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#WordlessWednesday: Spring’s Arrowleaf Balsamroot’s Progression

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For Wordless Wednesday, let your images tell the story.

Arrowleaf Balsamroot Sunflower begins!
An Arrowleaf Balsamroot Sunflower begins!
Arrowleaf Balsamroot wild sunflower
Blooms emerge
arrowleaf balsamroot sunflower
Wild Sunflower bushes everywhere!

“Spring rises, ready to love, and inspire others with a gentle nudge.” ~ Angie Weiland-Crosby

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34 responses to “#WordlessWednesday: Spring’s Arrowleaf Balsamroot’s Progression”

  1. Linda Schaub Avatar
    Linda Schaub

    The flowers are so pretty Terri, both the finished “product” and the opening stages as well.

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      It’s fun to watch these bloom, especially after a warm sunny day. Can’t wait to see the forest floor covered with them 🌻🌻

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      1. Linda Schaub Avatar
        Linda Schaub

        We have the Spring Beauties on the forest floor, but they are low and kind of nondescript, nothing like your flowers.

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  2. sustainabilitea Avatar
    sustainabilitea

    Beautifully documented, Terri. I love yellow flowers. They look so cheerful.

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Janet! They are popping up in clusters everywhere.

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  3. Maria Avatar
    Maria

    Happy Spring!

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Happy spring, Maria!

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  4. Eugi Avatar
    Eugi

    The sunflowers are absolutely beautiful, Terri. They look so cheerful and bright! 🌻

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      They are popping up everywhere, Eugi, it’s amazing to see these perennials cover the forest floor and hillsides.

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      1. Eugi Avatar
        Eugi

        I can imagine it is lovely sight, Terri!

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  5. Hugh W. Roberts Avatar
    Hugh W. Roberts

    Your sunflowers seem way ahead of ours, Terri. I’m guessing this is an early flowering-variety?

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Yes, these are the wild arrowleaf sunflowers that bloom in April until the end of May. Then the domestic sunflowers start making an appearance. I can’t complain, Hugh. 🌻

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      1. Hugh W. Roberts Avatar
        Hugh W. Roberts

        Lucky you, Terri. I never see sunflowers until at least July. Enjoy every moment of them.

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      2. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
        Terri Webster Schrandt

        I feel blessed, Hugh, to live in an area where sunflowers bloom 7 months a year!

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  6. Dawn M. Miller Avatar
    Dawn M. Miller

    Excellent!

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      I love these wild sunflowers 🌻

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      1. Dawn M. Miller Avatar
        Dawn M. Miller

        Yes!

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  7. Bernie Avatar
    Bernie

    Ah, our flowers are now hidden under a blanket of snow, so thanks for sharing yours!

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Really? Stay warm!

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      1. Bernie Avatar
        Bernie

        The wind is so awful. Even the dog doesn’t want to go out.

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  8. robbiesinspiration Avatar
    robbiesinspiration

    I love sunflowers, Terri.

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      I think they are my favorite summer flower and they bloom for so long, Robbie!

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      1. robbiesinspiration Avatar
        robbiesinspiration

        Yes, even cut ones bloom for a long time

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  9. Graham Avatar
    Graham

    So colorful and cheerful!

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      When I first saw these in May 2020 while visiting our property, I was so thrilled that wild sunflowers grew here. Less work for me to plant my own, although I really enjoyed cultivating domestic sunflower seedlings.

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  10. D. Wallace Peach Avatar
    D. Wallace Peach

    Lovely photos of the emerging and blooming flower. I saw my first dandelion. Lol Happy Spring.

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Diana! Happy spring! Oh we have dandelions and I read they are good for the yard and environment. Now to convince hubby not to pull them LOL!

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      1. D. Wallace Peach Avatar
        D. Wallace Peach

        Oh, that’s good to know! We let them be (except when the lawn mower comes around).

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  11. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
    Colleen Chesebro

    I love your photos of the emergence of spring, Terri. Have a wonderful week, my friend.

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Colleen, our cold but sunny days are making these flowers grow so quickly!

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      1. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
        Colleen Chesebro

        We’ve been unnaturally warm. We just had a wicked thunderstorm! So, now the cold front will move through and cool us back down.

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  12. willowdot21 Avatar
    willowdot21

    Terri that’s such a beautiful post !

    Glorious yellow sunflowers

    Gracing fields as far as the eye can see

    Enhanced by warm sun and gentle showers

    Make all your sorrows flee. 

    💜💜 🌻🌻🌻🌻

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Willow. These wild sunflowers literally fill the forest floor and hillside in April and May. Your poem is perfect 🌻

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      1. willowdot21 Avatar
        willowdot21

        They really look amazing 💜🌻🌻

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