#Prunus, possibly x subhirtella 'Atsumori', blooming now. I think this is my favourite! Sweet light perfume.

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Four views of the flowers from close and further away. They grow in clusters of about 10 flowers, each is semi-double and the most delicate warm pink washed over white petals. Each petal is rounded at the outer end. The stamens are golden yellow and sit neatly apart from each other.

Happy Beltane morning!

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Alt: screen capture from the Merlin bird ID app showing a list of the calls it detected: American Crow, Black Capped Chickadee, American Robin, House Sparrow, Glaucous-winged Gull, and Red-winged Blackbird; and next to each a thumbnail picture of the bird.

#Euphorbia characias ssp wulfenii, Wulfen's #Spurge. This grows all over Vancouver - it's drought tolerant, evergreen, and rugged. The flowers smell like rotting meat to attract flies, as here.

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Alt: 3 views of the flower clusters, large groups of dramatic yellow-green against cool blue-green foliage. Each floret has three tiny buds that open, sequentially, into acid-yellow flowers.

#Tulipa cretica 'Hilde', an old (said to be mid 1800s) selection of the species .

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Alt: on white, several views of a potful of blooms. The flowers are small (~4 cm fully open), white petals with a pale pink blush on outside and ends, bright yellow throat and pollen. The leaves are strappy and few, each bulb produced 2-3 blooms on slender brown stems rising well above the foliage. Pleasant musky-floral perfume even when closed.