Blooming Friday

our yellow autumn-blooming crocus (Sternbergia lutea)

We don’t have flowers anymore because winter had settled in earlier. We are experiencing below zero temperature in the mornings which would sometimes last the whole day. Like today. And it’s not even officially winter yet! So for my Blooming Friday posts, most of them will be our flowers last summer and autumn. I guess that would be the case until spring comes.

For this Friday, I have chosen our autumn blooming crocus (Sternbergia lutea). I found a tuft of it growing in a corner behind our house on our first fall here. I thought it was just some grass but when I saw the bright yellow flowers, I was really charmed. Their golden color provides a striking contrast against the vivid green of their leaves. An interesting combination --- a fiery ball of beauty set on a lush cool foliage.

I find it poetic that when deciduous plants start to become bare, this richly-colored crocus sprouts from the soil. As the vegetation turns yellow to red-orange then brown, the ground gets lit by these gay colored flowers, giving a new breath of life to the surroundings. Like a re-birth of warmth and festivity, even for a short time. A sort of last hurray before winter comes and the ground goes to sleep.

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