Re: https://friendhole.social/@beandreams/116491420016840562

Finally got photographic evidence of Bombus californicus / California Bumblebee feeding in the great camas, just before the flowers finished for the year. Yay!

I think this is a male, because it is small and shaggy instead of huge and velvety like the one I saw before, but I do NOT know what i am talking about

#gardening #GiveBeesAChance #bumblebees #pollinators #PNWNativePlants

#PacificRhododendron aka #CaliforniaRosebay, is native to coastal #PacificNorthwest areas, from California to British Columbia. It's the #StateFlower of #WashingtonState. They usually produce pink to peach coloured flowers.

It's found growing in the wilds of coastal forest areas. It's been cultivated into gardens here too. You can grow them from cuttings, taken from wild or ask for cuttings from local cultivated gardens.

#bloomscrolling #florespondence #NativePlantsOfPNW #PollinatorGardens #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #Flowers #plants #ClimateConsciousGardening #nature #PNW #botanical #PlantLovers #floral #PNWNativePlants #BCnativePlants #PlantIdentification #FlowersIdentification #PlantPhotos #photography

#CowParsnip is the ONLY #Heracleum species that's native to #NorthAmerica. There's many look-a-likes including the very toxic giant hogweed. I don't recommend trying to #forage & harvest them unless you're very experienced with identifying differences because it's dangerous to do so.

#HeracleumMaximum #nature #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #GetOutside #YYJ #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #VancouverIsland #PlantIdentification #FlowersIdentification #NativeBCPlants #PNWnativePlants #Edible #Medicinal

#Spiraea douglasii is in the #RoseFamily native to western #NorthAmerica AKA #hardhack & #DouglasSpirea & #Steeplebush & #RoseSpirea

#Indigenous #FirstPeoples used this #plant to make brooms & to hang seafood to cook.
It's used in #riparian #revegetation projects for hardiness/quick growth.

#NativePlants #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #PlantID #CoastalBC #Wildflowers #BCnativePlants #PNWnativePlants #vanisle #Cowichan #PlantsOfPNW #Westcoast #florespondence #BloomScrolling