It’s the first time since the previous fall for many parts of North America to once again enjoy all the gorgeousness of green. Not to be out done by the blooms of spring, May is the month when leaves burst from their buds. Learn more about flowers and their symbolism. They kept larger bulbs and returned smaller roots to the soil to ensure a good harvest the following year. When the blooms fade and set seed in June and July, native peoples would harvest the nutrient rich roots.
Camas has been a key food source in Northwest Native diets for centuries. In the Pacific Northwest, May’s full Moon is known by the Kalapuya as “Camas Blooming Time.” Camas blue flowers cover meadows throughout Oregon, eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Fruit, leaves, and twigs were used to make dyes and the branches were used to make bows. As dried fruit, as an additive to water and even mixed into cornbread. In the Southeast, the Creek and Choctaw referred to this as the “Mulberry Moon.” Fruit from the native red mulberry tree have long been enjoyed in many forms. May’s full Moon bears the name of regionally significant flowers and blooms in other regions. Meanwhile large stands of pink-hued prairie smoke create a hazy effect resembling smoke hovering close to the ground. Gardeners who promptly dead head spent blossoms prolong the bloom period through July. Lance-leaf coreopsis produces a plethora of bright yellow, daisy-like flowers. Columbine’s intricate red and yellow bell-like flowers with deep nectaries provide early season food for hummingbirds and other long-tongued pollinators.
May is the month when hundreds of native flowers, sedges, bushes and trees blossom throughout North America bloom.
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