Friday, April 24, 2015

April Wildflowers in an Upper Middle Tennessee Forest and Bees


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This is my last post on Mid April Wildflowers in an Upper Middle Tennessee forest--though I could easily continue as each day brings more and more blooms and it is really fun! Above is a picture of American Columbo. This is a monocarp in that it blooms once then dies. This is our third spring here and I have never seen so many columbos bloom as this year. It looks to be a great year for that wildflower.
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Star chickweed, aka Stellata pubera (smaller white flower), and Rue Anemone, aka Thalictrum thalictroides (identification by Joanna at Tennessee Native Plant Society). The anemone is a pretty little plant that I had never seen before. I was intrigued because of the leaves shaped like redbud leaves.
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A violet. I have no idea what kind as there are so many!
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Woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata) and Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica).
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More spring beauty. We have a lot of spring beauty in the forest. While this wildflower is quite small and not substantial it really shines on the forest floor when growing in great quantities.
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More Rue Anemone.
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Star chickweed.
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And all of those wildflowers are hopefully helping my bees to build up and become strong. I purchased and installed two three pound packages of bees (plus their queen) on the first of April. Things seem to be going well as I see tons of bees entering the hives loaded down with pollen and it a very nice sight this spring...

in the garden...

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6 comments:

  1. Fabulous natives. My spring beauties have stopped blooming. Violets are taking over the lawn. Trilliums are blooming. Fun time of year. Hooray for your bees.

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  2. With all these wildflowers, you are going to have some very happy bees!

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  3. Am glad that your bees have so many blooms to enjoy!

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  4. Hi Tina. Good luck with your bees. I have a hive of wild bees here but every year I think I will lose them. They don't seem to be thriving.

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  5. I'm thrilled to see that you are raising bees! They will enjoy the native wildflowers. It's nice to get good news about bees for a change. I worry about them and our loss of native wildflowers due to pesticides.

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