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[IBC] Nandina forest in bloom
My large (for me. Ht. 35" width 42") Nandina domestica
forest has been blooming for about 3 weeks now. It's interesting turning it so that its (very phototropic) leaves turn toward the sun on another side. The bees buzz around my head while I'm turning it 180 degrees. Sounds like a bunch of Sopworth Camels having aerial WWI dogfight. Luckily (in a relative sense) these bees are non-stingers. Since the virus has wiped out ALL hiving honeybees in this area, our pollinators are the large (almost thumbnail size) fuzzy, black and yellow solitary bees. You have to close your hand around them to get them to sting you. Other pollinators we still do have include some tiny wasps, moths, butterflies, various little fly-type critters, etc., but these large bees are the most obvious -- and, it seems the only ones attracted to Nandina. The old, tiny white flower petals are dusted over the floor of the forrest, but not quite thick enough to look like snow; more like a sprinkling of white flowers under the trees. :-) Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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