03/27/26

 It's Friday, TGIF!  My Wild Plum was beginning to bloom this past weekend.  In the heat we had it is probably done already, I have not had time to go check it this week.  I hope it is still blooming, they smell so good.  I could have used this image for Wildflower Wednesday as well but the bokeh was so good in it I had to share it for today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious here on the Blog!

04/09/25

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog!  Today's flower is a favorite and is just in it's last stages of blooming.  This is Wild Plum and usually blooms March to April.  Mine opened in very late March and is about done.  They smell wonderful while blooming.  The fruits will appear in August or September and are about 1 inch in size and are sweet and juicy though I find the skin a bit tart and it's fairly tough.  I rarely get to eat any because the birds get to them first.😒  They can form dense thickets and their roots help protect against erosion.  I am keeping mine a bit tamed and not letting them spread as much as they are trying to.  

4/27/22

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog!  Recently the Sandhill Plum or Chickasaw Plum was made our state Fruit.  I had transplanted a couple a couple of years ago and they are blooming.  This is the end of one of the branches with lovely flowers.  I just transplanted 3 more and they seem to be surviving the move so I am happy about that.  Butterflies like them quite a  lot.

6/3/20

It's Wildflower Wednesday!  Today's is one from early spring.  I was pleased that this one bloomed so well.  It is Wild Plum.  I moved a couple of small, bushes, I guess you would call them, last spring and hoped they would survive and take off and they have.  They spread by roots and can make a nice little elongated grove after a while.  The flowers are lovely in spring and have a great smell.  They attract butterflies as well and I usually can get my first pics of the year of butterflies with them but unfortunately not this year.  

The White Kansas flowers Page has been updated with this flower, it is a different photo as it shows more of the plant.  I am currently revamping those pages and hope to announce the reveal soon.

4/17/19

Posting early because I am going to try out writing these the night before and then having them post the next day.  Not sure how I will like that as there may be something I want to mention but we shall see how it goes.  This is a close up of the Wild Plum blossoms.  I love them, so delicate and and pretty and smell very nice.  I can see why the butterflies are attracted.

4/27/18

This isn't my best butterfly image but I had to share it because it's the first butterfly of the year that I saw.  This Red Admiral was enjoying some blooms of Wild Plum trees.  We have had a couple of good freezes since I saw this so not sure how it did and I have not seen any other butterflies yet so hopefully they are doing OK.