{"id":9948,"date":"2024-04-14T10:39:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T17:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=9948"},"modified":"2024-04-14T10:39:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T17:39:30","slug":"grape-hyacinths-this-spring-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/14\/grape-hyacinths-this-spring-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Grape Hyacinths This Spring, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year we have a profusion of wonderful little Grape Hyacinth plants! Here is a group of three plants from our garden.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2992-0035-Three-Grape-Hyacinths.jpg\" alt=\"2992-0035-Three-Grape-Hyacinths\" class=\"wp-image-9944\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Three Grape Hyacinths.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bees were attracted to the purple flowers. I was fortunate to capture this bee feeding on one of the hyacinth flowers soon after starting to make photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2992-0002-Grape-Hyacinths-With-Bee-No-1.jpg\" alt=\"2992-0002-Grape-Hyacinths-With-Bee-No-1\" class=\"wp-image-9941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2992-0002-Grape-Hyacinths-With-Bee-No-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2992-0002-Grape-Hyacinths-With-Bee-No-1-768x537.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grape Hyacinths, With Bee, No 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Some other bugs were also active in the hyacinth patch.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2992-0012-Grape-Hyacinth-With-Bug.jpg\" alt=\"2992-0012-Grape-Hyacinth-With-Bug\" class=\"wp-image-9942\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grape Hyacinth, With Bug.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I made the following image where the hyacinth flower head was framed by its leaf.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2992-0015-Grape-Hyacinth-Framed-By-Leaf.jpg\" alt=\"2992-0015-Grape-Hyacinth-Framed-By-Leaf\" class=\"wp-image-9943\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grape Hyacinth, Framed By Leaf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This is some detail of the flower head of another hyacinth flower.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2992-0059-Grape-Hyacinth-Flower-Detail.jpg\" alt=\"2992-0059-Grape-Hyacinth-Flower-Detail\" class=\"wp-image-9946\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grape Hyacinth, Flower Detail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In the following image, I captured the hyacinth flower, peeking from behind a hyacinth leaf.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2992-0058-Grape-Hyacinth-Behind-Leaf.jpg\" alt=\"2992-0058-Grape-Hyacinth-Behind-Leaf\" class=\"wp-image-9945\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grape Hyacinth, Behind Leaf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The bees were really active that afternoon. Here is another image of a bee feeding on a grape hyacinth flower head.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2992-0076-Grape-Hyacinths-With-Bee-No-2.jpg\" alt=\"2992-0076-Grape-Hyacinths-With-Bee-No-2\" class=\"wp-image-9947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2992-0076-Grape-Hyacinths-With-Bee-No-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2992-0076-Grape-Hyacinths-With-Bee-No-2-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grape Hyacinths, With Bee, No 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Happy Spring!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year we have a profusion of wonderful little Grape Hyacinth plants! Here is a group of three plants from our garden. Bees were attracted to the purple flowers. I was fortunate to capture this bee feeding on one of the hyacinth flowers soon after starting to make photographs. 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