UNITED STATES: April 24, 2018: As temps rise spring flowers are popping up along the low lands and river bottoms of Loudoun. Here Mertensia virginica,

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UNITED STATES: April 24, 2018: As temps rise spring flowers are popping up along the low lands and river bottoms of Loudoun. Here Mertensia virginica, commonly called Virginia bluebells have flooded the woods with color. This wildflower occurs statewide in moist, rich woods and river floodplains. An erect, clump-forming perennial which grows 1-2' tall and features loose, terminal clusters of pendulous, trumpet-shaped, blue flowers (to 1" long) which bloom in early (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now)

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