Ice storms can be brutal to plants. I live in Maine, and there is still a patch of birch trees that have been permanently morphed by just the sheer amount of ice Maine got in a ice storm years ago.
In Florida, they turn on the sprinklers over the strawberry fields so the ice can coat the plants and insulate them from even colder temperatures. (At least they used to do this.)
We don't get ice storms like that in Australia, but frost can be really bad. It hit early one year, and vineyard's weren't prepared, so they got the choppers out to help try and reduce the damage.
Yeah, we had it a few months ago where the temperature was supposed to be in the low 30s overnight. I went to bed at 11 and it was 34. It ended up being 9 degrees overnight.
They do but I still think the sunny day we had the day after one was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. All the trees looked like they were made out of glass when the sunlight hit them. Of course this was a lighter ice event so the branches didn't fall off.
Last year my half of the state experienced an ice storm followed by a snow storm that knocked out power lines down for fucking miles. The electric company said that they basically had to run entirely new lines. The power was out of a week plus in some areas. That being said they work fast but the damage was incredible
It is so bizarre, seeing it in real life. Like its a glitch or something, you're just not used to seeing every single plant and bush and tree around you with the properties of glass.
Shit, this reminded me of this snowstorm we had like 10 years ago. I remember me and my friend going out and EVERYTHING was encased in ice just like that, it was crazy. We had so much fun breaking off ice covered sticks and plants and playing with them. Only time I've seen this irl
Many fruit and flower growers will turn their irrigation on all night if there is a risk of frost. The flowers or strawberries or whatever is produced gets like this photo. They will survive the frost because there is a tiny insulated layer of air within the ice. If the farmer didn’t do this their product would be mush by morning
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I thought this was an impressionism painting at first glance.
Mums the word
The photographer focusing the lens would have provided a better photo. :/
I thought it was a bad graphics rendering…
came here to say exactly this
I didn't because I can read above a second grade level.
Ice storms can be brutal to plants. I live in Maine, and there is still a patch of birch trees that have been permanently morphed by just the sheer amount of ice Maine got in a ice storm years ago.
In Florida, they turn on the sprinklers over the strawberry fields so the ice can coat the plants and insulate them from even colder temperatures. (At least they used to do this.)
We don't get ice storms like that in Australia, but frost can be really bad. It hit early one year, and vineyard's weren't prepared, so they got the choppers out to help try and reduce the damage.
Things that are made of mostly water don't react well to being frozen solid.
Flowers?? At this time of year??? Anyway, amazing appearance! Like an oil painting! I wouldn't wish to sniff these in case I rip the skin off my nose!
Wonka?!?
Pure Imagination starts playing
That was my immediate reaction. 👍🏽
It makes you want to suck on them.
hate it when that happens. have to bring all my pots in whenever there's a decent chance of snow or everything gets killed
Yes these flowers are all dead now unfortunately. They just don’t know it yet
Don't I know it. Was out of town when a ice storm hit my city and all my plants were basically mush when I finally got back.
Yeah, we had it a few months ago where the temperature was supposed to be in the low 30s overnight. I went to bed at 11 and it was 34. It ended up being 9 degrees overnight.
Ice candy.
Mother Nature shitting on 🐝s
Poppy-cicles!!
People who don’t experience regular ice storms: “These flowers are so pretty! Like popsicles!”
They do but I still think the sunny day we had the day after one was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. All the trees looked like they were made out of glass when the sunlight hit them. Of course this was a lighter ice event so the branches didn't fall off.
Last year my half of the state experienced an ice storm followed by a snow storm that knocked out power lines down for fucking miles. The electric company said that they basically had to run entirely new lines. The power was out of a week plus in some areas. That being said they work fast but the damage was incredible
Even if I did experience I’ve stored I’m still gonna think this is pretty.
Poppyscicles.
I think they're Chrysanthemums, but let's stick with Poppysicles.
whatplantisthis
Ha. You beat me to it. I like yours better.
Bellis perennis
Icey trees of green Red roses too I see them bloom For me and you And I think to myself What a wonderful world
Icey what you did there
Forbidden lollipops
beautiful. reminds me of the wizard of oz
I wanna lick them
Try the Chinese snack
Flower popsicles
Ok but can I eat it?
forbiddensnacks
Thinking lollypops myself.
This is the prettiest thing I have seen
The photo's a bit too low resolution to appreciate it for me
yeah if it was a good quality i could enjoy it alot more. i want to be able to zoom in and see good detail! because its super cool!
Like something out of Willy Wonka!
Nick's Tanghulu getting out of hand!
They look like jewels.
Trichomes
Just what I wanted! Flowers after a nice storm.
Is it me or it kinda looks like lollipops
Seen something similar last time i consumed large amounts of mushrooms. Nice to know the truth is out there....
Sadly it's really hard to see due to the low quality of over-compressing the image.
Why do they look delicious
There's going to be so much confusion about these, when the bees return to their hive to report!
Flower tanghulu. Sounds like something that is good
Incredible
That happened to the wood violets in my grandma's flowerbeds one year when I was little
Bonus points. Buhlluhluhluhbling!!
I wish I could see them. People think, oh, I have a camera, but they don't really. A used mirrorless camera with interchangeable lenses is cheap now.
They look like nature's popsicles.
Man those look tasty!
Just beautiful 😍
Kinda reminds me of those crack pipes with flowers in them.
But why do I want to eat them so badly suddenly?
forbiddensnacks
they look a lot like trichomes.
Two more weeks
They look delicious
I thought those are candies
Two more weeks.
It is so bizarre, seeing it in real life. Like its a glitch or something, you're just not used to seeing every single plant and bush and tree around you with the properties of glass.
amanitamuscaria
Hmmm... Magic mushrooms 🍄🍄🌈🌈♥️
Is there fake flowers that look like this I can buy? Those look pretty cool
I can hear these flowers.
Oh pansies- they’re really cold hardy. I had some froze solid, came back fine.
Looks like something Monet would paint
Shit, this reminded me of this snowstorm we had like 10 years ago. I remember me and my friend going out and EVERYTHING was encased in ice just like that, it was crazy. We had so much fun breaking off ice covered sticks and plants and playing with them. Only time I've seen this irl
This looks like piece from Chilhuly.
Woah non-fiction fiction.
So I worked at a flower shop back in the day. I do Irrigation and Landscaping so I was responsible for maintaining the irrigation system.
Frozen in time
wowowow you mean, those cherry lolipops are harvested???
Forbidden lollipops.
Looks like that time I had to go to the burn ward.
Id like to bite them
I’m sure they didn’t think the storm was very nice.
Those look yummy.
natureisbeautiful
Cool
Hard candy.
The perfect gift for a princess made of gum
Forbidden lollipops
Nature used blizzard! It's super effective!
Poppy playtime!
I really want to eat one.
Oh wow, so pretty 😍
These are pictures I got Dall-E to producd
Ices after a flower storm
I'd lick them
Would be awesome if this was a better resolution photo
They look delicious
Looks like tanghulu yum.
I want to bite them so bad.
Looks like your harvest of candy apples is ready!
Beautiful
They look delicious
pretty on the outside, dead on the inside
pretty?
They look like delicious candied apples
Forbidden lolipops
Orbs
I thought it was candied food-
That’s pretty cool!
Fick Mrs. Ironic
Forbidden tanghulu
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
These belong in an alien movie.
Lollipops!!
Why do I want to eat them
Try
This is the coolest thing ive seen on reddit today
I've got you
I want to nom
I've got a flower you can nom
Beautiful
Than you would be able and would be able for you everyday
I am an avid carnivorous plant grower so I am subbed to a lot of subreddits about carnivorous plants.
They look like candy!
They look like toffee apples!
Those poor darling plants dying virgins now without having any babies. What a fate. Having your genitals frozen and killed.
Looks like colorful THC trichomes.
Lollipops.
I wish my garden grew lollipops .
Lollipops
Trichomes?
I thought it was that "bleeding" fungus at first
Looks like tangulu
All the sudden, I want caramelizas apple
forbiddensnacks
Those look like candy. I want to eat all of them.
Is this covid related?
for a second i though those were tricombes, was like these flowers are ready.
They look like lollipops!
Willy Wonka Cherry Blossom Pops!!
3D textures in 2006
Many fruit and flower growers will turn their irrigation on all night if there is a risk of frost. The flowers or strawberries or whatever is produced gets like this photo. They will survive the frost because there is a tiny insulated layer of air within the ice. If the farmer didn’t do this their product would be mush by morning
...lick it
Reminds me of Pokemon 3: Spell of the Unown.
Forbidden lollipops
This becomes a nice flowery glass dildo
Looks like 糖葫芦
Lollipops 😋
hmmm
How can flowers still bloom when its cold? I thought plants dont bloom during cold or winter seasons?
If they the edible kind ya gonna have some salad popsicles
natureisice
Looks like lollipops.