Get Wild May mud season brings out mixed emotions in Summit County. I can still ski, I can ride my bike, and I get excited for the early spring wildflowers! These amazingly well-adapted plants prove it really is springtime. By the summer solstice June 20, we will have meadows of wildflowers in bloom. In May, we get a teaser of summer glories to come. Sagebrush buttercups are pictured April 29 along Ptarmigan Trail. Photo by Karn Stiegelmeier / Eagle Summit Wilderness Alliance Sagebrush buttercups Sagebrush buttercups (Ranunculous glaberrimus) are bright, shiny, five-petaled blooms found in May on south-facing, exposed hillsides along with chiming bells and pasqueflowers.