Yellow flowers
Strawberry blossom is VERY frost sensitive! VERY !! One single frosty night will turn your beautiful white blossom with the yellow center into a white flower with dark, black center. That is proof that your strawberry blossom is frozen and death = NO strawberries for one season.
I grew up in Switzerland and in central Europe it is common to have around mid May a few days of frosty nights. Hence during these annual weeks a daily weather forecast is needed. If frost is announced, then all strawberry plants need to be covered with straw before night and uncovered again next morning.
One single night with a few frosty below freezing hours is enough to destroy the complete harvest for an entire season. The very same btw applies also for wine yard. We happened to have both, wine and strawberries. both blossom about the same time in Europe, around mid May. Strawberry plants are covered, Wine get a "skirt" made of straw as protection for the night.
Once the strawberry bloom is over and all flowers have been successfully pollinated it takes another few weeks until the fruits become ready for harvest. These few weeks all plants need care and protection, else the harvest is either eaten by snails, birds or fouling in wet rainy soil.
In album Fruits of the Philippine islands
The poppy bloomed, but it was so heavy it broke the stem ... I had to prop it up to take photos :(
pollen-flowers posted a photo
bouqu ets in vases waitng for their starring moment! - 07360004.jpg
all pictures courtesy of lisa Devlin photography www.devlinphotos.co.uk
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