Several things I learned since buying a house with a holly tree in the backyard:

-They grow large enough to become genuine trees.

-The leaves are smooth, it isn't until they're damaged that the leaves grow back in the traditional spiky form as a defensive measure.

-They blossom in spring, they smell absolutely fucking amazing and bees can't get enough of them.

-They spread like wildfire. 😅

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The last days of dandelion blooming (most of the plants are in seeds now) - and the bumblebees take their chance. The air is a concert of their buzzing, of birds singing, and some donkeys talking ...

#dandelion #bumblebee #BeeButt #wildBees #Löwenzahn #pissenlit #bloomScrolling #insects #pollinators #naturePhotography

Bee butt!!

Common eastern bumblebee (𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴) exploring obedient plant (𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢) flowers, from last august:

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