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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

A Walk Around The Yard (Part 2)

Now that we've seen the overall layout of our mostly wildflower gardens it's time to take a closer look at a few blooms.  In mid May most of the early blooming woodland wildflowers like bluebells, bloodroot and hepatica are already  finished with their show.  Still the show must go one....
Flowering tobacco.
Yes it has better smells and more positive uses that it's distant cousin the more obnoxious kind that people smoke.....
 
Trillium
We have two types here. One with the flowers above, the other below.
Bleeding Heart
Old time traditional bleeding hearts both pink and white. Amazingly they have adapted to the woods and scattered all over.  Now in the hundreds.....

Of course, all the spring color is not in the flowers as migrant songbirds stop by at our feeders. Here a male Rose Breasted Grosbeak checks out some sunflower seeds on the platform.
Northern (Baltimore) Orioles



 
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12 comments:

  1. VickiTue May 30, 12:16:00 PM

    Beautiful. So glad spring has now fully gripped Minnesota!

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  2. CynthiaTue May 30, 02:17:00 PM

    So pretty! I had never heard of flowering tobacco.

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  3. Arkansas PattiTue May 30, 03:05:00 PM

    What a delightful yard. Now you have me curious about flowering tobacco. Think I'll check it out. Thanks.

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  4. NCmountainwomanTue May 30, 04:17:00 PM

    I have tried and tried to attract the migrating orioles but no success so far. We do get to see the lovely grosbeaks in spring and again in fall. Love your yard.

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  5. Sally WesselyTue May 30, 04:40:00 PM

    Thanks for the walk in your yard. Your variety in plants must make the show a continual delight.

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  6. RedTue May 30, 06:50:00 PM

    It's nice to have some species blooming at different times of the year.

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  7. Out on the prairieTue May 30, 08:13:00 PM

    So nice to have that continued bloom.

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  8. John's IslandWed May 31, 03:38:00 AM

    Hi Troutbirder, Sure enjoyed this post. You have a great yard and I like the photos. Learned some things too ... didn't know about flowering tobacco. Great shot of the Orioles enjoying the fruit. Hope you had a good winter. Ours was the wettest on record, which is saying something for Seattle. :-) I like your new profile pic ... it looks like you might have been up in Alaska. Wondering if YNP might be in your plans for the summer? Thanks for sharing and take good care!

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  9. ValerieWed May 31, 03:58:00 AM

    I'm another one who never heard of flowering tobacco. I am going to try securing fruit to a tree for the birds, never thought of that before. Thank you.

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  10. DJanWed May 31, 06:26:00 AM

    I wrote about bleeding hearts too! I think they are a very pretty wildflower, and the bloom doesn't last very long. :-)

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  11. AnvilcloudThu Jun 01, 05:10:00 AM

    It's a wonderful oasis.

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  12. DeeThu Jun 01, 11:47:00 AM

    Dear Troutbirder, in Stillwater, I had a very large and lush red bleeding heart in the flower garden behind my kitchen bow window. Dulce, the cat with whom I lived for 17 1/2 years used to lie there. A lovely picture in my mind. Thank you for giving us the names of both the birds and the plants. Peace.

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