Technically, these aren’t flowers. More likely, they’re faded remnants of a small plant that was alive and green last summer. But I found them in the woods near the creek, and that’s about the closest to flowery you’ll find there as we near the end of January. I looked for some small signs of rebirth … not yet … too early.
Only one plant’s got purple flowers left. The rest have gone to seed. The butterflies and birds still like them, I think, so that’s an excuse to let them be.
clover and ivy 