It’s that time of year, when Backyard and Beyond starts to get overwhelmed with flowers.
Some of this weeks sightings.
Flowermania
9 responses to “Flowermania”
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Hi Matthew, you set me off on a search with these latest images. I wasn’t sure if that was a marsh marigold or a lesser celandine. Going by the large number of stamens, it’s marsh marigold. I also checked on the Chionodoxa/Glory-of-the-snows – not its relative, squill/Scilla, because of the cup-like stamens.
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Thank you, Elizabeth. I wasn’t sure, either.
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Actually, it’s Lesser Celandine. The marigolds and buttercups have 5 petals.
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Beautiful!
Ok, so, Glory-of-the-snow, daffodil, marsh marigold, forsythia, and…what’s the lovely white one? I have no idea.
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Nor I, Sara. Found it on Reeve Pl., a block from Prospect Park. Something ornamental and exotic, now naturalized into a little corner of a Brooklyn yard. It was covered with these 3.5″ wide blossoms, startling during yesterday’s overcast coolness.
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What were the leaves like?
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Bush of a plant. Small but rhododendron-rubbery like leaves.
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Could it be a camellia? I think some varieties are hardier than others.
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I think you might be right.
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