{"id":22093,"date":"2025-03-25T11:01:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T15:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/?p=22093"},"modified":"2025-03-23T11:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T15:10:55","slug":"photo-sale-2025-claytonia-virginica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/photo-sale-2025-claytonia-virginica\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Sale 2025 &#8212; Claytonia virginica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/03\/484525107_1055954179899494_8064133874443151118_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-22097 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/03\/484525107_1055954179899494_8064133874443151118_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/03\/484798864_1055954063232839_3069052225729359992_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-22095 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/03\/484798864_1055954063232839_3069052225729359992_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/03\/485042569_1055954096566169_6263393776004347885_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-22094 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/03\/485042569_1055954096566169_6263393776004347885_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left\">Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty, Virginia Spring Beauty or Eastern Spring Beauty) is an early bloomer (March to April) and by the time of our plant sale this plant is often done blooming and both the flowers and foliage are beginning to fade away for the year. This small native plant gets two to six inches tall with grass like leaves. The star like white flower has pink stripes reminding some people of peppermint candy. The flowers open up on warm sunny days, and close during cloudy weather and at night.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Disease and insect damage is rare. Occasionally butterflies and skippers visit seeking nectar. The corms are eaten by small mammals including the Eastern Chipmunk. <em>Our native <strong>****<\/strong>Spring Beauty bee is a specialist bee and it only feeds the pretty pink pollen of Claytonia virginica to its young, so no Spring Beauty plants means no Spring Beauty bees<strong>****<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Photos: E.M. Truax<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty, Virginia Spring Beauty or Eastern Spring Beauty) is an early bloomer (March to April) and by the time of our plant sale this plant is often done blooming and both the flowers and foliage are beginning to fade away for the year. 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