The anticipation was torture for an amateur botanist from southern climes. It took three weeks for the tight buds to finally crack and unfurl into star-shaped flowers. Three weeks, after months of the bare twigs and snow-smothered ground cover of winter. But, one by one, the red-flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) that is planted around the landscaped areas at the Environmental Learning Center began to claim its seasonal distinction as the first blooming plant of spring. Read more about whats in bloom on Diablo Lake on our blog at chattermarks.ncascades.org/naturalist-notes/ribes-has-arrived
Posted on: Sat, 03 May 2014 16:00:02 +0000
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