Saw an XXL California bumblebee in the great camas today (bee not pictured). It's a fairly rare urban visitor around here, and this is the third year I've seen it in the yard.
Nice to feel proud of something in my overgrown, neglected garden
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The few-flowered shooting stars (Primula pauciflora) appear to be setting seed-- step 3 in my plan to grow one million of them!
Second year fawn lilies (Erythronium oregonum) are up 🥰
Welcome back, Few-Flowered Shooting Stars / Primula pauciflora! This one brings all the bumblebees to the yard, for "rumble pollination" 🥵
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Great Camas / Camassia lechtlinii has been making me emotional by self-seeding all over my garden after its first year of blooming, but it did come up really well in outdoor trays as well. It's like it was meant to grow here or something.
Sometimes it is hard to guess whether a sprout is your intended plant or a weed, but this one is recognizable even when still tiny. A little Western Red Columbine / Aquilegia formosa that sat unattended outside all winter and started slowly growing itself in February.
Plus if you start #NativePlants from seed you get to see their tiny baby form ❤️
This is a Nootka Rose / Rosa nutkana that sat outside in its pot all winter and popped up in March.
This lovely native (Tellima grandiflora, Saxifragaceae) goes from white to pink as it ages. This is the first time I have seen it so bright! Cape Disappointment State Park, Washington, USA
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