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alfredo

(60,250 posts) Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:15 PM Mar 2021

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Spring Beauty time again

Lexington Cemetery

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Spring Beauty time again (Original Post) alfredo Mar 2021 OP

spring doesnt come to Washington MFM008 Mar 2021 #1

It's worth the wait I hope alfredo Mar 2021 #6

Thank you for sharing these lovely images. niyad Mar 2021 #2

Thanks alfredo Mar 2021 #7

Lovely! 2naSalit Mar 2021 #3

My Chives have exploded, almost too pretty to use. alfredo Mar 2021 #8

I planted some last year... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #12

I do nothing to protect them. Last year a prickly pear sprouted in alfredo Mar 2021 #16

I do nothing to protect them. Last year a prickly pear sprouted in alfredo Mar 2021 #17

Those white flowers might be real Spring Beauty flowers. Botany Mar 2021 #4

Thanks for the info. Lovely image alfredo Mar 2021 #5

One of the G.O.A.T.S. czarjak Mar 2021 #20

Real nice Botany. George McGovern Mar 2021 #10

Very nice alfredo. George McGovern Mar 2021 #9

It was good to get out and around. alfredo Mar 2021 #11

Such lovely images, alfredo... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2021 #13

Thank you alfredo Mar 2021 #21

Just beautiful. I miss this kind of spring in FL. nt babylonsister Mar 2021 #14

Of Ephemeral, Miner Bees and Miner's Lettuce StClone Mar 2021 #15

I was pleased that I could make it out there. alfredo Mar 2021 #18

Alfredo, what kind of tree is that? It is beautiful and lacy. MLAA Mar 2021 #19

I think it is a Weeping Cherry alfredo Mar 2021 #22

🙂 thanks. I live in a desert, so not very familiar with trees. MLAA Mar 2021 #23

I lived in the sub Sahara. Cactus spines and trees were not an issue, alfredo Mar 2021 #24

MFM008

(20,042 posts)

1. spring doesnt come to Washington

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:23 PM

Mar 2021

until May.......

alfredo

(60,250 posts)

6. It's worth the wait I hope

Reply to MFM008 (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:36 PM

Mar 2021

niyad

(129,332 posts)

2. Thank you for sharing these lovely images.

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:27 PM

Mar 2021

alfredo

(60,250 posts)

7. Thanks

Reply to niyad (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:36 PM

Mar 2021

2naSalit

(99,686 posts)

3. Lovely!

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:27 PM

Mar 2021

We're several weeks behind you, but most of our bulbs are up and we could have daffodils just in time for more wintry weather in a week.

alfredo

(60,250 posts)

8. My Chives have exploded, almost too pretty to use.

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:38 PM

Mar 2021

2naSalit

(99,686 posts)

12. I planted some last year...

Reply to alfredo (Reply #8)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:49 PM

Mar 2021

They are buried in a mound of dirt. I have them in a raised bed but we have such hellatious wind here that it buried the chives. They're still alive. I don't want to uncover them until the frost season is over.

alfredo

(60,250 posts)

16. I do nothing to protect them. Last year a prickly pear sprouted in

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #12)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 10:17 PM

Mar 2021

the pot with the chives. Somehow a seed fell in and sprouted.

alfredo

(60,250 posts)

17. I do nothing to protect them. Last year a prickly pear sprouted in

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #12)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 10:18 PM

Mar 2021

the pot with the chives. Somehow a seed fell in and sprouted.

Botany

(76,237 posts)

4. Those white flowers might be real Spring Beauty flowers.

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:27 PM

Mar 2021

BTW There is a spring beauty mining bee. It is only around for 4 to 6 weeks and needs the forest
wildflower, "spring beauty" to complete its life cycle.

alfredo

(60,250 posts)

5. Thanks for the info. Lovely image

Reply to Botany (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:30 PM

Mar 2021

I couldn't get a good image this year.

"Sometimes the magic works, sometime it doesn't." From "Little Big Man."

czarjak

(13,421 posts)

20. One of the G.O.A.T.S.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 10:45 PM

Mar 2021

George McGovern

(10,669 posts)

10. Real nice Botany.

Reply to Botany (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:39 PM

Mar 2021

George McGovern

(10,669 posts)

9. Very nice alfredo.

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:39 PM

Mar 2021

alfredo

(60,250 posts)

11. It was good to get out and around.

Reply to George McGovern (Reply #9)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:46 PM

Mar 2021

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,014 posts)

13. Such lovely images, alfredo...

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:58 PM

Mar 2021

I think my favorite is the second one, where the blooming tree stands before the evergreen trees; they frame it perfectly.

Thank you!

alfredo

(60,250 posts)

21. Thank you

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #13)

Sun Mar 28, 2021, 10:02 AM

Mar 2021

babylonsister

(172,544 posts)

14. Just beautiful. I miss this kind of spring in FL. nt

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 09:11 PM

Mar 2021

StClone

(11,869 posts)

15. Of Ephemeral, Miner Bees and Miner's Lettuce

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 10:01 PM

Mar 2021

Fortune smiles on me as I have two species of Spring Beauty in my area. As noted in a reply above, Miner Bees require the Spring Beauty to complete their life cycle and are so-named for nesting in ground tunnels. The Spring Beauty belongs to the "Miner's Lettuce" Family as a close relative of our Spring Beauty was eaten by California miners to ward off scurvy.

The Spring Beauty's early arrival means a short life for the flower once the trees shade them out. Such plants are known as "ephemeral." Ephemeral is of Greek derivation meaning "lasting a short time, a day." I like this word.

alfredo

(60,250 posts)

18. I was pleased that I could make it out there.

Reply to StClone (Reply #15)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 10:23 PM

Mar 2021

The cemetery is about 10 miles across town, a pain some days.

MLAA

(19,656 posts)

19. Alfredo, what kind of tree is that? It is beautiful and lacy.

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 10:33 PM

Mar 2021

alfredo

(60,250 posts)

22. I think it is a Weeping Cherry

Reply to MLAA (Reply #19)

Sun Mar 28, 2021, 10:14 AM

Mar 2021

MLAA

(19,656 posts)

23. 🙂 thanks. I live in a desert, so not very familiar with trees.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #22)

Sun Mar 28, 2021, 11:55 AM

Mar 2021

alfredo

(60,250 posts)

24. I lived in the sub Sahara. Cactus spines and trees were not an issue,

Reply to MLAA (Reply #23)

Sun Mar 28, 2021, 03:18 PM

Mar 2021

Falling on the ground was the issue. First the ground was hard packed, second was the volcanic ash that will cut you to shreds.

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