Frostweed   (Verbesina virginica) I germinated Frostweed seeds for our garden in early 2019.   Although the plants were still young, we had our first "bloom" of frost flowers on the first of December, 2020.

During the first hard freezes of winter, water squeezes out of the plant's stem, forming ice ribbons and other interesting forms.

It's easy to see why these formations are called Ice Flowers

A pretty formation

This one made me think of the angel's wings one makes by lying in the snow...

Sometimes the ice extrudes along the length of the plant stalk.

While at other spots, it forms more of a single flower cluster

Eagle Mountain in the background...

A pair of "flowers"...

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