☆  Almond Blossom Stars  ☆
Channel: zuditaka
Date: 23/08/2014

☆  Starry Almond Blossoms  ☆

The almond blossoms are now in full bloom. All very pretty; and lovely promises of eating the green nuts as spring "fruits"; or as hard shelled nuts in autumn. The bees always enjoy the almond blossom; and some native birds manage to extract a little honey from each flower. Look in the centre of every almond blossom and you will find a perfectly geometrical five-pointed star.

Also shown are some lovely flaming red Japanese Quince ("Japonica") petals. Pure white almond blossoms and red japonica blossoms do look nice side by side. Plant some lovely japonicas in your garden for extra available nectar in late winter when food is scarce.  Then just sit back and wait. Eventually a honeyeating bird will roll up and avail itself of the sweet goodies to be found in the blossoms of shrubs and trees you plant. Almond blossoms definitely attract honeyeaters, but don't seem to have quite so much available nectar as japonica flowers do.

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