Do you love to explore fields and forests, wade through marshes, swamps and bogs, climb mountains or trek across deserts, all for the love of finding some interesting plant? Or maybe you even spot "weeds" growing by the roadsides and get all excited (that's me
)? I would love to hear about your adventures and see your discoveries, whether common weeds or rare orchids, no matter what part of the world, be it in your own backyard or across the globe...please share!
The woods are just coming to life here in northern Maine. The last patches of snow are melting...
I found several large patches of Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) in bloom yesterday...
Ferns are starting to emerge everywhere!
Young Starflower plants (Trientalis borealis)...
The Twinflower, Linnaeus' favorite flower and named for him (Linnaea borealis) carpets the ground in many places...these will bloom in June.
Wakerobin or Stinking Benjamin (Trillium erectum) should be opening very soon.
for sharing the beautiful flowers from your part of the world!! I don't know what they are, other than as you said, the second flower does look like a kind of hibiscus, but maybe others will be able to identify them. 
