Sunday, April 26, 2015

All the little pollinators

The Japanese plums are in full bloom, and are really drawing all the little winged workers... You can literally put your face right in the flowers and the insects hardly care - they're just there for the nectar and probably assume in doing the same. All sorts of little bees and flies. I'm impressed they're doing such a good job holding on and flying around, considering it's sooooo windy.

I've been really worried the night time freezing temps were going to kill the blooms, as they've done pretty much every year. I brought in a mix of plum, cherry, pear and Asian pear blossoms yesterday and, with super slender, super sharp scissors, snipped each in half lengthwise. So far it looks like all parts inside are still alive - nothings turned black from being frozen!  All the parts I saw were green, yellow-green or white. So far, so good.

The way the trees are loaded with blossoms right now, I'll be lucky to have my only problem be that I need to thin fruit off the tree as they start to develop...

Now about that sticking my face in the blossoms - yes, I did it this morning and all was fine. Since then I've been working in the yard and mowing, and as the day has gone on the tree blossoms are really cranking out the perfume. Now I've got a serious case of the sniffles, and have been feeling a little overwhelmed by the strong floral scent that wasn't there this morning... Sniffle...

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Sue said...

Glorious!!
I wish I could have a case of the sniffles!!
:D

Jeph said...

Thanks! And I honestly didn't mind the sniffles too much, considering I'm so happy to just have all these blooms still on the trees...

Linda said...

Your photos are beautiful!

Jeph said...

Thank you Linda!