We also have MaryAnn, our Norway contributor, reporting from across the Atlantic and Rebecca Montera, our Paraguay contributor, reporting from the Southern Hemisphere — so fun to see what is blooming elsewhere!
Sarah Armour, North Adams, Massachusetts:
Roses from my backyard
MaryAnn Nรธbben, Skammestein, Norway:
Here in the foothills of the Jotunheim Mountains, it’s still on the cool side, but at least the snow and hail has turned to rain, and the vegetation is loving it — the weeds as much as the flowers. It's lovely to see such color on the landscape now, and it lifts the spirits even in the rain!
Iceland poppies and forget-me-nots
Cortusa matthioli — Alpine bells
Mystery flower — something slow and lowly
longing for a higher and faster lifestyle!
longing for a higher and faster lifestyle!
Globeflower and dogtooth violets
Debbie Surdam, Hoosick, New York:
Lupines
Peony
Rhododendron
Iris
My backyard water feature with
lots of green — mostly hostas
lots of green — mostly hostas
Lisa Hiley, Williamstown, Massachusetts:
Arugula going to seed
Columbine, evening primrose, and roses
Cosmos
Evening primrose and roses
Petunia, geranium, and cool curly-que grass
Rose campion in front of sedum and lilac
Rebecca Montero, Carapeguรก, Paraguay:
We just had a big cold snap down here (it is winter in Paraguay, of course), but a few things seemed to keep trudging along.
Banana close-up.
Full banana.
Banana: We have lots of different banana trees growing
at our house. It seems to take a long time to flower
and mature. I have included two photos to show how the
fruit develops. There is a large purple flower (although not
sure this part is technically a flower, or maybe just looks like one)
that sprouts and then as each petal of the flower drops off,
it reveals another set of whitish/greenish flowers that stem
from the base of the petal. These little flowers then grow into
the bananas. Each petal creates a different bunch of bananas.
This process continues for sometimes months. As each bunch
develops, the central stem continues to grow, pushing the big
purple flower forward to make more bananas.
at our house. It seems to take a long time to flower
and mature. I have included two photos to show how the
fruit develops. There is a large purple flower (although not
sure this part is technically a flower, or maybe just looks like one)
that sprouts and then as each petal of the flower drops off,
it reveals another set of whitish/greenish flowers that stem
from the base of the petal. These little flowers then grow into
the bananas. Each petal creates a different bunch of bananas.
This process continues for sometimes months. As each bunch
develops, the central stem continues to grow, pushing the big
purple flower forward to make more bananas.
Kuruguรก (Sicana odorรญfera), aka Musk Cucumber or Cassabanana.
Thisis a vine fruit that grows like a Loofa, but ripens up with a fruit
that looks like a leathery eggplant on the outside and a sort of
cantaloupe on the inside. The odor is a little bit strange, but
the flesh of the fruit is delicious!
Thisis a vine fruit that grows like a Loofa, but ripens up with a fruit
that looks like a leathery eggplant on the outside and a sort of
cantaloupe on the inside. The odor is a little bit strange, but
the flesh of the fruit is delicious!
Sara Bonthuis, Bennington, Vermont:
This photo was taken along the George Aiken Wildflower Trail at the Bennington Museum.
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Zan Farr, North Adams, Massachusetts:
Calibrachoa - Superbells Cherry Star
Dahlia - Mystic Dreamer
Summer Snapdragon - Angelface White
Dahlia - Mystic Dreamer
Ilona Sherratt, Cheshire, Massachusetts:
Feverfew and rose campion
Johnny jump-ups
Catmint
Garden sage
Goatsbeard and bleeding heart
Egyptian Onion
Old rose shrub and sundrops
Peas
Tricia Denault, North Adams, Massachusetts:
Can you identify these?
To see more Bloom Day photos, go to May Dream Gardens Carleen Madigan, Cummington, Massachusetts:
Garden heliotrope (Valeriana officinalis)
Peas
Pincushion flower
(Scabiosa . . . can’t remember the cultivar!)
(Scabiosa . . . can’t remember the cultivar!)
Globeflower (Trollius ‘Golden Queen’)
2 comments:
What a lovely collection of blooms from so many zones! Happy Bloom Day to you all!
Thanks for sharing all those pretty blooms!
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