A landscaping client had a pretty big stretch of woods on her property so naturally i had to explore it when i went pee lol. There was also the most lizard tail I had ever seen (also pictured) cause it’s very swampy back there, Jack in the pulpits, jewelweed, crane fly orchid & other beautiful natives. She didn’t even know when I mentioned it cause she moved from Florida in the past year and is validly scared of the woods cause she’s used to gators being out and about 😅 anyways I convinced her to explore a bit and she also gave me permission to dig up a few of the *literal* hundreds of mayapples on her property. They transplanted beautifully and plumped back up!! I know I probably won’t get fruit this year but I was fully expecting them to crumble and just have to mark a spot for the roots to develop this year. 🤷♀️ so pumped 🙂
First two pics: mayapple hoard in forest
Third pic: transplants in my yard
Fourth pic: Jack-in-the-pulpit
Fifth and sixth pic: lizard tail!
by mari_pos_a
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How do you transplant Mayapples?
I’m showing this to my wild mayapple patch. They need to step it up!
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Did you see any box turtles thats primo box turtle habitat 🐢👀 (they eat mayapples)
Has anyone tried the fruit or used the plant medicinally?? How cool!!
I’m in NC too and the last couple years, I’ve found some hiking trails that are absolutely flooded with mayapples. I went from having never seen them (or, more likely, just having never noticed them) to suddenly seeing them everywhere. I’d love to have them take over my front yard, but the places I see them are usually kinda close to the river so I’m not sure my yard is hydrated enough for them.
I have so many mayapples pop up after having goats clear my woodland area! We are blessed!
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It’s that time of year !