msquebanh,
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msquebanh,
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are blooming everywhere now. Some folks call them, .

Learn how to harvest & use this that many folks see as just a weed:
https://www.ruralsprout.com/purple-dead-nettle

Laloofah,
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@msquebanh Beautiful! Shooting Stars were always my favorite wildflowers when we lived in the 5000’ foothills of Wyoming’s Big Horn Mountains. They look so delicate, but they endured all the harsh conditions of a Wyoming spring, including extreme winds & very deep, heavy, wet snow. I had no idea they grow on Vancouver Island! ☺️💜

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@Laloofah They are so gorgeous & quite hardy. I usually see the ones above in early Spring. There's a striped variety that grows here too. These are in Thetis Lake regional park 😊

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@msquebanh Oooh, love the stripes! 😍

msquebanh,
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@Laloofah Much rarer to spot the striped shooting stars!

Pollinators,
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@msquebanh. The shooting star is a very nice little plant. We keep trying to grow the Minnesota varieties.

msquebanh,
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@Pollinators The bees love them! One of their first native flowers to pollinate ☺️🐝

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@msquebanh Think how many varieties of insects and plants there are in the old growth forests!

msquebanh,
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@Pollinators So many medicines, sourced from nature are still yet to be discovered. I talked about how old growth forests are one of our future medicine chests & why that & other equally important reasons, are why we should protect ancient forests - in 2 different documentaries I was in. Our government & ecocide industries, are very foolish & short-sighted with clear-cutting our disappearing old growth tracts. By doing so, they're robbing the world from many future cures for illness/diseases.

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@msquebanh. Mushrooms of the old growth forests. Are they on the medicinal list? .

msquebanh,
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@Pollinators Yes, they are. So are some lichens. There's so much we still need to explore, discover & research!

violetmadder,

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Used to be genus Dodecatheon, which was fun to say. Now they're genus Primula.

msquebanh,
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@violetmadder Primula is such a big family!

somcak,

@msquebanh those are gorgeous! I've never seen them before! :blobcatflower:

msquebanh,
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@somcak They are one of the first wildflowers to bloom on South Vancouver Island ❤️

msquebanh,
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Shooting stars are one of my fave native wildflowers. I look for them, every Spring!

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