Wildflower Viewing

Bear’s breeches, Spiny bear’s breeches
Peren­nial, 4 – 5’ tall, blooms in June and July.
Pur­ple hood over white lipped flow­ers rise on stalks above a clump of deeply cut, spiny leaves.
Mulch the first win­ter after plant­ing. Dif­fi­cult to move once estab­lished.
Full sun or Par­tial sun/shade
+ Drought tol­er­ant.
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Bleed­ing heart
Peren­nial, 18 — 36″ high, blooms May thru June.
Pink, red or white flow­ers.
Par­tial sun/shade or Shade.
D. spectabilis (spek-tuh-BILL-iss) Com­mon bleed­ing heart (tra­di­tional species)
Foliage dis­ap­pears by mid­sum­mer, so place it next to other plants that will fill in the space.
D. eximia (ex-ee-MEE-uh) Fringed bleed­ing heart. Blooms and foliage last all sum­mer.
D.formosa (for-MOH-suh) Pacific bleed­ing heart. Blooms and foliage last all sum­mer.
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107 acres; 2 mi. of trails. Gen­tly slop­ing land end­ing in bluff over­look­ing Potomac. Spring-Dutchman’s Breeches, Jack in the Pul­pit, Tril­lium and Twin-leaf. Autumn-Paw Paw.

BERKELEY County, WV. From Shep­herd­stown take Shep­herd Grade Road 1.5 mi. to stop sign at Y. Go left on Scrab­ble Road. About 1.5 miles fur­ther, a road inter­sects on the left side with Scrab­ble road; stay to the right. After another 1.5 miles stay on Scrab­ble road as it turns left at yet another Y (there is a barn on the left). Drive two more miles and turn right onto Rt. 5/4, also called New­ton School Road, which leads to the Whit­ing Neck devel­op­ment. The Yankauer Pre­serve is a lit­tle less than .5 mi. on the right. The entrance is marked by two Nature Con­ser­vancy signs on old gate posts. You can park on the right side of the road about 100 feet past the entrance.

BERKELEY County, WV. Mile-long stretch of road along creek with mas­sive Vir­ginia blue­bells (Merten­sis vir­gini­ata) and other del­i­cate flow­ers in late April.

Rt. 45 South from Mar­tins­burg to Glen­gary. Turn left at Glen­gary. The creek is along the left. (Per Suds Suddarth.)