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Early summer in the front yard #Meadow ( #beelawn ). There is a wider variety of pollinators this summer. I can't ID any of them -- they are too quick, and I'm to dumb.
Featured Flowers:
Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum)
Self-Heal (Prunella vulgars)
Dwarf Godetia (Clarkia amoena)
Purple Clarkia (Clarkia purpuria)
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
Dutch White Clover (Trifolium repens) -
Early summer in the front yard #Meadow ( #beelawn ). There is a wider variety of pollinators this summer. I can't ID any of them -- they are too quick, and I'm to dumb.
Featured Flowers:
Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum)
Self-Heal (Prunella vulgars)
Dwarf Godetia (Clarkia amoena)
Purple Clarkia (Clarkia purpuria)
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
Dutch White Clover (Trifolium repens) -
The first spring flowers in the front yard #meadow ( #BeeLawn ) are all annuals.
The weed: hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) (no photo)
A another weed: spring whitlow-grass (Draba verna) -- kind of attractive.
A native annual: Small flowered blue-eyed mary (Collinsia parviflora) -- see my profile's header, thumb meets flower.
#Washington #FlowerPhoto #Collinsia #Draba #Cardimine #annuals #weeds #NativePlants
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@jw I found a list of online sites from the University of Minnesota. https://turf.umn.edu/lawn-info/purchasing-seed/bee-lawn-seed
Toward the bottom of the page, there is a list of online sites that have #beelawn seed mix, but it would be nice to get it locally, if possible. My Ace Hardware didn't carry it last summer, so I was searching online for it. -
The neighbor's crabapple tree is in full bloom. It's looks good with the front yard #meadow ( #beelawn ).
Honey bees are going back and forth between the crabapple blooms and the pink seablush (Plectritis congesta). A different bee visits the baby blue-eyes (Nemophila menziesii). If anyone can identify it, I'd bee grateful.
#Plectritis #Nemophila #bees
#PacificNorthwest #WashingtonState #FlowerPhoto -
The neighbor's crabapple tree is in full bloom. It's looks good with the front yard #meadow ( #beelawn ).
Honey bees are going back and forth between the crabapple blooms and the pink seablush (Plectritis congesta). A different bee visits the baby blue-eyes (Nemophila menziesii). If anyone can identify it, I'd bee grateful.
#Plectritis #Nemophila #bees
#PacificNorthwest #WashingtonState #FlowerPhoto -
Seablush (Plectritis congesta) is putting out lot of pink blooms in the front #BeeLawn. It looks great with the baby blue-eyes (Nemophila menziesii). I think the mini lupine (Lupinus bicolor) will be the next to show color.
#NativePlants #meadow #Plectritis #Nemophila #lupine #annual
#PacificNorthwest #WashingtonState #FlowerPhoto -
The front yard #meadow ( #BeeLawn ) is starting to look flowery now that the baby blue-eyes (Nemophila menziesii) are popping into bloom.
Pollinators are, finally, starting to appear as well. I saw my first honey bee yesterday working the blooms. There were a few wasps visiting the tulips, two bumble bees wandering about, and many tiny unidentifiable things flitting about, but I don't notice them visiting blooms. It is still early.
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The front lawn ( #BeeLawn ) on Earth Day. The baby blue-eyes (Nemophila menziesii) has produced scattering of blooms in response to the sun. The species tulips in the border opened for the sun as well.
#meadow #Nemophila #tulips #WashingtonState #PacificNorthwest #flowers
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An April 19th review of what has germinated and been identified in the front #meadow ( #BeeLawn ):
In order of prevalence.
Dwarf Farewell-to-Spring (Clarkia a.)
Baby blue-eyes (Nemophila menziesii) (Starting to bloom)
Seablush (Plectritis congesta)
White Meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba)
Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora) (Blooming)
Miniature Lupine (Lupinus bicolor)
Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor)A volunteer Geranium sp.
#NativePlants #germination #seeds #WashingtonState #PacificNorthwest
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More spring blooms in the front lawn #meadow ( #BeeLawn ), this time two somewhat invasive weeds:
Shotweed (Cardamine hirsuta), also called hairy bittercress (even though there no hairs I can see). It makes narrow seedpods the that explode when touched throwing seeds across the yard.
And common chickweed (Stellaria media).
Both are common short garden weeds introduced from Eurasia. It took me about 30 minutes to hand weed the lawn.
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Last fall's seeding of the front yard #meadow ( #BeeLawn ) has its first blooms: Small Flowered Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora).
It is a native winter annual with tiny blue flowers. I sowed it last October, and noticed its first blooms the first week of April, but given the lingering winter this year, I'd expect it earlier most years.
#Collinsia #FlowerPhoto #seeds #germination #annual #NativePlants #WashingtonState
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It's almost spring and now is the time to plan your pollinator friendly lawn.
One easy change is participating in "No Mow May". It saves you time and money! Many Midwest communities supoort No Mow May, especially true in Minnesota. Plus the bees and butterflies love it.
A second change is using a bee lawn seed mix. Such a mixture has short plants that support a more diverse landscape. This also makes No Mow May a little easier! Plus the seeds are native and better suited for the local environment.
One place to find seed is Twin City Seed Co. https://twincityseed.com/bee-lawn/
Another option is https://alseed.com/product/bee-lawn-lawn-seed-mixture/
Check for locally sourced mixes as they are best for your local ecosystem.