How to Identify Virginia Bluebells - Mertensia virginica
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Virginia Bluebells are a very lovely spring ephemeral plant that is native to the eastern United States. Blooming from mid March until the end of April it's an easy plant to identify. When looking at the plant in bloom it's easy to see where it gets its name from as the flowers are a sort of royal blue color and are in a sort of bell or trumpet like shape. The Flowers can have varying ranges of color from blue to purple and even a sort of magenta hue can be seen along the flowers which open up at different stages of the plants life. The alternating leaves of Virginia Bluebells are long and oval to egg shaped and have smooth margins. The top of the leaf is very vibrant green with the underside having a lighter almost whiteish hue to them. Also on the underside of the leaves we will notice the very prominent veins that form rather sharp ridges, whereas on the top the form a sort of indentation allowing the plant to shed water. The stem of the plant is round and smooth, though it does have a whitish bloom substance that rubs off with your fingers. The whole aboveground part of the plant is edible and can be used in salads, or steamed just like you would any other green or asparagus. Caution must be used however in harvesting this plant, because it can be somewhat slow to establish itself, so use discretion as to prevent overharvesting.
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You have the best wild plant content on the internet! Thank you for your research and time to teach us. I always learn something when watching your vids.
What a lovely plant! Every time you show and tell I think 'the more you know'! Thank you Josh!
It is a lovely plant! You're very welcome and it's always nice seeing you in the comments!
Beautiful plant. I didn't know they're edible. Thanks!
I have lots of Bluebells in my garden. They are beautiful!
Yes they are! I bought a woodland mix of native seeds and planted them a couple weeks ago, so hopefully I'll have some next year.
Thank you so much for the thorough explanation ❤
You're very welcome!
Hi Josh, thx!
Excellent 🎉
Olá, me chamo Víctor e moro no Brasil. Fico feliz de ver seus vídeos mostrando o potencial das ervas que vocês tem. Uma dica para você, poderia mostrar algumas receitas com elas, seria interessante. Abraços!
I'm glad you're enjoying the videos! I've done a few cooking videos and medicine preparation videos before on my channel. They don't always perform well so I haven't done much recently but I'm hoping to have a few more this year. Thank you for the feedback, it really means a lot!
@@TrilliumWildEdibles maravilha. bom, não sei como é a aceitação do seu público aos vídeos das espécies vinculadas à remédios e a culinária. Mas uma dica que posso te dar é talvez trazer a história por trás daquele uso ou receita, por exemplo. Acredito que independente de onde somos, todos temos curiosidades em saber como determinadas plantas eram usadas, seu potencial alimentício e medicinal. Se você puder acompanhar e ler alguns materiais sobre as nossas "wild edibles" brasileiras, verá que sempre associamos fatos históricos e costumes de nosso povo ao uso dessas plantas. Sei que nossa língua portuguesa é complicada para entender às vezes (rsrsrs), mas vale à pena ver como outros países trabalham suas "wild edibles", por isso acompanho o trabalho de vocês. Eu aprendo muito com vocês. Muito obrigado pela partilha!
You know, that's actually an incredible idea I've never thought of! I'll have to give that a try for sure! The interest is there for those kinds of videos and maybe your suggestion will help keep viewers interested. Yeah, Portuguese is a really hard language but thankfully Google translate exists because I only know a few words in various languages. I'm really glad you're enjoying the videos and it's great to have viewers from other countries. Thanks again for the feedback and suggestions, it really means a lot!
@@TrilliumWildEdibles Fico feliz, muito mesmo. Perdão pela demora em responder, estive sem internet até hoje. Continuo acompanhando daqui seu conteúdo. Abraço.
planted em twice only for rabbits to decimate them, seeing that location does give me an idea, hopefully third time's a charm lol
looks like plantain
Not really. The leaves are only similar somewhat in shape and them having smooth margins. However maybe you're seeing something I don't which happens a lot.