Stinking Benjamins

Yes.  You did read that title correctly. We have a bunch of these little plants blooming in our yard. Our neighbor Mike came over today to help Mark move some of the dragons back out into the yard. Mike spotted these flowers and told us they are called Stinking Benjamins.
Apparently they smell really bad. Like rotting meat bad. I did a little google research - cause we know it's right if we see it online - (hahahah!) but truly they are called Stinking Benjamins. They are a type of trillium that grows in wooded areas around us.  The flower sits about 4" above ground and blooms for 2-3 weeks. The foul smell attracts flies that act as pollinators.  Identifiers of the flower - three petals that curve backwards and three leaves that are diamond-shaped. And they are growing around the edge of the dragon den. Cool!

Speaking of dragons - it was time to move the dragon bench back into the hollow where my dragons live. These two dragons are the end posts for a dragon bench. They are carved out of pine tree stumps - with a chain saw made for that purpose. They are pretty awesome! Learning new stuff in Maine every day!