shooting star on stone.

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I put this together last spring, had a cool stone, was pouring fence footings so a blob of concrete for the base and stuffed in a few plants.

Quite happy to see they all pulled through the winter, especially the shooting star now in flower. These are common springtime valley bottom plants here, I use them as a sort of floral collecting clock. Once they fade I move my collecting activities up in elevation.

 

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Since these flowers are only around a few days of the year I set'er down with a backdrop, going for better pics. Flowers already past their prime, oh well..

 

[Giga]

looks nice! the only thing is the concrete stand is a little distracting

 

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I agree, it was a spur of the moment thing. I'm happy enough with the shape and texture of the base but sometimes I wish I had sprinkled some colour into it to match the stone, mustard powder even would have done it alright.

 

[GrimLore]

I bet moss would grow good on the base Looks nice though, never recall seeing that species here either so extra interesting!

Grimmy

 

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I bet moss would grow good on the base Looks nice though, never recall seeing that species here either so extra interesting!

Grimmy

You're not familiar with these then? Interesting, I kind of thought this was a wildflower that everyone knew by name.
You should see some of the grazeland in the valley bottoms here when they are blooming, a sea of purple covering acres of land. Only a couple spots like that I know of, really an amazing sight. Generally they are more thinly concentrated in openish forest settings. They grow from a bulb, I transplanted this just when I could tell what it was from the small emerging leaves.

Latin name Dodecatheon.

 

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Speaking of local wildflowers the balsamroot, wild sunflowers just finished up. Entire hillsides turn yellow, then purple when the lupins follow.