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Late Spring, Tulip Leaves, As A Flowering Plant, Eugene, Oregon

Starting To Discolor
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The tulip plants in the front yard, next to the driveway, had flowered and were now discoloring (dying back) to return nourishment from the leaves back into the bulb.


Late Spring external link   •  Tulip external link Leaves   •  As A Flowering external link Plant external link   •  Eugene external link Oregon external link   •  NIKON D300S Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 14:51:43 Thursday 26 May 2022)   •  (Date Published: Friday 27 May 2022)   •  © 2022 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C22_0624
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Pink Leaves
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The tulips at the front, next to the sidewalk, had faded into a delicate pink.


Late Spring external link   •  Tulip external link Leaves   •  As A Flowering external link Plant external link   •  Eugene external link Oregon external link   •  NIKON D300S Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 14:51:53 Thursday 26 May 2022)   •  (Date Published: Friday 27 May 2022)   •  © 2022 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C22_0625
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Flower Stalks
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The flower stalks were bare because the orange tulips had bloomed and then had fallen off. Notice that the leaves were just beginning to brown along the edges.


Late Spring external link   •  Tulip external link Leaves   •  As A Flowering external link Plant external link   •  Eugene external link Oregon external link   •  NIKON D300S Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 14:51:57 Thursday 26 May 2022)   •  (Date Published: Friday 27 May 2022)   •  © 2022 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C22_0626
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Fade In The Shade
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The red tulips that grew between the ground cover, a weed, and a pine bush, were half faded.


Late Spring external link   •  Tulip external link Leaves   •  As A Flowering external link Plant external link   •  Eugene external link Oregon external link   •  NIKON D300S Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 14:52:08 Thursday 26 May 2022)   •  (Date Published: Friday 27 May 2022)   •  © 2022 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C22_0627
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