1. "Them May apples don't have anything to do with it, " he said. 2. Some people claim it's May apples that bring on morels. 3. Two weeks ago, my May apples were popping, and the bloodroot was all in flower. 4. May apples were in bloom, and bird's-foot violets decorated the meadows with a dusting of blue.5. If your forest has bloodroot, false Solomon's seal, trillium or May apples , that's a great sign. 6. In spring, May apples carpet these woods. 7. May apples poppin'like green mushrooms8. May apple is extremely tough and, once established, can grow in poor, droughty conditions where most woodland wildflowers fail,9. The May apple is the source of a compound called etoposide, which has been isolated and synthesized to treat lung cancer. 10. But on Mount Hamilton, a 240-foot hill at the National Arboretum, the azaleas are allowed to flower freely over the may apples .