First, remember the not black tulips? Seems like the package contained two varieties, with the pink ones being earlier and the almost black ones being later. Here they finally are:
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Next one is true kingcups that grow along our little creek. I wanted to get closer but then chose dry feet…
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Dungbeetles are no aliens, Sorry to disappoint you. But I quite like them.
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This, OTOH, is aliens. I guess at some point they are replaced every year by ordinary fern plants, but this is not something that just grows, it’s the result of extraterrestrial mingling.
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I love the beetle and the aliens.
Definitely aliens. Alien fiddleheads.
And a very handsome beetle, too!
Yay for there being some ‘black’ tulips, and frilly ones at that!
I love every single photo, Giliell. The colour of that tulip is drop dead gorgeous and the ruffles are fabulous. The beetle and your alien fiddleheads have a lot of personality and they’re each unique.
The yellow flower is called marsh marigold but is really in the buttercup family. Real name is Caltha palustris. Always hard to get close without getting wet feet.