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Beauty in the Fire Scars and Clear Cuts: Fireweed! (Original Post) Bo Zarts Aug 2024 OP
Fireweed is aptly named, my dear Bo! And thank you for the grand photo. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2024 #1
It's the purple-ish blooms that dominate .. Bo Zarts Aug 2024 #2
We were fortunate to be in Yellowstone over Memorial day in the spring of 1989 after the fires of '88... Enter stage left Aug 2024 #3
Now go hunting for burn morels ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2024 #4
Beautiful! HeartsCanHope Aug 2024 #5
Excellent image Bo. Perfect composition. Gorgeous colors. "Mother Nature's Revenge." George McGovern Aug 2024 #6

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,299 posts)
1. Fireweed is aptly named, my dear Bo! And thank you for the grand photo.
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 11:05 PM
Aug 2024

Not sure, though, which plant it is. The pink or the yellow? Or maybe both?

Funny how destruction can enable new life to grow.

Bo Zarts

(25,641 posts)
2. It's the purple-ish blooms that dominate ..
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 11:17 PM
Aug 2024

Ironically, Sherwin-Williams Fireweed Red is nothing like this color .. the paint color being a more subtle red. We have used that paint color in various decorating schemes for years!

Enter stage left

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3. We were fortunate to be in Yellowstone over Memorial day in the spring of 1989 after the fires of '88...
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 11:31 PM
Aug 2024

There were hundreds of millions of wild flowers in the burned areas. Over Labor day in Sept of '89, the fireweed was spectacular.

Mother nature can make you forget the tragedy that occured when you see what she has done to repair it.



Flowers, like rainbows are her way of saying "sorry".

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