Carolannie<p>I think silk tassel bush (Garrya elliptica) is hard to photograph because at least this year the catkins are so plentiful they look more like grayish strings tossed on the shrubs. However, a close up of the male plant's catkins shows a profusion of anthers entangled with each other on a long chain of gray to pink flowers.<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@garry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>garry</span></a></span> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SeattleWashington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeattleWashington</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SeattleSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeattleSpring</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NativesInTheCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativesInTheCity</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PNWNativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNWNativePlants</span></a></p>