Bloom Clock/Keys/Prague/April/All

The plants pictured below have been recorded as blooming during the month of April in Prague, Czech Republic.


Bellis perennis

Small beauty

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Profile for Bellis perennis (Common Daisy, English Daisy)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:herbaceous
Flowers:head, white to pinkish
Foliage:spoon-shaped, close to ground
Scent:nice
Fruit:achene

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Forsythia x intermedia

blooming plant

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Profile for Forsythia x intermedia (Garden Forsythia)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:suckering shrub
Flowers:4-petaled, yellow
Foliage:Simple, opposite, serrate margins, emerging about 1/2-way through full bloom
Stem:hollow pith
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Muscari

Flowers

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Profile for Muscari (Grape Hyacinth)
Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants:M. armeniacum


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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Prunus mahaleb

St Lucie Cherry stand

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Profile for Prunus mahaleb (St Lucie Cherry, Mahaleb Cherry)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:dediduous tree or shurb
Flowers:raceme of 3-10 white flowers
Foliage:ovate, alternate
Stem:trunk or multiple wooden stems
Growing Conditions:cultivated in orchards/near ways, used as a roodstock
Fruit:drupe
Similar Plants:other from the genus Prunus
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  • --Juan 16:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  • --Juan 18:04, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


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Syringa vulgaris

A purple-flowered variety

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Profile for Syringa vulgaris (Common Lilac)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring


Taraxacum officinale

Head

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Profile for Taraxacum officinale (Common Dandelion)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:rosette-forming herbaceous plant with a long taproot
Flowers:Head, flowers are all ray-like
Foliage:Basal only, pinnately lobed
Stem:flower stems are hollow with a milky sap
Scent:mild, "sunny"
Growing Conditions:sunny and partly-shaded, well drained soils, drought intolerant
Fruit:achene with a silky pappus
Similar Plants:Hypochoeris radicata, Sonchus
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter


Vinca minor

flowers and young foliage

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Profile for Vinca minor (Periwinkle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:prostrate vine, rooting at the nodes
Flowers:trumpet-shaped
Foliage:simple, opposite, evergreen
Life Cycle: perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall


Viola x wittrockiana

A Purple-flowered variety

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Profile for Viola x wittrockiana (Pansy)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Short-lived, low-growing perennial, with mostly cool season blooms
Higher taxa:Viola


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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Mid Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter



last updated --Juan 11:01, 5 May 2008 (UTC) with 8 plants