# Bloom Clock/Keys/Southeastern Pennsylvania/March/Red Flowers

This page is part of a dichotomous key for plants recorded as blooming in Southeastern Pennsylvania during the month of March. These plants have the following traits:
   * Red flowers
Erica carnea
| flowers of a purple variety Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Erica carnea (Heath) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Low-growing, spreading shrubFoliage:Awn-shaped, small, evergreen Recent Logs SBJ 13:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC) SBJ 09:00, 18 February 2008 (UTC) SBJ 09:16, 27 March 2008 (UTC) SBJ 14:29, 4 April 2008 (UTC) SBJ 10:00, 26 April 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Fall, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring
Acer saccharinum
| closeup of a flower Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Large tree Recent Logs Jomegat 02:11, 19 March 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring
Hamamelis 'Diane'
| Closeup Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Hamamelis 'Diane' ('Diane' Witch Hazel) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs SB Johnny-LM 10:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena', 'Diane', and 'Arnold Promise') SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst') SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst') (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Winter, Early Spring
Parrotia persica
| Opening flower Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Parrotia persica (Persian Ironwood) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Low-crowned tree Recent Logs SB Johnny-LM 09:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC) SB Johnny-LM 08:43, 22 March 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring
Hamamelis x intermedia
| Cv. 'Jelena' in bloom Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Hamamelis x intermedia (Hybrid Witch Hazel) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Large shrub or small tree, vase-shapedFlowers:4 thread-like, showy petalsFoliage:simple, alternate, uneven at the baseStem:zig-zag branchesSubclass plants:Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise', Hamamelis 'Diane', Hamamelis 'Jelena', Hamamelis 'Sunburst' Recent Logs SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst') SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst') --Luai lashire 17:22, 12 April 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring
Helleborus x hybridus
| Red flowers (flowers range from whie through purple) Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Helleborus x hybridus (Hybrid Hellebore) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Low herbaceous plantFoliage:Primarily basal, palmately lobed, evergreenFruit:Dry capsulesLife Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Anna reg 18:41, 24 March 2011 (UTC) SB Johnny-LM 10:59, 4 April 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 19:13, 13 April 2008 (UTC) SB Johnny-LM 00:24, 17 April 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring
Acer rubrum
| Flower clusters Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Acer rubrum (Red Maple) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Large treeFlowers:Red flowers opening well before the leavesFoliage:As with all maples, they are deciduous and arranged oppositely on the twig. They are typically 5-10 cm (2-4 inches) long and wide with 3-5 palmate lobes with a serrated margin. The sinuses are typically narrow, but the leaves can exhibit considerable variation.Stem:In dense forests, trunk will remain free of branches until some distance up the tree. Individuals grown in the open are shorter and thicker with a more rounded crown.Growing Conditions:It can be found growing in swamps, on poor dry soils, and most anywhere in betweenFruit:SamaraSimilar Plants:Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) Recent Logs Jomegat 00:24, 16 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring
Vinca minor
| flowers and young foliage Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Vinca minor (Periwinkle) Identifying Characteristics Habit:prostrate vine, rooting at the nodesFlowers:trumpet-shapedFoliage:simple, opposite, evergreenLife Cycle: perennial Recent Logs Anna reg 13:04, 17 April 2010 (UTC) Jomegat 20 Apr 2010 (from photos) Anna reg 11:53, 27 March 2011 (UTC) (sporadic) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall
Viola x wittrockiana
| A Purple-flowered variety Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Viola x wittrockiana (Pansy) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Short-lived, low-growing perennial, with mostly cool season bloomsHigher taxa:Viola Recent Logs --Anna reg 12:12, 12 April 2010 (UTC) Anna reg 12:01, 27 March 2011 (UTC) Anna reg 16:35, 2 May 2011 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Mid Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter