Spring puffs its chest out

After a few days away we return to find the weather warm with no ind.  Must be Spring!

Yep!  The Cyanicula caerulea have appeared in their usual spot.  I really love these little gems.
Most interestingly it is 12 days since the first flowering of this species was announced from Black Mountain in Canberra.  The rule of a lag of 1 week per 100m elevation gain seems to be working again!

In another sign of Spring I noticed my first Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) butterfly this morning.  It was a long way from cabbages and slurping on a Hovea flower instead!
The non-native plants are also strutting their stuff as shown by the Prunus above our biggest patch of daffodils.
The buzz of honeybees working over the Prunus was almost deafening.

Comments

Ian Fraser said…
Can't get too much of those gorgeous Blue Fingers - absolutely the First Official Sign of Spring! We are just back from revelling in them springing up all over on Black Mtn in fact.
Re the Cabbage Whites, I think they're only interested in cabbages for their kids; they've got more sophisticated tastes, like Hoveas.

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