March: Pusekätzchen

[bookscorpion]

I went out for a little walk this morning and found the first willow catkins - Pusekätzchen! They are an important flower for bees at this time of year, not just for honey bees but for solitary bees, bumblebees and solitary wasps.





dogwood



and a dwarf quince

Comments

[lilysea]

Today I learned that solitary wasps exist!

[kaishin108]

Those are all so pretty. Spring, yippee! :)

[autobotscoutriella]

Ooh, those are so pretty!

[full_metal_ox]

I love how the name Pusekätzchen is perfectly intelligible to English-speakers; our prevalent term for the downy gray buds of Salix caprea is “pussy willow”.

[liriaen]

Pusekätzchen, how cute is that? :) I only know them as Weidenkätzchen.

[unicourtney]

Thank you for this!

[unicourtney]

How lovely! Thank you for sharing. :)

[yourlibrarian]

They look like little koosh balls!