustrates the battle...
View ArticleTrail work for wildflowers
Heavy equipment will be working at Missoula’s Waterworks Hill to relocate part of the popular trail up the ridge around sensitive wildflowers. Missoulian reporter Rob Chaney notes in his story this...
View ArticleWestern Montana wildflower tweets for week of May 18
Wildflower tweets from this week to help guide your weekend viewing in western Montana: The blue lupine on the southwest side of the North Hills ridge likely won’t get much better than it is now. —...
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