What is in Bloom in Putnam Park (2026)

Month Week Eastern Section of the Park
(along Putnam Drive)
Western Section of the Park
(bordering the Chippewa River)
March First
March Second
March Third
March Last Symplocarpus foetidus (Skunk Cabbage) Plenty in bloom (after the snow melt)
April First Symplocarpus foetidus (Skunk Cabbage) Large number in bloom.
Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
April Second Symplocarpus foetidus (Skunk Cabbage) Large number in bloom.
Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches) A few in bud.
Hepatica americana (Round-lobed Hepatica)
April Third Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches) Lots in bloom.
Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot) Lots in bloom.
Enemion biternatum (False Rue Anemone)
Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold)
Uvularia grandiflora (Large-flowered Bellwort) Only one in bloom spotted.
Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
Hepatica americana (Round-lobed Hepatica)
Claytonia virginica (Virginia Spring Beauty)
Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches) Lots in bloom.
Claytonia virginica (Virginia Spring Beauty) Large number in bloom, both white and pink forms.
Enemion biternatum (False Rue Anemone) Some in bloom, lots in bud.
Glechoma hederacea (Ground Ivy) Only spotted two in bloom.
Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot) Only noticed two in bloom.
April Last Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches)
Enemion biternatum (False Rue Anemone)
Claytonia virginica (Virginia Spring Beauty) Both white and pink forms in bloom.
Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)
Mitella diphylla (Bishop's Cap)
Uvularia grandiflora (Large-flowered Bellwort)
Viola sororia (Common Blue Violet) Both purple, white-blue, and red-purple color forms in bloom.
Taraxacum officinale (Common Dandelion)
Glechoma hederacea (Ground Ivy)
Hepatica americana (Round-lobed Hepatica)
Thalictrum dioicum (Early Meadow Rue)
Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold)
Symplocarpus foetidus (Skunk Cabbage)
Vaccinium angustifolium (Lowbush Blueberry)
Anemone quinquefolia (Wood Anemone)
Arabidopsis lyrata (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress)
Amelanchier arborea (Downy Serviceberry)
Carex pedunculata (Long-stalked Sedge)
Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)
Viola sororia (Common Blue Violet)
Claytonia virginica (Virginia Spring Beauty)
Carex pedunculata (Long-stalked Sedge)
Anemone quinquefolia (Wood Anemone)
Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches)
Mitella diphylla (Bishop's Cap)
Amelanchier arborea (Downy Serviceberry)
Vaccinium angustifolium (Lowbush Blueberry)
Enemion biternatum (False Rue Anemone)
Asarum canadense (Canadian Wild Ginger)
Erythronium albidum (White Trout Lily)
Viola pubescens (Smooth Yellow Violet)
Caulophyllum thalictroides (Blue Cohosh)
Glechoma hederacea (Ground Ivy)
Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit)
Ranunculus abortivus (Little-leaf Buttercup)
Taraxacum officinale (Common Dandelion)
Arabidopsis lyrata (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress)
Fragaria virginiana (Wild Strawberry)
Viola pedata (Birdfoot Violet)
Lithospermum canescens (Hoary Puccoon)
Antennaria parlinii (Parlin's Pussytoes)
Barbarea vulgaris (Winter Cress) In bud.
May First
May Second
May Third
May Last
June First
June Second
June Third
June Last
July First
July Second
July Third
July Last
August First
August Second
August Third
August Last
September First
September Second
September Third
September Last
October First
October Second
October Third
October Last