Frosted flowers

The weather forecast for the night of April 1 was calling for temperatures slightly below freezing with light to calm winds. It had rained a few days earlier and the ground was wet. Conditions were setting up for a light frost on low lying vegetation.

My mission for early morning April 2 was to find a native wildflower with frost on a blossom. I soon found that the frost was very close to the ground. Flowers such as phlox, mayapples and dogtooth lily were too tall and devoid of frost.

I found a small open area with lots of native spring beauty and American violets interspersed. These native wildflowers usually bloom at the same time in Southeast Missouri. I slipped a small piece of aluminum behind the flowers to accentuate the frost.