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Here you will find botanical tales and planty fun of all kinds with botany nerding and ecology through a entertaining lens.
Blue bee-balls: Rare but totally natural from blue pollen
Ever seen blue balls on a bee? Possibly not what you think, but they do get them. Blue bee-balls, and a bee in a 'bad way'. Bee blue-balls is more accurately bee blue-baskets (on their legs as you can see) and quite the happy condition from a rare forage date. I mean, those baskets are full of sperm. But still...um, let's explain from the beginning. You surely know pollen is yellow because each spring your car is possibly dusted in yellow by the trees just crop-dusting eve
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Blue thou art… whence came thy dazzling hue?
Blue flowers are the RAREST color. I’ve noticed this for a long time. And it makes sense. But it is also confusing and weird and...
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Hydrangea Blues- don't be a basic pink
Hydrangea season approaches! Blue is coming. blue hydrangea starting to open, by sayo ts 2 The special and huge draw of these shrubs for many gardeners is the unusual color of certain hydrangea. They are a vibrant rich blue. You’ve seen blue flowers of course, but if you think hard, you’ll notice they are actually quite rare. Which makes the blue hydrangea both pretty and pretty special. ombred hydrangea, by Cindy Gustafson These plants are not grown just anywhere either.
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