Flowers 2019

[LanceMac10]

Lilacs are my jam. Only sweet memory from my youth!!

 

[thumblessprimate1]

Milkweed

 

[Carol 83]

Lilacs are my jam. Only sweet memory from my youth!!

Both of my Grandma's had them. I have 4. (lilacs, not Grandma's)

 

[ABCarve]

Phrag-a-lious

 

[Japonicus]

Does JWP count?

 

[Colorado]

Milkweed
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One of the most important and under appreciated group of plants in North America, if not THE most. Thank you for sharing and growing!

 

[thumblessprimate1]

One of the most important and under appreciated group of plants in North America, if not THE most. Thank you for sharing and growing!

Thank you! Only I haven't been growing it. I hope to collect some seeds. These grow along the highway and properties north of Ft Worth. I did some quick research and I think these are Antelope-horn green milkweed.

 

[Shibui]

One of the most important and under appreciated group of plants in North America, if not THE most. Thank you for sharing and growing!

Is that the same milkweed that the wanderer butterflies feed on? We have an imported weedy one over here but wanderer butterflies still turn up to lay eggs. not sure if they fly from here back to South America for the winter though. I tagged a few of the butterflies many years ago for a researcher studying migration of the species here but never heard the results.

 

[Colorado]

Yes! Milkweed (there are different types) is the only plant that Monarch Butterfly caterpillars feed on. They do not feed on anything else. They’ll literally starve to death if there is no milkweed around.

No milkweed, no monarchs.

 

[Starfox]

Finally a full flower.



More to come too. Once the show is finished I'm going cut it back and see how well it back buds, hopefully take some cuttings as well.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

You got to zoom way in, hundreds of Claytonia "Spring Beauties" flowers, patch of forest near South Haven, Michigan. Van Buren County Park.

 

[Carol 83]

Landscape crab. The last of our fruit trees to flower.

 

[LanceMac10]

 

[Tiki]

Opuntia - Prickly pear cactus
First flower after cutting taken 5 years ago. Worth the wait.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Finally a full flower.

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More to come too. Once the show is finished I'm going cut it back and see how well it back buds, hopefully take some cuttings as well.

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Beautiful
and looks very Bonsai-able.
I don't remember what species this is, and whether it was an easy to grow, or difficult to grow Australian native.

 

[Starfox]

Beautiful
and looks very Bonsai-able.
I don't remember what species this is, and whether it was an easy to grow, or difficult to grow Australian native.

It is very pretty and shows some good traits already like small, compact leaves. My guess is it should backbud and tighten up even more with some cutting back, at least while it is young.

This one is Callistemon viridiflorus, mostly as a species they are quite forgiving but I guess there will always be an exception. So far this seems cheerful enough, certainly brightens up the day.

 

[LanceMac10]

 

[shinmai]

This little mutant quince will never have true bonsai potential, but she is the first thing in my motley collection to bloom. I feel like we're about three weeks behind because spring has been unusually cold this year, many overcast days. I got a total of seven on the first of June last summer, and some are turning out nicely, but this is the only one to bloom so far. Nice to enjoy over coffee this morning.

 

[Carol 83]

Dwarf Pyracantha

 

[pweifan]

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Can we see a shot of the whole plant?