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theanine.bsky.social
#Oemleria, the local spring harbinger, is blooming late this year. These dioecious plants produce fruits with a refreshing cucumber/watermelon flavor & are an early pollinator nectar source.
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#osoberry #IndianPlum #pnw #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
A late winter blooming ♀ oemleria tree. ♂ Male oemleria flowers 🌼 ♀ female oemleria flowers 🌼 ♂ oemleria flowering in a PNW forest. 🌼
March 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
canavart.bsky.social
Early Signs of Spring

Osoberry (Oemleria Cerasiformis) buds

#morningwalk #winter #osoberry #oemleria #yyj #victoriabc #vancouverisland #britishcolumbia
A bright green Osoberry (Oemleria Cerasiformis) bud on a branch on a dull winter day.
January 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social
Osoberry or Oregon Plum or Bird Cherry. Scientific name: Oemleria
June 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
ianpaulsieren.bsky.social
Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiforma)
#Winter #flowers #bloomscrolling
March 16, 2026 at 12:21 AM
ianpaulsieren.bsky.social
Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiforma)
#Winter #flowers #bloomscrolling
Osoberry blossoms
March 8, 2026 at 6:06 AM
ianpaulsieren.bsky.social
Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiforma)

Usually the first native plant to bloom in the PNW
#Winter #pnw #flowers #bloomscrolling
A pendant of small white osoberry flowers
February 27, 2026 at 3:36 AM
laffingkat.bsky.social
I love seeing plants sprouting bright new growth and flowers blooming this time of year. I'm not sure, but I think this bush with buds opening into new leaves and blossoms is an Indian plum (Oemleria cerasiformis). #BlueSkyArtShow #Openings #ColorADay #GreenSat #Plants #Spring #Photography #ECK
A close-up of what is likely an Indian plum (Oemleria cerasiformis) branch in early spring. At the end of the branch are fresh, unfurling leaves and a cluster of pale green drooping flower buds. One small, five-petaled white flower has fully opened near the center. The background is a soft, out-of-focus mix of deep green foliage and dappled light, making the bright spring growth stand out.
April 4, 2026 at 11:50 AM
constancewilds.bsky.social
Indian Plum (Oemleria cerasiformis)
April 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
scottzona.bsky.social
Oemleria is another endemic, monotypic genus of #Rosaceae #Amygdaloideae from western North America. Oemleria cerasiformis is dioecious, & its flowers are said to be foul-smelling & fly pollinated. Not exactly "a rose by any other name...." #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪
Close-up photo of a leafy shoot bearing small, white, 5-petaled flowers. Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
May 8, 2024 at 4:06 PM
ianpaulsieren.bsky.social
Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis)
#flowers
March 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM
kitbaltoro.bsky.social
Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis) - one of my favorite natives.

It was a staple food of native American people of the pacific northwest.
June 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
carolannie.bsky.social
Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis) tentatively blooming, a first sign of spring in the native flora.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #SeattleParks #RavennaPark #SeattleSpring #NativePlants #NativePlantsInTheCity #PNWFlora #BloomScrolling
The white petals of a male osoberry flower poke out from a red and green bud cluster. The pale yellow anthers are barely visible. The background is full of out of focus, still bare gray twigs from the berry shrubs.
February 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
carolannie.bsky.social
Species: Oemleria cerasiformis. Probably male plant.
#NativePlantsOfThePNW #NativesInTheCity
February 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
thebirdsnest.bsky.social
🧵Spring is closer.
Beginning buds on my Osoberry.

Oemleria cerasiformis
Some buds on a deciduous plant starting to form there is a house in gold, red and brown in the background
January 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
direbecca.bsky.social
Finishing #MothWeek with this lovely Western Sheep Moth we met yesterday. She was ovipositing on Osoberry which is in the Rose family. Third pic is Osoberry blooming in March.💚

Osoberry info. here...
calscape.org/Oemleria-cer...

#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #Moths #NaturePhotos 📷🌱
Close-up of a dayflying orange, black and pink moth, resting on a green leaf. Same moth from the side showing orange with black striped abdomen. She had been laying eggs on this Osoberry plant. An Osoberry plant stem with newly emerged green leaves, and white dangling buds and blooms.
July 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
steveharrell.bsky.social
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 68
Oemleria is back, as promised a week ago. Now the first flower in our forests.
March 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
mstreefrog.bsky.social
Osoberry aka Indian Plum (Oemleria cerasiformis)
#Bloomscrolling #Spring 🌿📷
Osoberry at Ridgefield NWR. One of the harbingers of Spring, this native shrub has a distinctive odor, which some like, and some do not 👋🏻. When fully ripe and plum-colored the stony fruits can be eaten and are said to be mildly sweet.
March 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
paulbelow.bsky.social
#PNW Gardening
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Indian Plum started blooming.

Oemleria cerasiformis, a shrub commonly known as osoberry,squaw plum,Indian plum, or Indian Peach, is the sole extant species in the genus Oemleria.The deciduous and perennial shrub can grow up to 7 meters tall, with spread out branches.
March 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
ianpaulsieren.bsky.social
Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis)
The first PNW native shrub to bloom in the Spring
#flowers
March 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
carolannie.bsky.social
Osoberries (Oemleria cerasiformis) in varying stages of ripeness. They turn dark purple when fully ripe. They are edible but don't have much flesh on the pit.
#Photography #SeattleSpring #SeattleParks #SeattleOlmstedParks #NativePlantsOfThePNW #NativePlants #RavennaPark
A branch of an osoberry shrub is has several stems of osoberries hanging like cherries below the green oval leaves. Their color varies from greenish yellow to apricot yellow to peach pink. They look like miniature apricots at the end of the red stems, which seem even brighter red when the berries turn purple.
June 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
nimblenewt.bsky.social
One of my favorite trees, a craggy old pacific crabapple, made huggable by moss. Sometimes delicate slime molds appear in the moss, on threadlike stems like lacewing eggs. It hunkers under conifers and bigleaf maples, and has an Oemleria huddled beneath it.
#malusfusca #moss #bryophyte #salishsea
A gnarled, densely twisty crabapple's branches are entirely covered by thick mats of temperate rainforest mosses. It makes a verdant contrast with the grey sky.
December 17, 2024 at 3:45 AM
steveharrell.bsky.social
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 161:
Osoberry or Indian Plum (Oemleria cerasiformis) is starting to show a bright palette of ripening stages. The darkest ones taste like cucumbers.
June 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
ianpaulsieren.bsky.social
Osoberry, ripening (Oemleria cerasiformis)
#Spring #fruit
May 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
steveharrell.bsky.social
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 61: Osoberry or Indian Plum, Oemleria cerasiformis, is the first understory shrub to leaf out in spring. It's also the first shrub to flower, so it will appear again in this series before long.
March 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM