Latest posts tagged with #SeattleSpring on Bluesky
A small gray dog at the end of a driveway checks out the slushy snow on the plants by the lawn. You can see the houses across the street with snowy front lawns, and our large rhododendron off to the right covered with snow
Monty, a small gray shih tzu, checks out the snow on the lawn.
We got a splash of snow
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #Snow
A multi-petaled creamy white star magnolia flower unfolds, revealing creamy yellow anthers. The petals are long, a bit like streamers, with a silky appearance. The flower is in dappled shade, with the sun strking at an angle, throwing petal shadows on lower petals. The still bare shrub branches form a patterned background.
A couple of star magnolia flower buds, on still bare branches, are starting to spread their creamy petals. The petals are long, a bit like streamers, with a silky appearance. The flowers are in dappled shade, with the sun strking at an angle, throwing petal shadows on lower petals.
Star magnolias are blooming!
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #OurNeighborhood #BloomScrolling #Magnolias
Bright magenta rhododendron blossoms fan out from the end of a branch like a fireworks burst. The five petaled flowers have long pink anthers and a light pink pistil tipped with magenta. The leathery oval leaves are dark green, a perfect foil for the bright flowers.
Rhododendrons!
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #BloomScrolling #Magenta #Rhodies #OurNeighborhood
Small bright green Polypodium glycyrrhiza fern leaves grow upside down in a bright olive green moss bed on a big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) branch. You can see a profusion of mossy and lichenous tree branches in the background. This was photographed from a foot bridge over a ravine, looking straight into the crowns of the trees growing in the ravine floor.
An array of green mosses and lichen in various shades of blue to blue-green cover an apple tree branch crotch. There are flat growing shield lichen, a few branching lichens, both sturdy looking and lacy, and prickly looking moss branches. It is a medley of textures. Apple trees seem to have the best lichens and mosses.
Trouvailles: Licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza) on a big leaf maple(Acer macrophyllum) ; a lichen and moss bonanza.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleRainySeason #SeattleSpring #Ferns #LichenSubscribe #Lichen #NativePlants #NativePlantsOfThePNW
Old plum trees arch over a sidewalk in Ravenna Neighborhood. The trees, covered with white flowers, are full of twisted and gnarly branches. Their trunks are thick and rough. The lawns are littered with white petals. As you walk down the sidewalk, you can see yet more trees down the blocks of older houses.
A closeup of ruffled pink cherry blossoms on a branch. The flowers are surrounded by buds, promising an ongoing show.
Plum tree arches and ruffled cherry blossoms
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #RavennaNeighborhood #BloomScrolling #CherryBlossomTime #PlumBlossomTime
An image of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) roots growing on the side of a hill. The roots are gradually being exposed by weathering, and look a bit as if they are clinging for dear life. Doug firs are notoriously shallow rooted and are the most likely trees to fall in windy rainstorms
A young Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) has a mass of surface roots casually exploring the ground, with ferns, dewberries and small plants growing on top.
Roots! Clinging desperately to the side of the hill! Or casually exploring the environs.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleParks #SeattleSpring #RavennaPark #NativePlants #NativePlantsOfThePNW #PseudotsugaMenziesii
A huge old flowering plum tree growing in a sidewalk border is covered with tiny white blossoms. Its gnarly branches reach up into the blue sky dotted with white clouds. It is taller than the American foursquare house behind it. The neighboring houses are also overshadowed by its spreading branches.
A small shrubby flowering plum covered in white blossoms lights up a clearing between dark bare maple trees. The ground is covered with dry leaves, ferns and invasive scilla plants.
Flowering plums: a huge flowering plum overshadows the neighborhood houses, and a tiny escapee grows between maples in Ravenna Park
#Photography #SeattleWashington #RavennaPark #RavennaNeighborhood #SeattleSpring #BloomScrolling
A few 5 petaled, trumpet shaped, pale yellow azalea flowers bloom on a small shrub. The orange pistil in each is surrounded by pale brown anthers. The shrub has twisted gray branches with small, leathery leaves in shades of green, gray and yellow. It is growing next to a red brick retaining wall with patches of dark green moss.
Pale yellow azaleas bravely blooming under a tree in the cold rain
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #Azaleas #BloomScrolling #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood
An Armand's clematis vine growing on a fence is full of creamy white flowers. The four to six petaled blooms open to reveal pale yellow anthers. The buds are light green, and grow on sinuous red stems. The dark green, shiny oval leaves reflect some blue from the sky. This year the clematis are so full of flowers it's amazing.
Broadleaf lupine (Lupinus latifolius), growing in the park's naturalized area, is leafing out. The palmate leaves have up to 10 leaflets, covered with downy hairs. Many of the leaves in this image have a water drop at the center, trapped and misshapen by the hairs at the point where the leaves radiate. It makes them look like jewelry
An enthusiastic clematis and water drops in lupine leaves. The Armand's clematis is the first to bloom around here. And I love how water drops always sit in the middle of lupine leaves
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #SeattleParks #MapleLeafPark #BloomScrolling
Osoberry blossoms form three small white clisters along a red branch marked with white lenticels. The flowers have 5 pointed petals and a cluster of light yellow anthers. The shrubby plant is growing alongside a trail in Ravenna Park, under maples and evergreens.
The rough bark of a, Scots pine looksclike craggy canyons seen from above. The scaley shapes are colored sand, red, brown and gray, and are full of flat tops, peaks and crevasses.
Trouvailles : osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis, a native) blossoms and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) bark
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleParks #RavennaPark #SeattleSpring #NativePlants #NativePlantsOfThePNW
#BloomScrolling
A manzanita bush with small, oval, dusty green and leathery leaves is covered in clusters of small pink and white, urn shaped flowers. This photo shows a small detail of the amazingly floriferous plant
A couple of clusters of a pink and white "red flowering" currant flowers are blooming. These are tube shaped, with five pink petald bending out star-shaped at the top, and a small white corolla gusrding the yellow anthers. The rounded bright green leaves are barely unfurling at the base of the clusters.
A few pink 5 petaled purple-leaved plum tree flowers are blooming an a rugged gray branch. The petals look fragile, and they do tend to fall all over the sidewalk. You can see a few very purple leaf buds getting ready to open.
A small bunch of four petaled daphne flowers bloom in shades of light to dark pink amid variegated green and cream leaves. These are always so marvelously scented, and a true sign of spring.
Shades of pink and white
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood #BloomScrolling
A pair of wide open coral red camellias sport layered ruffled petals and bright gold hearts. The anthers hang down, heavy with pollen. There are several buds ready to bloom amid tge dark green glossy leaves.
#Two coral red camellias
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood #BloomScrolling #Camellias #BlueskyArtShow
The bright yellow, hood shaped spathe of a Lysichiton americanus rises above its still furled bright green leaves. Swamp lanterns are also commonly called skunk cabbage because the flower stinks in order to attract the flies and beetles it needs to pollinate it. These plants are in a boggy area covered with dead leaves. Soon the stream banks and marshy spots will be full of bright yellow "hoodies" succeeded by the plant's huge leaves.
The first swamp lantern, aka skunk cabbage, I've seen this season.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleParks #SeattleSpring #CowenPark #BloomScrolling #NativePlantsOfThePNW #NativePlants #SwampLantern #SkunkCabbage
Close up of a snowdrop showing its white and light green heart, surrounded by delicate drooping white sepals. It is emerging from a bed of dry leaves and duff. You can see more snowdrops in the background, with all their long green pointy leaves providing contrast
An egg-yolk yellow kerria blossom, looking like a little rose, opens along a grren leafless branch. A couple of yellow flower buds are behind it on the branch. The backyard fence catches a little light and shadow in the background.
Bright purple crocus flowers sport orange stamens. Strappy crocus leaves poke up through the chesnut tree leaves, alongside a few old, prickly chestnut burs. Everything is liberally sprinkled with early morning raindrops.
I was a little under the weather yesterday morning, and sat watching the dog play in our backyard. Noticed a couple of pretty things
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #OurGarden #BloomScrolling
Witches butter (probably Dacrymyces chrysospermus) grows in several small, orange, jelly-like, ridged blobs on dark brown, leathery looking, decaying leaves. A bit of bright green moss is also in the frame, growing amid the leaves, wjich were in a huge pikevunder a tree, as if they had all fallen at once.
Witches butter on decaying big leaf maple leaves
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleParks #RavennaPark #FungiFriends #FungiLovers #Mushrooms #SeattleSpring
Looking across a park lawn and through trees at the fluffy white fog clouds lifting off the Puget Sound. You can tell they are from fog because of how low and large they are, as well as how fast they move relative to other clouds, even though you can't see the Sound from here.
Looking through pine trees at the fluffy white fog clouds lifting off the Puget Sound. You can tell they are from fog because of how low and large they are, as well as how fast they move relative to other clouds, even though you can't see the Sound from here.
Fluffy white fog clouds, no snow or rain 🤷
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleParks #SeattleSpring #RavennaPark #Clouds #Weather
A small cluster of bright yellow, 6 petaled, Oregon grape flowers blooms amid prickly dark green and purple leaves. There are more flower buds packed on the stem, from small and dark green to almost yellow and ready to unfold. This being a rainy day, the leaves are very wet, and a few raindrops sit on the flowers.
Bright Oregon grape flowers on a rainy day
#Photography #SeattleWashington #OurNeighborhood #SeattleSpring #Yellows #BloomScrolling #NativePlantsOfThePNW #NativePlants
Clusters of small, yellow, 4 petaled flowers bloom along a branch. The flower stamens are white. The bark on the branch is smooth, colored in shades of green, brown and pink. The out of focus background is full of yellow flowers on the same tree. The fruits are edible, and usually are dark red when ripe. Birds love them as well.
An artsy take on a cornelian cherry growing among other trees. The photo is processed to look like a pointillist painting. The clusters of bright yellow flowers glow against the darker evergreens, and the branches droop artistically from the tree to the ground.
Cornelia cherries, related to dogwoods, are busily blooming, creating yellow dapples in the understory
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleParks #SeattleSpring #CornelianCherry #BloomScrolling
A bright orange rose hip sits between new leaves. The leaves are green, rosy red, yellow green and bright green with a bit of reddish shading at the rims. There are water drops on the leaves due to fog. The water drops on the newest, reddest leaf in the foreground reflect the gray sky, and the red and green of the leaves.
Foggy day in Seattle
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #OurGarden #BloomScrolling #SeattleSpring #MapleLeafNeighborhood
A large cluster of dark cherry red hellebore flowers show off yellow anthers, red pistils and green nectarines. The contrasts are very vivid. The leaves are palmate and dark green. There are some dark green low shrubs in the back ground.
"Cherry red , sweeter than the honeycomb..." Hellebores providing more color joy in winter-almost-spring
(That line is from the BeeGees song)
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood #BloomScrolling #Hellebores #SeattleSpring
A couple of plain pink camellias blossoms, with layers of ruffle petals, glow amid the dark green glossy leaves. Blue sky shows a bit between the leaves. For some reason I am not fond of this color, it looks almost plastic to me, but if the light and angle are right, you can see a faint golden glow at the flower heart that redeems it from Barbie World.
The sun is out momentarily! Here are some just plain pink camellias
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood #BloomScrolling #Camellias #SeattleSpring
A variety of very tiny crocus blossoms dot this border, in colors ranging from pale yellow to pale pink to shades of blue and purple. The border is full of emerging green plants. It is carpeted with green moss. There are a few dry brown leaves as well, to remind us of seasons past.
A variety of very tiny crocus blossoms dot this border, in colors ranging from pale yellow to pale pink to shades of blue and purple. The border is full of emerging green plants. It is carpeted with green moss. There are a few dry brown leaves as well, to remind us of seasons past.
Two bright yellow crocuses pop up amid a display of velvety looking orangey pink heuchera leaves. The heuchera leaves are rounded and nicely veined. Mossy rocks trim the border. The color contrasts are interesting.
Crocus bananza
Crocuses are busy blooming in lawns, peeking out from leaves, being fresh and telling us spring is near
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood #BloomScrolling #SeattleSpring
Male catkins are ready for business. A small cluster of yellow hazelnut catkins is in the foreground, with its flowers open and full of pollen. A bee can be seen at the bottom of one catkins, gathering pollen with vigor.
Female hazelnut flowers are open too! Here five tiny blooms are open at the base of a cluster of male catkins. You can see the tiny immature nut which forms the base of the flower, and the little bright red pistils sticking out at the top.
I saw my first honeybee of the season, busily gathering pollen from blooming hazelnut trees (not the natives, which are still thinking about spring).
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #SeattleSpring #BloomScrolling #Honeybees #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood
The white petals of a male osoberry flower poke out from a red and green bud cluster. The pale yellow anthers are barely visible. The background is full of out of focus, still bare gray twigs from the berry shrubs.
Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis) tentatively blooming, a first sign of spring in the native flora.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #SeattleParks #RavennaPark #SeattleSpring #NativePlants #NativePlantsInTheCity #PNWFlora #BloomScrolling
A couple of trusses of pink rhododendron blossoms peek through the Oregon grape and thimbleberry leaves in the upper right quadrant of this photo. The soft pink trumpet-shaped flowers form a pompom of blossoms, a small bouquet. The rhodie leaves which surround the trusses are oval, long and smooth. The Oregon grape leaves are glossy and relatively small, the thimbleberry leaves are large and palmate. There is an abundance of texture contrasts giving a cheerful effect.
Spring refreshment: native rhododendrons (Rhododendron macrophyllum) flopping about in the undergrowth at Ravenna Park along the woodsy trails
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #RavennaPark #SeattleParks #SeattleOlmstedParks #BloomScrolling #NativePlants
A branch of an osoberry shrub is has several stems of osoberries hanging like cherries below the green oval leaves. Their color varies from greenish yellow to apricot yellow to peach pink. They look like miniature apricots at the end of the red stems, which seem even brighter red when the berries turn purple.
Osoberries (Oemleria cerasiformis) in varying stages of ripeness. They turn dark purple when fully ripe. They are edible but don't have much flesh on the pit.
#Photography #SeattleSpring #SeattleParks #SeattleOlmstedParks #NativePlantsOfThePNW #NativePlants #RavennaPark
A couple of five petaled pink roses bloom among the green compound leaves of the cluster rose. The shrubs flourish in the dappled shade along the trail. These are sometimes hard to distinguish from the Nootka rose, but the clusters of buds and flowers are typical, whereas the Nootka has mostly solitary flowers. The stems of cluster roses tend to arch more, the Nootka grows fairly straight for several feet before arching.
Cluster rose or swamp rose (Rosa pisocarpa ) in Ravenna Park. I missed the Nootka rose bloom 😔
##BloomScrolling #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #NativePlants #RavennaPark #SeattleOlmstedParks #SeattleSummer #PNWNativePlants
Two wheelbarrows, painted bright pink with "Picardo P-Patch* stenciled on the side, are leaned against a wooden garden box. The Picardo Gardeners voted to paint all the wheelbarrows we finagled after our other ones were stolen. Next time, the thieves will have to repaint them if they want to escape detection!
Potato plants are blooming with white flowers. The petals are curved back and the anthers are fused into a golden tube, with the pistil barely showing. The leaves are compound, green, and abundant. When the blooms fade, the lucky gardener will be able to enjoy baby potatoes!
A gardener turned a corner of their patch into a pretty little flower bed. At the back tall lilac iris tower over the mix of brunnera and dead nettle, with a border of ferns. Scattered throughout there are pansies, johnny-jump-ups and forget-me-nots. The border is contained by a wall of upside-down terracotta pots.
A house across the street from the community garden entrance is hedged by rhododendron bushes full of pale to dark pink flowers.The left and right sides are framed by large, green, straight-trunked tulips trees. The house itself is barely visible as a gray roof and a bit of sage green siding. The sidewalk below the hedging is slanted uphill to the right.
A visit to the P-Patch: pink wheelbarrows! New potatoes? Some gardeners can't help themselves! And beauty across the street.
#SeattleSpring #SeattleWashington #PicardoFarmPPatch #SeattleParks #Photography
Light pink flowers bloom on a ninebark shrub with dark purple leaves. The sun is setting, and the light catches the leaves, creating splotches of amber and yellow. One leaf is backlit so that its veins glow yellow and red against its dark color. The effect is both dark and cheerful because of the puffs of flowers. The flowers are in tight clusters of many five-petaled blossoms, and the exserted anthers give the clusters a slightly fuzzy look.
Common ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius "Summer Wine") backlit by the setting sun
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #BloomScrolling
Five roses are the close-up attraction in this photograph of a rose bush. At the top right, three are newly open, showing off petals of an intense apricot color. The next two roses down to the left are older and faded to a luscious cream color with pink tinging the edges of the petals. The bush is in full bloom, with faded and new roses scattered throughout.
Roses open in an intense shade of apricot, then, as they age, fade to cream touched with pink
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #BloomScrolling
