#nodding onion

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Concert crowd

[rabbitcruiser]

Williams Lake, BC (No. 3)

The cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) is a member of the family Bombycillidae or waxwing family of passerine birds. It is a medium-sized bird that is mainly brown, gray, and yellow. Some of the wing feathers have red tips which resemble sealing wax, giving these birds their common name. It is a native of North and Central America, breeding in open wooded areas in southern Canada and wintering in the southern half of the United States, Central America, and the far northwest of South America. Its diet includes cedar cones, fruit, holly berries, and insects.The cedar waxwing is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List.

Their preferred habitat consists of trees at the edge of wooded areas or forests, especially those that provide access to berry sources as well as water. They are frequently seen in fruiting trees. Waxwings are attracted to the sound of running water and like to bathe in and drink from shallow creeks. In urban or suburban environments, waxwings often favour parkland with well-spaced trees; golf courses, cemeteries, or other landscaping with well-spaced trees; bushes that provide berries; and a nearby water source such as a fountain or birdbath. Also, look for them near farms, orchards, and gardens, particularly those with fruiting trees or shrubs.

Outside the breeding season, cedar waxwings often feed in large flocks numbering hundreds of birds. This species is nomadic and irruptive, with erratic winter movements, though most of the population migrates farther south into the United States and beyond, sometimes reaching as far as northern South America. They will move in huge numbers if berry supplies are low. Rare vagrants have reached western Europe, and there are two recorded occurrences of cedar waxwing sightings in Great Britain. Individual Bohemian waxwings will occasionally join large winter flocks of cedar waxwings.

Source: Wikipedia

[orofeaiel]

Nodding Onion

[pnwnativeplants]

July Blooms

Erigeron glaucus // Seaside Fleabane

Stachys colleyae // Cooley's hedge nettle (doesn't sting!)

Eriophyllum lanatum // Oregon sunshine

Aruncus dioicus // Goat's beard

Allium cernuum // Nodding onion

Spirea douglasii // Douglas spirea

Mahonia nervosa // Creeping oregon grape

Symphyotrichum subspicatum // Douglas aster (Bee diversity superstar!)

Anaphalis margaritacea // Pearly everlasting

[starsinmypocketpussy]

late summer garden flora and fauna

The nodding onion was pitched as a native pollinator plant and it appears to exclusively attracts plague insects (flies, locusts). I love it

A wild Genghis appears!

Oscar can only hear the saddest songs in the world

[catfindr]

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Nodding onion (Allium cernuum) has edible leaves and flowers (which are delicious) and bulbs (which I haven’t tried yet because I only have one plant).

More info on Plants for a Future.

Special note: keep in mind that Allium plants smell like onions or garlic. There are a number of lookalikes, some poisonous or even deadly, like the death camas, which has a very onion-like bulb and similar-looking flowers and leaves. If it doesn’t have an onion/garlic smell, it’s not an onion or garlic plant.

[wilhelmina-may-marlene]

Nodding Onion, allium cernuum

Flowers usually bloom July-August. Edible, with a strong onion flavor.