May flowers are beginning to bloom. We’re enjoying Bleeding Heart and looking forward to Lilacs. A few tulips are sticking around for the fun.
Happy May Day to all the workers of the world, especially those supporting our health.
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Gracias for visiting Fake Flamenco. ¡Olé! –Rebecca
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We used to have these in our UK garden. Don’t see them much here 🙂 🙂
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It’s an exchange, I suppose, cooler weather plants for more exotic ones. 🙂
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The bleeding hearts are a gift from Mother Nature.
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Yes, Rosaliene, I believe they are. Delicate beauty. I wonder how they are pollinated, with their novel shape.
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Out of curiosity, I went in search of an answer and learned that hummingbirds are their main pollinators, attracted by their nectar. I discovered, too, that there are several varieties of Bleeding Hearts. Quite a fascinating genus.
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Thanks for your research, Rosaliene! Very interesting, I may station myself fifteen or twenty feet away to attempt to see the hummingbirds. Thanks for the tip!
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We had some in our garden in Illinois but there aren’t any here. They’re so beautiful. I love lilacs, too.
janet
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So do I. I’ll feature them in my poem introducing the May poetry challenge on Tuesday.
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Oh my! These are beauties!
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Thank you, Michele. The tulip is in your honor since you like them so well. 🙂
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Thank you sweet Rebecca. I am all flowery smiles. 🌷 Thanks for remembering and saying.
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You’re welcome. Hope you’re having a good weekend. Friday my partner and I had our first date in a year! Our tween was at a school showing of Hidden Figures.
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The weekend is going well. Thank you. How wonderful! I hope you enjoyed your day and evening. Long overdue! Happy Sunday to you and yours. 🌞
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Thanks, it was. Spent the afternoon in the garden with a good friend yesterday. We have really pretty weather right now in the 70s!
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The bleeding hearts are so cool- I’ve not ever seen one before.
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Thank you, glad you liked them. Nature is a wonder. Remind me where you live?
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Australia
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Aha! Yes, very different climate. But you have many unique plants and animals there. 🙂
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The bleeding heart flower is so pretty. I’ve not seen one for years! As a child my parents had a wonderful display and I was always troubled by the name.
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How wonderful that it reminds you of your parents’ garden. Yes, the name is a bit jarring. However, there is some humor in it because of the saying we have in the US, “bleeding heart liberal.” When I see the flowers I say that to myself and giggle.
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that’s a strange saying :)US politics seem very complex to me.
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Yes, I agree with you. It’s as if having compassion were a fault. Complex is a very generous way of describing it. ; )
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*laughing* someone once tried to explain US politics to me and I lost the will to live.
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Thanks for starting my morning with a good laugh!
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Lovely bleeding hearts — I have the white native version in my garden, but no flowers yet — which is a theme for this spring!
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Great, the white version is beautiful too. Hope it blooms soon. : )
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We call your first flower Love-Lies-Bleeding, which is even more poetic than Bleeding Heart. And it’s poetry time on Tuesday? Aaaaargh! Happy May time anyway!
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Wow, that name sounds even more tragic. Stella! (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) Yes, Tuesday I announce the challenge: free verse poems about trees. Why aaarrg? Feels too soon?
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Brain dead, Rebecca. Brain dead.
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Oh, dear. Hope you can get a bit of rest.
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I’ve never seen the bleeding hearts! Beautiful!
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Thank you, Jill. We love them.
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beautiful! Very pretty flowers! So glad may is here!
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