![Wood poppy](https://i0.wp.com/www.commonweeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/4-29-wood-poppy.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
It’s May and the flowers that bloom in the spring are beginning to show themselves. Lots of gold in May, not counting the dandelions.
![barren strawberry](https://i0.wp.com/www.commonweeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/4-29-barren-strawberry.jpg?resize=800%2C594&ssl=1)
The barren strawberry plants on The Hugel are thriving and blooming. They are not really strawberry plants at all. It’s just that Waldsteinia have strawberry-like foliage and flowers.
![Trollius laxa](https://i0.wp.com/www.commonweeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/4-29-troillus-laxa.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
Trollius laxa is a more lackadaisical form of Trollius europaeus, which is taller and even more golden. It is also called globeflower which is more prominent in the T. europaeus plant.
![primroses](https://i0.wp.com/www.commonweeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/5-26-primroses-nan.jpg?resize=640%2C493&ssl=1)
The sun has shone on these golden beauties but we have been very grateful for t he 1-1/2 inch of rain this week.
I shutter when I think someone is actually planting wild strawberries. They take over here if I would let them. This plant is pretty though. I love primroses but alas I can’t grow them. Sometimes I can’t resist buying them when available during early spring due to their crayola colors. They are so cheerful.