#hardhack

[rabbitinthemeadow]

The way the heart wanders in the belly of August // Part 33

August 5th, 2022

[ancientstarrydynamo]

Pink and Fuzzy Hardhack 

[flowerishness]

Spiraea douglasii (Hardhack, Douglas’ spiraea) and Apis mellifera (European honeybee)

Hardhack is another plant that the Scottish botanist David Douglas discovered as he explored the Pacific Northwest in the 1820′s. It often forms dense thickets which are hard to hack a trail through, thus it’s common name. 

It was fashionable to have “American gardens” in Europe at the time and it was an instant hit. Apparently, it enjoyed the European climate because it is now found growing in the wild in France, Ireland, Slovenia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany and Poland, and is considered particularly invasive in Denmark and Latvia. Ironically, here is hardhack growing in it’s home and native land, and it’s being pollinated by a European Honeybee.

[vandaliatraveler]

Blinded by the green (redux): Blackwater Canyon, Panel 1.

[angiec333]

Rose spirea flower spike (Spiraea douglasii), also known as hardhack and steeplebush

Image available at Picfair

[rabbitinthemeadow]

Oh, that I could scatter my heart as thinly as wild seeds upon the heath // Part 26

[rabbitinthemeadow]

Oh, that I could scatter my heart as thinly as wild seeds upon the heath // Part 24

[mtariqniaz]

SPIRAEA ULMARIA -Hardhack    SPIRAEA ULMARIA Hardhack Burning and pressure in œsophagus, feels contracted but not made worse by swallowing. Morbidly conscientious.