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[Northern Light]

This flower was a very polular choice by the city along the stretch of Don Road to Booth Avenue, especially along the median on Lakeshore Blvd East.

It is already blooming...

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The flowers in bloom are Daffodils.

Very pretty, early spring flower, perennial, non-native, but not very invasive.

One thing about daffodils to keep in mind they are quite toxic if ingested, both to humans and dogs.

The bulb is the most toxic in concentration, (they're fine to touch, briefly); but ingestion at any quantity could give you everything from nausea/vomiting, to the runs.........to abdominal cramps and in rare, but documented cases cardiac arrhythmia.

Excessive touching, w/o gloves could give you 'daffodil itch' from the sap. Its not poison ivy, but its not so much fun either.

I don't object to these, though the focus was supposed to be on natives here, so I hope most of the rest is native. Stuff in flower in nature right now, includes Blood Root, Marsh Marigold, Yellow Downy Violet, and the odd Trillium has bloomed.

Of those, Bloodroot would be among the more appropriate here.

 

[GameOnBrad]

They are blooming fiercely now on the Lakeshore Blvd East median, between the Don Road and Booth Avenue. Taken this morning...

Booth Avenue's north west corner is nearly done at this point as well...

And the bike lane, facing west from Booth Avenue...

 

[DSCToronto]

They are blooming fiercely now on the Lakeshore Blvd East median, between the Don Road and Booth Avenue. Taken this morning...

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Booth Avenue's north west corner is nearly done at this point as well...

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And the bike lane, facing west from Booth Avenue...

They seem very slow with the sidewalk and cycle path on the north side of Lake Shore from Booth to Carlaw.

 

[rdaner]

Thanks! Although the attention is on the western parks, I am wondering if this area is actually going to develop sooner!

 

[just east of the creek]

The flowers in bloom are Daffodils.

Very pretty, early spring flower, perennial, non-native, but not very invasive.

One thing about daffodils to keep in mind they are quite toxic if ingested, both to humans and dogs.

The bulb is the most toxic in concentration, (they're fine to touch, briefly); but ingestion at any quantity could give you everything from nausea/vomiting, to the runs.........to abdominal cramps and in rare, but documented cases cardiac arrhythmia.

Excessive touching, w/o gloves could give you 'daffodil itch' from the sap. Its not poison ivy, but its not so much fun either.

I don't object to these, though the focus was supposed to be on natives here, so I hope most of the rest is native. Stuff in flower in nature right now, includes Blood Root, Marsh Marigold, Yellow Downy Violet, and the odd Trillium has bloomed.

Of those, Bloodroot would be among the more appropriate here.

And squirrels stay away from the bulbs due to their toxic characteristics.Mix them in with your other bulbs to help keep the pesky grey squirrels at bay.

Daffys are an introduced species, as are so many of our garden bulbs, but being amongst the earliest bloomers, and traditionally a cheeky yellow, who can not but appreciate their early appearance in a drab landscape.