The virburnum trilobum is blooming.
It is a shrub, probably 10 feet tall, with three-lobed leaves.
The flower is interesting.
There is an outer ring of large flowers and a center of many tiny flowers.
The outer flowers are sterile.
It is a shrub, probably 10 feet tall, with three-lobed leaves.
The flower is interesting.
There is an outer ring of large flowers and a center of many tiny flowers.
The outer flowers are sterile.
The little flowers are pollinated by insects.
It is also called High Bush Cranberry, although it is not a cranberry.
The berries will be the size of cranberries - sour - and high in Vitamin C.
We have not eaten them.
Usually we will have a passing flock of cedar waxwings to eat the crop.
One year, when the snow was very deep, we heard a commotion.
There were turkeys jumping up to get the berries!
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The columbine has been blooming for a while.
In the next picture, you can see a seed case forming.
We have white, pink, and light purple.
They are self-seeders.
