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TreeHouser
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Whats blooming?
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davidwyby
Desert Beaver
stikine
Treehouser
Desert beauty!
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
I remember one spring after some showers coming down the grade on 8 from San Diego toward Ocotillo and the whole floor of the desert seemed to be in bloom. Just beautiful.
Same with AZ sometimes up around Scottsdale.
Same with AZ sometimes up around Scottsdale.
I've seen pics of desert flower events. Looks cool to me, but I bet it's really special when you live there. Going from shades of tan most of the year to an explosion of color. That's the kind of stuff I'd take off work to look at.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
It’s pretty insane. Hell in summer, seems like nothing could survive.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Google “Anza borrego superbloom”
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Burnham
Woods walker
We should have seen ossoberry start to bloom weeks ago...nada. Trillium and yellow violet should be starting now...nada. Too cold and wet.
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
Our trillium has flower buds swelling; should pop this or next week.
Burnham
Woods walker
Still no trillium here, way late. Ossoberry is doing some action, finally.
Treeaddict
Treehouser
As far as I can tell, it looks like an azalea. A little early blooming azalea.
I don't think it's azalea. It's got mahogany colored leaves that persist through winter.
I found a Delaware white azalea also that year. It had an explosion of blooms, and then we had that nasty hot dry spell, and it died. Kinda pisses me off. I've generally had a Darwinist approach to plant care. I figure if they can't handle survival on their own, they don't deserve survival. I'm not used to paying attention to weather in the context of plant health. I wish I had paid attention in that case, and gave it some water. It was a nice bush I got free.
I found a Delaware white azalea also that year. It had an explosion of blooms, and then we had that nasty hot dry spell, and it died. Kinda pisses me off. I've generally had a Darwinist approach to plant care. I figure if they can't handle survival on their own, they don't deserve survival. I'm not used to paying attention to weather in the context of plant health. I wish I had paid attention in that case, and gave it some water. It was a nice bush I got free.
Steve Mack
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Looks like a Rhododendron.
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Good call! Maybe I never did figure out what it was, cause that name isn't familiar in this context. Most of what I found that time were various viburnum species. I also got a boxwood I planted on the farm, and a forsythia I took home.
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