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Montana Outdoors
The shooting star is also a favorite of mine. I’m not surprised you have a lot of pictures of these.
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Comment by Malcolm R. Campbell — April 26, 2018 @ 12:46 pm
That flower was always the highlight of the bouquets that I always picked for my mother when I was a kid. I’ve loved it ever since.
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Comment by montucky — April 26, 2018 @ 2:13 pm
Lovely!
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Comment by centralohionature — April 26, 2018 @ 1:17 pm
Thanks! It is one of the loveliest of the wildflowers here in my opinion.
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Comment by montucky — April 26, 2018 @ 2:15 pm
That has to be the prettiest colour ever.
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — April 26, 2018 @ 1:33 pm
I think so too. Despite their being very small flowers I seem to notice them at a great distance. The color is so distinctive.
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Comment by montucky — April 26, 2018 @ 2:16 pm
I couldn’t have passed it by without more photos either.
This is a great shot and they’re beautiful little flowers!
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Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — April 26, 2018 @ 4:28 pm
Thanks! Yes, I count them among the prettiest of all our wildflowers.
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Comment by montucky — April 26, 2018 @ 4:31 pm
Yes, it is a beautiful portrait of it.
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Comment by Tammie — April 26, 2018 @ 4:38 pm
Thanks Tammie. I felt that picture displayed its beauty well. They are such pretty flowers!
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Comment by montucky — April 26, 2018 @ 5:05 pm
These are awesome !!
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Comment by Bernie Kasper — April 26, 2018 @ 4:40 pm
Thanks Bernie. I love them and continually wonder what that display is all about. I’m sure each facet has a purpose.
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Comment by montucky — April 26, 2018 @ 5:06 pm
Such a beautiful creation of nature!
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Comment by bayphotosbydonna — April 26, 2018 @ 4:58 pm
Mother nature is a wonderful designer, isn’t she! Who else could possibly think that up and execute it so well!
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Comment by montucky — April 26, 2018 @ 5:08 pm
I’m not surprised it is one of your favourites. The yellow and pinkish/mauve colour make it a refreshing sight in the usual green of the landscape. It’s like a bright multi-coloured sweet in a lolly shop. (not sure whether Americans call sweet concoctions, sweets, candy or lollipops).
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Comment by Vicki — April 26, 2018 @ 6:00 pm
That’s an apt analogy! They do look like something from a confectionery. (We use all of those for sweets.) They have a fairly short blooming season, but here as you go up in elevation they are blooming later into summer.
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Comment by montucky — April 26, 2018 @ 6:18 pm
Wonderful detail! It’s very hard to beat shooting stars. Better than roses, certainly!
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Comment by pat — April 26, 2018 @ 6:28 pm
Yes, they are beautiful flowers. I am fascinated by all of the wild flowers and agree they are prettier than roses, although they are so small most folks don’t get a really good look at them as they do with the much larger roses. I’ve read that they can be grown in flower gardens from seed, but transplanting the plants never works well. I’d thing you would need a small flower garden at about eye height to really see them well.
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Comment by montucky — April 26, 2018 @ 7:40 pm
I love shooting stars! While the wild ones are lovely, they rarely make an appearance in my woods so I planted seeds in my flower beds (perhaps Dodecatheon meadia). They are quite hardy here in Alberta.
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Comment by Margy — April 26, 2018 @ 8:57 pm
These seem to be quite hardy here: they are early spring flowers. I’m not familiar with the meadia species and it isn’t listed on the Burke Museum website (at the U of Washington and covers the pacific northwest and extends into this area). How do they do in your flower beds?
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Comment by montucky — April 26, 2018 @ 9:05 pm
They like partial shade, and prefer average to moist soil. They reseed easily if you leave the seed heads on for the rest of the summer. Mine have formed a very dense clump, which I should probably split up and transplant to other locations.
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Comment by Margy — April 28, 2018 @ 9:16 am
I saw my very first Shooting star the other day while we were hiking… I took a photo because I did not know what it was… they are so beautiful and unique… great photo of my new favourite wildflower.
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Comment by Maggie — April 27, 2018 @ 11:27 am
I’m glad that you were able to see one! they ae such pretty little things! I hope you will find more around!
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Comment by montucky — April 27, 2018 @ 7:21 pm
I would never tire of photographing it either! So very beautiful!
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Comment by Jo Woolf — April 28, 2018 @ 1:01 am
It provides a beautiful opening to spring!
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Comment by montucky — April 28, 2018 @ 8:23 am
Spot on! It’s gorgeous!
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Comment by dhphotosite — April 28, 2018 @ 7:19 am
I sure think so too!
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Comment by montucky — April 28, 2018 @ 8:24 am
How pretty! I don’t recall ever seeing one.
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Comment by Candace — April 28, 2018 @ 5:46 pm
Beautiful colour and detail … easy to see why they named it shooting star 🙂
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Comment by Julie@frogpondfarm — May 1, 2018 @ 1:02 am
Thanks Julie. Yes, it is aptly named.
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Comment by montucky — May 1, 2018 @ 6:15 pm