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3. And those spring beauties will host the spring beauty mining bee which only is alive for a few weeks

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Sat Apr 16, 2022, 10:27 AM

Apr 2022

... when the Claytonia virginica is up and blooming. Our native plants work "lock and
key" with our native insects and so on. Gotta have the natives to support the ecology.

Thanx for posting.

Do you have any bloodroot, VA bluebells, or trillium?

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As the trout illies and spring beauties peak, the red buds are just beginning to show color while [View all] Atticus Apr 2022 OP

Thanks. 2naSalit Apr 2022 #1

My pink weeping Cherry is in full bloom. Daffodils True Blue American Apr 2022 #11

Some of those always come up by now... 2naSalit Apr 2022 #12

So far,so good. True Blue American Apr 2022 #15

Are these the four-petaled flowers you mentioned? Wicked Blue Apr 2022 #2

I believe they lack that bright yellow center and---hard to tell from pic---but I think Atticus Apr 2022 #6

Check out Creeping Blue Veronica TNNurse Apr 2022 #10

Thanks for the info, but those are too deep of a blue. These little things are a very pale blue, Atticus Apr 2022 #16

Please let us know if you figure it out. TNNurse Apr 2022 #17

And those spring beauties will host the spring beauty mining bee which only is alive for a few weeks Botany Apr 2022 #3

We have all three of those, though the bluebells are scarce on our property. In some bottom Atticus Apr 2022 #5

Bluebells move easily ....you can get their seeds when the leaves are staring to turn yellow Botany Apr 2022 #8

Atticus ggma Apr 2022 #4

A bit ahead of you here in NC Piedmont CommonHumanity Apr 2022 #7

Crocus? True Blue American Apr 2022 #18

Thank you for that wonderful reminder RainCaster Apr 2022 #9

It has been stormy here Nictuku Apr 2022 #13

It's already up to 32 this morning! Yay! Most of the snow is gone Ocelot II Apr 2022 #14