Its been 3 months since the hurricane chaos and for the past month our yard and almost every yard in our neighborhood is covered in what I call Florida Snow. Early AM walks with Beau, is a breathtaking view.
Our snow is a tiny, star shaped flower, Ricardia brasiliensis,
Richardia brasiliensis is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the English common names tropical Mexican clover.
These white or light pink flowers attract butterflies and bees with their nectar. Topical Mexican clovers are used in treatment of diabetes. Propagation is from seeds or stem cuttings.
I was shocked to learn that this can be bought and is often used as a ground cover It's a low-growing plant that's drought-tolerant, blooms year-round, and attracts many pollinators. Butterflies and Bees love it. We got ours for FREE. It doesn't need to be cut, but when we cut the grass, it looks like grass and comes right back up as beautiful flowers. Its always been here but never like it is now.
Thank you Milton for the spreading of our Mexican Clover also known as Florida Snow.
Joining Rosy and Sunny for Nature Friday at Living the LLB Life
12 comments:
So some good came out of Milton? Thank you for telling us about it. ❤️
PS I love your new header!
That's really beautiful and possibly a tiny silver lining from that big ugly cloud.
Wow, we don't have this here. The closest thing we would have to snow is white clover. Been meaning to tell you how I love your Valentine header, it is gorgeous!
that has something sweet... and this snow fits to this valentines month
Hari OM
What a delightful wee plant - nature never fails to amaze. YAM xx
The south end of our property sloping down to the "branch" is riddled with Mexican Clover. I've been pulling it up trying to encourage the Centipede grass to grow. That seems like a losing battle though as now all I have are bare patches and the grass isn't doing well. Guess I'll start encouraging the Clover. The bees and butterflies do like it. Good idea.
Blessings. 💖
Hello,
The star shaped flower is pretty.
It is wonderful that Milton left behind something beautiful.
Take care, have a happy day!
Love those little whire flowers!
hugs
Donna
Your Florida snow looks exquisite, and if it attracts pollinators it should be encouraged by everyone. After all, you get far too much of the other kind of snow job from those paragons of truth and justice, Trump and DeSantis.
I'll take that over Pennsylvania snow any day.
It's kind of like Milton is saying sorry for all the mess, here have some flowers.
What a very pretty flower and free, too. Sometimes good comes out of bad.
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