Sharing today some of the vibrant flowers in my backyard. These are all exhibiting vibrant energy as winter winds down, and the extra sunny weather is starting to raise surface temperatures.
First image is the #Crocus flower in bloom from this morning. Yesterday, the flower petals had trumpeted upward suddenly, and today it opened fully.
In my yard, these flowers have to live hard or die fast. The slugs will go after anything soft and watery, and these flowers are a dessert for them. As long as the flower quickly explodes into the bright sunlight, it has some hope of lasting.
The saffron pollen is also a richly prized treat for the hungry pollinators coming out of hibernation.
The #snowdrops, although the leaves arrive suddenly through the snow covered grounds, the flowers are a bit sleepy and take more time to form. The two outer petals open up sideways, like curtains opening, to make the flower center more inviting for pollinators.
Above, one of the best shade-loving flowering plants is #primrose. They come in all colors of the rainbow.
This plant has been blooming most of winter. I'm sure the slugs crawl all over it at night, but it doesn't care. When one flower expires, two or three more buds crowd in to replace it. It's a wonderful flowering plant to brighten up any dark corner in the garden.
I grow this flower in the mud where it is always soggy. Corsican mint mulches the surface, which adds an ever-present winterfresh sweet scent to the surroundings, while also blocking out weeds.
Here we have more updates on the star-shaped flowers of the native #osoberry I have shown in past articles.
An energetic limb will tend to push out so many flowers that they cascade downward in a trussel.
This close-up shows what I believe are the male flowers. The stamens loaded up with pollen all point into a central cavity. A bee can practically wash itself in pollen as the stamens brush it down from all sides.
And lastly I leave with this top view the #crocus once again. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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The flowers are a bit of an exception, but to be honest, I like all the scenes. Thank you
I found tiny chiondoxa foliage the other day, now stopped in its tracks by single digit temps. There's been snow drop foliage up in the New West garden nook, but no buds yet...
Loved seeing all yours!
Had to look up what chiondoxa was. They look like a really cool blue winter flower. Their petals remind me of a banana peel opened up.
Yes, they do! And there are several blue shades and pink ones.