A Couple Drops Of Rain Yesterday Morning

June 3, 2026

The couple raindrops yesterday morning were a surprise, and enough to add some texture to my photo of a bright yellow bloom of Narrow Leaf Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa). A couple were blooming just a few days ago and today they are opening up all over. Their blooms open in the morning and slowly fade by evening. This is a plant that grows to 1.5 to 3 feet tall. Pollinators that are attracted to these daytime blooms are native bees, butterflies, skippers, and hummingbirds.

A similar flower, Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) blooms beginning in the evening and continues their bloom through the night into the morning. Growing from 1 foot to a towering 6 feet, attracting sphinx moths, hawkmoths, and bats.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.