#plants
Irvine, California
May 18, 2024
Sony a7iii, Zenit Helios 44M-6 58mm, 1/500th, ISO 100#photography #bloomscrolling #flower #flowers #CaliforniaCudweed #Nature #plant #plants #vintagelens
#plants has some really soothing posts!
Hops climbing a volunteer maple.
Those maples pop up everywhere along our fences. Most are made into plant support sticks, a few get to stay, very few get replanted because growing through the fence they're often inextricable or malformed.
They're nice trees and have good wood later, so will definitely look to (re)plant a few more since they thrive so well here.
This one gets to stay, because we want to keep the hops alive. But it'll get trimmed a bit, nobody can even reach up there.
"Zainal’s fig garden was initially meant to serve a species of rhinoceros that is now extinct in Malaysia. Today it has a new role, providing planting material for people trying to restore Sabah’s forests, develop sustainable wildlife tourism and show that endangered wildlife can coexist with the oil palm industry."
https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/how-fig-trees-could-revolutionize-reforestation
Great Spangled Fritillary on Butterfly Bush.
Another one from the softball tournament in #Cardiff - Great Willowherb. It looks a bit different to usual, but it's on a sports ground so has probably been mown at some point in the summer. In the ditch separating the softball pitches at Rumney RFC from the BMX track. #WildflowerHour #Wales #Cymru #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography
It's still Mandatory Fleabane season so here's another photo of the very showy one that's established in my front yard. #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography
One from a street in central #Bristol earlier in the week. I think it's Shaggy Soldier although my book says I can't rule out Gallant Soldier which is also found in Bristol. #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography
I don't often manage to post photos from #Wales but since I spent the weekend at the big softball tournament in #Cardiff I got to take some #WildflowerHour photos on Saturday. This one is Scentless Mayweed, growing near softball pitch 3 at Rumney RFC who kindly host our Cardiff tournaments. #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography
I have been trying for while to find an acceptable solution to repel tiger #mosquitoes (#Aedesalbopictus) that is not dangerous for #cats: so far no good..
Products based on a plant called Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium or Tanacetum cinerariifolium, contain pyrethrins. A product with TP19 is #repellant, TP18 is #insecticide, it is about concentration; still dangerous for cats.
Whose eggs are these on my plant? Good or bad? https://www.allforgardening.com/1418617/whose-eggs-are-these-on-my-plant-good-or-bad/ #plants
#SilentSunday
Undersea gardens.
XF18-135mm
Barbarea vulgaris
Brassicaceae les Guilleries
https://floraguilleries.cat/barbarea-vulgaris-r-br/
After starting from seed 9 months ago, I’ve finally got my own mini cactus garden (plus the bigger cutting from another succulent plant). So yeah, starting cactuses from seed takes a little patience. 
