Last year by this time, the bloodroot flowers were long past. Today I saw that in the Backyard Garden, where these were photographed, they were in the bud stage. Of course, the cooler wet weather encourages them to fold up like this, but I don't think they have fully bloomed yet. In the Ash Woods it was difficult to even see them. They were just beginning to push up through the leaf litter. In fact, oddly enough, red trilliums were also up, with buds soon to open. Typically the bloodroot opens long before the trilliums.