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I noticed from the file dates of my photographs what the earliest
flowering times are for plants that I like to photograph...this applies
to the Langley and Maple Ridge areas of the lower mainland of Vancouver,
B.C.
This area of the world has hot summers, wet winters, lots of rain and very little snow.
January
diddly squat |
February
crocuses, cherry blossoms, snow drops, witch hazel |
March
that red
flowering bush by the front ravine, the thing that grew by the
firestation, daffodil, heather, hyacinth, indian plum, magnolia,
primrose |
April
that small
hidden blue flower, aneneome, apple blossom, bleeding heart, dandilion,
dogwood, cosmos, flowering current, forget me not, grape hyacinth,
lilac, pansy, periwinkle, pussy willow, skunk cabbage, trillium, tulip |
May
FRUIT-
salmon berry, bluebell spanish, buttercup, calendula, camelia style
yellow flower, chestnut tree blossoms, chive, clematis, columbine, herb
robert, iris, lily of the valley, oregon grape, phlox, poppy, red tree
flower lane behing mama's place, rodadendron, scottish broom, star of
david, thimble berry, that stinky hedge flower, wisteria |
June
FRUIT-
cherry, FRUIT- gooseberry, FRUIT- blueberry, FRUIT- pear, FRUIT-
huckleberry, FRUIT- grain, FRUIT-walnut, FRUIT- plum, FRUIT- maple
seeds, FRUIT- currents, that six sided flower in the woods, astilbe,
box, california poppy, clover, columbine wild, cottonwood, daisy, deadly
nightshade, dill, foxglove, fireweed, geranium, hardhack, lavender,
morning glory, nasturtium, peony, periwinkle, petunia, purple bell
flower from side of road in fort langley, purple flower from front,
purple fuzzy things, rose, selfheal, snow in summer, spurge, strawberry
blossoms, sweet pea, sweet william, vetch, white flower on west side of
house, wild rose, yellow weed around corner |
July
asian bell
along 72nd, azelea, crocusmia, dahlia, dock, gladiolas, honeysuckle,
lily, love in mist, marigold, rose campion, sempervivum, thistle |
August
FRUIT- plums, FRUIT- blackberry, FRUIT- orange berry, FRUIT- oregon grape, FRUIT- raspberry, lily water white clematis mini |
September
FRUIT- crabapple, love bell flower |
October
all is pretty much done |
November
...much too cold and damp |
December
nothing at all |
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