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Syrphus ribesii, flower fly on Coccolaba spinescens

First black swallowtail caterpillar of the season on fennel, Papilio polyxenes

Dolichovespula maculata, bald-faced hornet

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A close-up image of a tiny black caterpillar with a middle white stripe on fennel fronds. The tiny caterpillar has lots of spines. The image of the fennel is so close-up, it looks like the nervous system of an animal except completely green.
A close-up of a bald-faced hornet on a wooden plank. The hornet has its head down and is scraping off bits of wood which you can see bc it is leaving a trail where it is scratching. The hornet is mostly black with yellow markings on its head, ventral side of its thorax and anterior of its abdomen. The wings are brown and translucent.

A hoverfly with yellow and black stripes on the back of a leaf. Light is shining through the leaf so that the numerous veins glow neon green. The light also shines through the abdomen of the hover fly and makes the insect appear translucent. The background is blue sky with faded green from a large tree 
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    Strongly considering collecting seeds and planting these around trees as revenge on squirrels for digging up seedlings and stealing fruit. 😈… 🐿️🐿️🐿️😱☠️

    Cirsium horridulum, bristle thistle (aka horrid thistle)

    #花 @plants

    Close-up of the yellow and brown thistle center showing intricate details and textures. The stamens are deep in the center and look like the end of spaghetti noodles squeezed into a bunch.
    A wider shot of the thistle. It is actually a very large plant. The leaves look like arugula if it were massively thorny and could be used as a weapon. The rolled up hedgehog of a flower sits on top of this giant vicious plant.

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    Sugar magnolia snap pea

    Seed-grown white pomegranate flower, germinated late spring 2020

    Cara Cara orange is re-flowering after flowering too soon this winter. All the winter-set fruit fell off and there aren’t many blooms this spring.

    #花 @plants

    Close-up of a branch with light green leaves and a red bud against a blurred natural background. The flower bud looks like a tiny apple.
    Close-up of a white flower surrounded by green leaves. The light is casting directly on the white pedals so that the pedals appear to be glowing white. There are five long, thin, white petals, arranged in a star, and it has a prominent green pistil and long thin white stamens closely arranged circling upright around the stamen. The filaments are yellow.

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    Chionanthus virginicus, fringe tree

    #花 @plants

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    Three pips for native plants 🎉

    Trillium erectum, red trillium

    Viola pedata, birds foot violet

    Fragaria virginiana, wild strawberry

    Medeola virginiana, cucumber root

    Sisyrinchium atlanticum, eastern blue-eyed grass

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    A close-up of a green plant with 6 pointed leaves radiating from a central point. The light is shining on the leaves so they glow green.
    Two blue flowers with yellow centers bordered in dark purple. They emerge out of long stems from a plant that has long grassy looking leaves.

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    Stylophorum diphyllum, wood poppy

    Pics taken with a loupe. The “flaws” are from the loupe’s glare.

    #花 @plants

    Close-up of a yellow flower's stamen and pistil. This photo is facing the side so the stamen points right. This photo is slightly more focused but still has a yellow haze. Some of the anthers are heart-shaped most are oval.
    Close-up of a yellow flower's stamen and pistil. The photo appears dreamy. The yellows blend into each other like a brilliant yellow haze, slightly out of focus. This photo is facing from bottom so the stamen points upwards. This photo shows more shadow from the anthers.

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    Tradescantia virginiana, spiderwort

    Leaves and flowers are edible but not fine eating. The flowers are better than the leaves - tastes like a floral, a bit overripe cucumber. The leaves are grassy.

    Rabbits love this plant and will chew it down to stubble so if you actually want to see flowers, it needs protection.

    #花 @plants

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    Hello!

    Viola pedata, bird’s foot violet

    The flowers and leaves are edible but too cute to eat. But in case you are wondering, the flowers taste like lettuce with hint of cucumber and leaves taste like lightly peppery cucumber.

    #花 @plants

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    The “epic” eclipse mashup you didn’t know you needed. 🥰 Eclipse

    Phlox stolonifera, creeping phlox

    #花 @plants

    Carpet of white star-shaped flowers with green leaves. A colander is held up behind the camera so that it casts a shade with moon-shape light.

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    here is a glorious video

    #花

    A colander is held up over a carpet of white star-shaped flowers. It is during eclipse so that the holes through the colander appear like crescent moon shapes on the flowers. The colander is moving in circles, so the moon shapes are also appearing/reappearing.

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    Early Richmond pie cherry, Prunus cerasus

    Phlox stolonifera, Creeping phlox

    Eugenia selloi, Freaktangatuba

    #花 #果 @plants

    Close-up of bright pink and white flowers with a focus on the pink blossoms in natural light. The pink is an electric magenta, and they have dark red centers. The flowers have five petals in the shape of a star and are densely clustered together.
    Close-up of two white flowers with numerous stamens, green leaves in the background. The flowers are close to the stem and our opposite to each other on the stem. One flower faces top left and the other bases bottom right. To the top right you can see more flower, but on the stem.

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    Solanum corymbiflora, cold hardy tamarillo

    The blooms started in early spring. The internet says they bloom in the fall. (Lies, LIES!) Plant is not self-fertile so you need two. Currently hand-pollinating bc only two plants have opened flowers and the rest are still buds. No pests noticed. Needs protection from high winds.

    #花 #果 @plants

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    Mertensia virginica, Virginia bluebells

    Phlox stolonifera, creeping phlox

    #花 @plants

    A close-up of densely-packed cluster of white flowers with yellow centers. The flowers have five thin petals in a star formation. The sun is shining on them.

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    Freaktangatuba blooming in sunroom, (Eugenia selloi)

    Cherry of the Rio Grande blooming outside, (Eugenia involucrata)

    Bunnytrix Hopper looking cute, Sylvilagus amabilis

    #花 #果 @plants

    Close-up of a white flower with prominent stamens, surrounded by green lanceolate leaves. The flower has four white rounded petals and four dusty rose pointy sepals.
    A tawny rabbit sitting on grass. Its feet are facing forward to the camera but it is looking slightly away from the camera. One ear is cocked towards the camera bc I was talking to it.

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    Not the best pic of the bee but the lighting on the blueberry flowers was nice. 😊

    Xylocopa virginica, eastern carpenter bee on Vaccinium corymbosum, high bush blueberry 🫐

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    A bumblebee on pink and white bell-shaped flowers with a blurred green background. They are clustered on a stalk in bunches with the heaviest cluster in focus on the top left to center. The bee is hanging upside down at the base of one ripe whitish flower so that you only see its fuzzy, yellow, thorax, and black head and antennae sticking out on either side with its prickly legs cling to the flowe. The immature unopened flowers are a bright pink and look like deflated balloons. The whitish ones are more puffed out and have faded shades of pink. The lighting is late afternoon sun and it casts a yellow light that makes the flowers glow with color.
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    Cherry of the Rio Grande, Eugenia involucrata

    Jamaican cherry, Muntingia calabura

    Freaktangatuba, Eugenia selloi

    One of my pitangatubas is super sweet with low acidity and blooms in the sunroom so it’s a bit freakish.

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    A photo of a Cherry of the Rio Grande flower. The sepals are dark reddish pink and green. They fan out in a five pointed star but the bottom right is missing. There are four white petals that cup around the anthers/filaments and stamen. The filaments are clearish white and the anthers are dusty rose
    A close up pic of a Jamaican cherry flower. A grow light is in the background and is illuminating the 5 white petals from behind. The green round baby fruit is in the center and yellow anthers surround it.
    Three buds of a pitangatuba flowers. The bottom one is beginning to open and you can see white underneath the sepals. The other two are still small and green. They are cozied between two glossy dark green leaves.

    A close-up photo of a Cherry of the Rio Grande flower. The sepals are dark reddish pink and green. They fan out in a five pointed star but the bottom right is missing. There are four white petals that cup around the anthers/filaments and stamen. The filaments are clearish white and the anthers are dusty rose.
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    Mission accomplie !
    Virer les plantes invasives dans la phytoepuration,
    Continuer la haie sèche,
    Planter quelques boutures de saules

    Fleur de magnolia
    2 bassins de phytoepuration
    Camelia qui commence sa floraison

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    Enigmogramma basigera, Pink washed looper moth

    Found this fren on calamansi lime. Thought it was a cabbage white but it was actually eating the lime leaves. INaturalist says it’s the above and articles say its host plant is Lobelia.

    The pot was next to Lobelias before the seasonal plant migration. It looks well-fed and ready to cocoon so I guess we’ll see if it survived on citrus. @plants

    Pic of a green caterpillar on the underside of a green leaf. The caterpillar is a little chubby in its hind-quarters and is translucently green with lighter green veins visible through its body. The caterpillar appears to be in the act of cocooning bc it has created a dense white web at its head and derrière that is curling the leaf inward like a falafel sandwich. Behind the leaf and caterpillar are dark green glossy leaves out of focus.
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    Another plant thinks it’s spring.

    Eugenia uniflora, Zill’s black Surinam cherry

    First flowers, 3 1/2 years. Hopefully it sets fruit.

    Last year, a Eugenia involuctrata flowered just a few months shy of its 3rd birthday but didn’t set fruit.

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    Two small green buds on long thin green stems poke out of either side of a small branch. They look like insect antennae. The leaves are very glossy, small and lanceolada. Also slightly light burnt around the edges bc they are growing near a grow lamp. In the background are rocks and dirt out of focus. The rocks discourage the squirrels from digging around the trunk of the tree.
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    Cara cara orange thinks it’s spring. Really hope fruit still sets. Meanwhile the garage smells heavenly.

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    Lil garden fren

    Zelus luridus, pale green assassin bug

    Eugenia repanda, pitanga-jambo

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    A close up pic of a pale green assassin bug on a glossy small ovate leaf. The insect is a nymph so does not have wings. It has an orange-ish stripe along its back and has red eyes. Its joints are also orange-ish. The insect is facing to the right in the pic and its legs are splayed out evenly on the leaf. Its antennae are about as long as its long thin legs. The abdomen appears plumpish so has likely fed recently. The background has more green leaves out of focus.
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    Acerola cherry thinks it’s spring.

    Malpighia emarginata, December 26, zone 8b. Plant is stored in garage overwinter.

    Fortunately this is a plant that can bloom and fruit multiple times a year if warm and wet enough.

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    A close up pic of pink buds and one partially open pink flower emerging on either side of a brown branch pointing bottom right. It is connected to a larger branch that goes from lower left to top right. The pic is taken at an angle to show the four buds and one flower. The opened flower is hanging towards the bottom of the pic. The flower petals look like 5 frilly manta rays with their tails pointing to the green center of the flower.
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    Casimiroa edulis, white sapote

    My 4yr old seedling is full of flowers. So happy. 😊

    Whoever said it takes 7-8 years to flower? Lies! LIES!!

    This tree can bloom and fruit multiple times a year and is drought tolerant.

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    If you grow any citrus at all, grow this one.

    Citrus obovata, Fukushu kumquat

    Cold hardy to 28F/-2C, can be grown in a pot. Fruits 4-5 yrs from seed.

    It’s the fruit that makes it so special. The peel is very sweet and chewy and the fruit inside balances it with a nice tartness. And bc you eat fruit+peel, it’s very nutritious.

    I sell seedlings for $15 plus shipping available in early spring. Open to reservations now.

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    @plants Citrus obovata, Fukushu/Changsou kumquat

    What the insides of the fruit look like.

    The peel comes away from the fruit easily and the fruit is sectional/easy to pull apart like a mandarin. The taste of the fruit is like a tart orange but the pith has sugar in it so it’s not completely sour. The peel is very sweet. Sometimes the fruit is seedless, but no more than 2 seeds per fruit.

    A Fukushu kumquat cut in half on a bamboo wooden cutting board. The fruit is orange, the pith is white and the peel is orange.

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    Just came across something ppl should know about: grafted jaboticabas.

    Red hybrids grow fast from seed and flower within 3-5 years. Most species flower after 6+ years. When you graft a flowering branch on a jabo, it can take 3 yrs for the graft to finally flower. So it makes sense to graft other species of jabo but not red hybrids which is what this Etsy seller was marketing for $220! 😱🤯

    2 seeds cost $6. See ⬇️

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    Fresh vegetative growth on the red hybrid jaboticaba after I brought them into the sunroom. They look a bit like hops flowers.
    A sad looking grafted red hybrid jaboticaba. The branches and trunks are bare, very few leaves. All you see are just some thin knobby branches. The seller is marketing the shrub at $220. It might take up to three years for this tree to bear fruit. Compare that with two seeds for $6.

    Two large pots of red hybrid jaboticabas sitting in a large black wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow is dwarfed by the explosion of little green leaves. The plants are lush and full. You cannot see the trunks of the shrubs for all the leaves and branches. The shrubs are 3 1/2 years old and I grew them from seed and they should start flowering soon. I got a pack of two seeds for $6. Jabos have an extremely high germination rate so if you buy from a reputable seller, you only need to buy one or two seeds.
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