Cabbage White
The cabbage white (Pieris rapae) is cosmopolitan and ubiquitous. This one is in my back garden.
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Cabbage White
Categories: Creatures
Tags: Butterfly, Cabbage White, Lepidoptera, Pieris, Pieris rapae
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Pieris japonica
Pieris japonica
If you’re looking for signs of spring, you naturally are on the lookout for the early bulbs. As mentioned, the snow drops (Galanthus nivalis) are in bloom. The winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) is just starting (although it is a corm rather than a bulb). But if you look higher and in the right place, you might see Japanese Andromeda (Pieris japonica) in bloom. This is beside the patio at Cathy’s mom’s house and it’s lovely. I grew up with this along the side of our neighbor’s garage, next to our driveway and I have vivid memories of swarms of bees all over it. It’s still a bit early for the bees, but the flowers are starting to open.
Categories: Flowers and Plants
Tags: Blooms, Japanese Andromeda, Pieris, Pieris japonica, Shrubs, Spring, White
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Pieris japonica
Pieris japonica
Yesterday I had a picture of relatively inconsequential flowers. Well, they are inconsequential to us because they aren’t all that pretty, but they are fairly consequential to the plants that have them. Also, they have a wonderful, sweet aroma. Today, we have leaves that are as pretty as (or prettier than) many flowers. They have no aroma, of course, but they are quite striking. This is a variety of Pieris japonica (Japanese andromeda), possibly ‘Mountain Fire’ or something similar. The new leaves are a bright red, visible from quite a distance against the glossy green of last years foliage. By the middle of summer these new leaves will have faded to green, as well, but for now, it’s a brilliant display.
Categories: Flowers and Plants
Tags: Leaves, Pieris, Pieris japonica, Red, Shrub
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