Indian paintbrush already out on Mt. Diablo (everything I know is wrong)!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238325)
Walnut Creek, California
February 29, 2016 9:27am CST
Do you ever miss the days when you thought you knew everything? The older I get, the more I realize that some of the things I held as truths are wrong. Heck, maybe everything I know is wrong!
Over the past couple of years, I've been confidently telling people that Indian Warrior, a lovely wildflower, comes up in the early Spring, while Indian Paintbrush waits for the warmer, more dry months.
Wrong again. Right now both Indian Warrior and Indian Paintbrush are blooming on Mt. Diablo. The Indian Warrior DID come up a couple of weeks before the Indian Paintbrush, but the Indian Paintbrush is out now too.
Maybe it's because we had such a wet early Winter--I'm not sure. I'll attach a picture of Indian Paintbrush that I took last year. You can find a picture of Indian Warrior a few posts back, if you're interested.
Can you think of examples of things you knew to be true, only to find out later you were dead wrong (or at least partially wrong)?
Sigh.
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16 responses
@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
29 Feb 16
Both those wild flowers are beautiful, may be the milder winter made them bloom earlier. There are plenty of things that I discovered were not as I thought, as an example I thought that cilantro needed a hot weather, it is exactly the opposite. I have to plant it in a shaded area, as soon as the soil is too warm it develop flowers.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
29 Feb 16
mother nature has the last word! lol
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
29 Feb 16
i'm purty sure the weather might'a had somethin' to do with it, although i aint familiar with either plant :( aint got none'f those'n these parts sadly.
's fer yer query?? i'm wrong more'n i'm correct these days 'n that makes me a bit cranky :D
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
29 Feb 16
@TheHorse that'll sure do it, hon. heck, i've got a maple tree out here that's bloomed 3 times already this year. jest to've a cold snap come 'long with high winds to blow 'em off. daffodils came up 'fore the grape hyacinths! that was surely a first.
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@TheHorse (238325)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Feb 16
@crazyhorseladycx Glad I'm not the only one who is a bit confused and seeing things happen out of order.
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@TheHorse (238325)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Feb 16
Seems like a lot of my sacred cows are being slaughtered. I don't even know what to call myself politically any more! I suspect the early Winter rain, followed by three weeks of little or no rain, had something to do with the Paintbrush coming up early.
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@Marilynda1225 (91130)
• United States
29 Feb 16
I didn't know anything about either Indian Paintbrush or Indian Warrior and never would have known you were talking about flowers if I didn't read your post. Certainly is interesting and they look really pretty in your picture.
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@teamfreak16 (43613)
• Denver, Colorado
29 Feb 16
I, too have never heard of either of these. Are they California specific. They look cool.
Otherwise, I probably have a bunch of answers to your question, but I'm drawing a blank.
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@celticeagle (189915)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Feb 16
The entire scheme of weather is confused this year. Plants and flowers don't know what is going on. Confused. I wouldn't think you were really wrong but that the weather is weird. Don't give up! You know more than you think you do.
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@celticeagle (189915)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Feb 16
@TheHorse ....I would carry around a disclaimer for info given about 2015-16 weather.
@RasmaSandra (98033)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Feb 16
@TheHorse sigh... yes, I do remember one year we were expecting more snow in March and in fact we have even had snow in early April if Easter comes then. Anyway one year right on schedule the snow came late March but spring had already arrived so you can imagine my surprise to walk outside in my garden, snow all around and one red tulip sticking up from the snow.
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@RasmaSandra (98033)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Feb 16
@TheHorse amazingly enough it didn't wilt like tulips tend to do rather quickly. I guess the snow kept it fresh and after all the snow melted this tulip was around to greet other tulips. 
@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
29 Feb 16
Yes, but let's not talk about the men I have known in my life. 
@TheHorse (238325)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Mar 16
Were you in Southern California at the time? I liked Southern California because people seemed happier than up here, but they were also a bit more "slick." Some men are narcissists and sociopaths. I thought I was a good judge of character. Most of my friends are very cool, and very honest. But for awhile I allowed my self to fall victim to the "passion" of borderlines. Like sociopaths (and narcissists), they lack empathy.
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@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
1 Mar 16
@TheHorse I seem to be a terrible judge of character. Most were liars. One is even in prison for massive fraud. 
@allknowing (153529)
• India
1 Mar 16
How dare you call them Indian when I have not seen them here being an 
avid gardener.
As far as righting the wrong that is an ongoing process as far as I am concerned.
avid gardener.
As far as righting the wrong that is an ongoing process as far as I am concerned. 
@JudyEv (382240)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Mar 16
This is a pretty plant. And yes, I am continually being corrected about something. You just can't trust anything these days!
