Coral honeysuckle flowering
Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) in Springfield Park on March 12th.
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I like the dynamism that your perspective creates. It gives a sense of the flower bursting into color: reaching out to grab our attention.
shoreacres
March 20, 2023 at 6:38 AM
I noticed that dynamism, too, with the flower cluster seeming to reach forward out of the frame. It didn’t hurt to have bright red against a dark background.
Steve Schwartzman
March 20, 2023 at 8:00 AM
It’s jumping off the page!
circadianreflections
March 20, 2023 at 7:46 AM
I hope you caught it.
Steve Schwartzman
March 20, 2023 at 8:00 AM
🤣 I did!
circadianreflections
March 20, 2023 at 8:05 AM
Good, then I don’t have to chase it down.
Steve Schwartzman
March 20, 2023 at 8:10 AM
🤣
circadianreflections
March 20, 2023 at 9:14 AM
The flowering honeysuckle is an excellent way to introduce the beginning of spring. While we are still covered in snow, many migratory birds have returned and happily sing and praise the arrival of a new season.
Peter Klopp
March 20, 2023 at 8:07 AM
Hooray for the return of your migratory birds. May the wildflowers soon follow.
Steve Schwartzman
March 20, 2023 at 8:10 AM
This is another species that I did not encounter in Oklahoma, although I did bring back Lonicera albiflora. Lonicera sempervirens ‘Major Wheeler’ is occasionally available from nurseries, but it is not the same as finding the straight species in the wild.
tonytomeo
March 22, 2023 at 2:46 PM
With all the miles I’ve driven recently hunting for spring wildflowers I’ve been a major wheeler too.
Steve Schwartzman
March 22, 2023 at 3:18 PM
‘Major Wheeler’ somehow reminds me of that creepy movie, ‘the Hitcher’, with that 1977 Seville. I can not explain why.
tonytomeo
March 22, 2023 at 9:12 PM
A wonderfully vibrant photograph Steve! It feels full of life – very appropriate for spring.
Ann Mackay
March 26, 2023 at 4:29 AM
“Vibrant” strikes me as the right word for the rich red and green here.
Steve Schwartzman
March 26, 2023 at 8:05 AM