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Post by Leif on May 6, 2012 18:34:07 GMT
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Post by mindshift on May 7, 2012 2:56:11 GMT
Beautiful cluster of blooms, Leif. They are mahonia (Oregon grape) aren't they?
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Post by barbieq25 on May 7, 2012 9:15:14 GMT
Leaf looks like holly...in any case it sure is pretty! Now you have to tell us what it is  |
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Post by Leif on May 7, 2012 14:16:09 GMT
The truth is, i don't know for certain. ;D It was in my sisters garden when she bought the house. But u think it is a mahogany.
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Post by Helen on May 8, 2012 1:10:20 GMT
Leif, do you they smell nice? Our lilacs haven't bloomed yet and I'm bummed about that. It's because of all the rain and colder weather we've been having.
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Post by barbieq25 on May 9, 2012 10:13:50 GMT
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Post by Leif on Jun 3, 2012 16:39:53 GMT
A few more: Stepmother flowers    |
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Post by barbieq25 on Jun 4, 2012 6:37:59 GMT
Lovely flowers, Leif. I know them as "stepmothers" too but we call them pansies here in Australia. I have not planted any this year but maybe some self-seeded ones will come up from last year.
I love them. I love the purple ones esp!
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Post by blackpenny on Jun 4, 2012 14:17:14 GMT
Very pretty - I know them as pansies too. I took some pictures of our apple trees in bloom   I was letting the dog out in the middle of the night and thought it looked really cool.  I wanted to go for the same shot in the daytime, but it rained and the blossoms started falling off. Now the blossoms are all over the deck and scattered inside the house. |
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Post by Leif on Jun 4, 2012 17:06:56 GMT
Ah, yeah Blackpenny. The pretty flowers. They are there and within a week some of them are gone. Teach us to appreciate them while they are there.
Hope you have plenty of insects to pollinate your apple trees. Some places, like here, that is staring to be a problem.
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Post by barbieq25 on Jun 4, 2012 21:15:50 GMT
Lovely images BP! You're so lucky to have an apple tree. Far too hot here for them but I suppose we have our own things too like the mangoes. Most of the time the fruit bats destroy the crop. Are you saying Leif there are not enough insects to pollinate flowers? In town here, I hardly see a bee but when we lived further south there were quite a few & many little black native bees that looks so cute & don't have a stinger. I had read somewhere that we need to save more bees. I have a couple of birdbaths & 3 small fish ponds so that the predator insects can live near us since they need to drink every day, unlike the horrible biting, sucking destructive ones that eat what is ours I hope you get a great crop. Do the blossoms have a perfume? |
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Post by Leif on Jun 5, 2012 15:07:43 GMT
Yeah. Farmers are starting to worry about the bees. Nobody know why, but they are not doing so well these years. There are reason to be concerned. Fewer bees. Fewer flowers. Fewer crops.
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Post by blackpenny on Jun 5, 2012 22:33:29 GMT
I've heard the diminishing bee population is a concern in a lot of places. Doesn't seem to be a serious problem here.
We get a decent crop from the two trees, but the apples aren't spectacular, small and green, nothing like the ones in the grocery store. I usually eat a few, and I've given lots away. Our next door neighbour used to make apple pies and give us some, and another neighbour used some for apple sauce. And some friends picked some to make apple liqueur.
Every year I say I'm going to make apple sauce the way my neighbour showed me, and every year I don't. This could be the year.
The blossoms have a fragrance, but it isn't overwhelming. Once I was on the back deck with a friend and she asked "What's that perfume? Is it the tree?" and I said "No, it's my neighbour's fabric softener, she's doing laundry." *LOL* ;D
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