More lady slippers
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3 bees in a pod. The pollinators wasted no time coming alive after the freezing weather we’ve had the past few days.
Someone must have started a honeybee hive nearby. I saw dozens today whereas practically none in past years.
Many other flies and bees were seen today. I could only identify carpenter bees, honeybees, and male hornfaced bees.
First peach flower to open this year. I like how it waited until the day after all the hard freezes.
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I took these pictures a couple of days ago and haven’t gotten around to posting them yet. I’m surprised how dense the Superior plums flowers are after just one year in the ground. Satsuma is in the background to the left and Shiro to the right
The large flowering cherry next door is in full bloom
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I have 4x1 plum, Santa Rosa, satsuma, Shiro, and Italian. But I think the last one is dead. I’ve had 1-2 fruit before, but this year, it’s a lot more.
Satsuma
Santa Rosa
Shiro
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My Gold Rush apple…
My Early McIntosh is a little behind GR.
I can see little goumi bumps starting to form now.
My Akane and Hudson Golden Gem apples are no where near bud swell or blooms yet. Still quite dormant looking… that is good considering our frequency of late frost here.
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Some flowers and flower buds…
Reineta Parda apple
Stanley plum
Yellow Transparent apple
King of the Pippins apple
Rosette apple
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i didnt know they were edible. i got a free one from arbor day in a order i made 5 yrs ago. i planted it along the wood line. it only gets about 4 yrs. of sun then dappled shade. its about 6ft. now.
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@steveb4 … I did not know that either… but someone here mentioned it a week or so ago… I tried them today for the first time. I think it may have been @disc4tw that mentioned them being edible… I have admired them for a LONG time… had no idea they were edible. My backyard redbud is a wild one… and here they mostly grow in the edge of my fields, just into the edge of the woods… they reach out to the clearing from the woods. The one in my back yard, just 4 or 5 years ago started blooming… did not bloom at all before that… so it seems they must reach some level of maturity before they start blooming. We have lived here 20 years and this one just all of a sudden one spring bloomed… 4 or 5 years ago. It was already a good 15 ft tall and pretty wide in the edge of the woods, but had not bloomed before that. If you had one out in full sun, they might grow faster and bloom faster.
Found these details on line on the redbud…
Redbud, a Bold and Beautiful Tree with Edible Flowers - Eat The Planet
Redbud Edible parts and other uses
The beautiful pink flowers, young seed pods and young buds of redbud are all edible. They each have a mild, sweet flavor and a crisp texture. The flowers can be sprinkled into a salad, used as a garnish or even baked into cookies or cakes. The young leaf and flower buds can also be added into a stir fry, salad, or even lightly sautéed with other greens as a vegetable side dish.
The long seed pods, when young and purple, can also be plucked from the tree. These make a brilliant addition to a stir fry, or when finely chopped, they can be added to dressings and dips. The flowers are nutritious, with a high amount of vitamin C and antioxidants. With their mild floral flavoring, and a taste not unlike peas, they are a fantastic ingredient to use in the kitchen!
No poisonous lookalikes exist, so redbud is a fantastic food to forage.
The flowers of redbud are a very important early food source for long-tongued bees. The flowers being too enclosed and deep for normal bees to reach and pollinate.
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Today’s blooms.
Yes!! The carpet of strawberries that grew last summer after they mulched with the tree they cut down seems to be an edible strawberry! I had pink panda ornamental, pineberries, bubblegum strawberry, and one modern red strawberry. Odds are this mat that goes all the way around the corner of the apartment (like maybe 200 plants) might be all pineberries. It could be a mix. Never know what nature will do in an ideal environment! I am excited to see what color fruit these flowers turn out to be!
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Davidthe deaf gardener
What is the Purple checkered tulip looking plant with flowers dropping down?
I like that one Especialllly
I like yours too Luisport
Like all the flowers actually even Mini ones used with hand held magnification , and magnifying lens.
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Thank you, but I found it quickly because you said it
It is not it is Fritillaria meleagris |
Snakes Head Fritillary | Checkered Lily
10 seeds on etsy is 10 bucks
I like the upside down form
looks like a bell
maybe I like the bell shape because I am always late ,
but embrace how some times bad things like missing a train or plane work out
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This second-year “tower of jewels” (Echium wildpretii) that I planted for the pollinators has opened its first few buds, and I have to say these do look like little jewels. Can’t wait for the rest of the “tower” to open up:
I have three other seedlings planted out, but they are just starting to grow upwards and are short and weeks or even months from flowering.
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Yes, they are a nice flower, fritillaria, snakes head.
There are other types of flowers related to it, and are also neat looking.