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| Camellia Jordan's Pride |
We may be having a scary-dry winter and we may be facing a summer with severe water restrictions and we may be up a dry creek here in central California...but we do have blooms!
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| Narcissus Ice Follies Right now it is late winter as usual with bulbs erupting, fruit trees budding out, and happy pollinators appearing. |
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| Corsican hellebore |
The new-last-year corsican hellebore is opening as well!
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| Layia platyglossa with happy syrphid fly |
The layia, also known as Tidy Tips, is a favorite with several of the pollinators seen in the last few weeks.
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| Leucojum aestivum |
The ever reliable leucojum is one of my favorite spring bulbs.
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| Basking ladybug |
Lady bugs have been spotted hanging out near the favas. Favas here always have an aphid outbreak and the ladybugs are on it this year. Often, right about the time I start to think the outbreak is worse than ever, soldier beetles appear as if magic and clean up the patch. We haven't gotten there yet.
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| Fava bean bloom and honey bee |
This honey bee also found the favas attractive.
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| Unknown mini early narcissus |
I divided these narcissus a couple months ago. and the clump has become a mini-swath.
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| Burgundy Plum |
Garden Blogger Bloom Day is brought to you by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. Carol is only dreaming about her garden now since it is buried under snow but head over anyway to see what is blooming this month and where those blooms can be found!
4 comments:
Wonderful! I love your pollinator photos (of course you knew that) and think Fava bean flowers are lovely.
Love your pictures! I have a plant I would love for you to identify…if you are ever over my way
Ann
Love your pictures! I have a plant I would love for you to identify…if you are ever over my way
Ann
I think the forced daffodils that I have are Ice Follies, after looking at yours. It will be a couple of months before the Leucojums I got from you will bloom for me.
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