dooley
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:17 am Post subject: Yellow flowers |
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You know I like yellow flowers. The other day I took the camera when I went to the lower yard with Chance. No pictures of her this time. She isn't yellow.
These are yellow sun chokes, not sunflowers. I don't plant them, they just come up where ever they feel like coming up. I never cut them off.
This one I caught from below looking up into the gray, cloudy sky.
I like them all. dooley
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Biita
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Ohhh i like them! They look like they grow in a bunch not a single flower to a stem like the traditional sunflower. I need more coffee i think,, i meant like in a bush, not bunch.
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dooley
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They have one stalk that comes out of the ground and then it gets bushy but tall. Each one has many branches and flowers. These are about 5 or 6 foot tall. They grow wild all over this area. Up and down the sides of the roads and ditches have them. dooley
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:35 am Post subject: |
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Now that's the kind of wildflower I'd love to see many more of around here!  They're very pretty.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:18 am Post subject: |
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Beautiful yellow flowers and for FREE!! I certainly wouldn't cut them down either as they really are very pretty.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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Those are always so pretty, glad you let them grow
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glendann
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Those are beautiful dooley.They look like our wild brown eyed susans.Thanks for the sunshine .
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petunia
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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those are my kind of wild flowers. ones you don't have to plan on, they just come up any where and so pretty.
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Netty
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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Very pretty Dooley! I just love the yellow blooms this time of year. They are really eye-catching 
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Sherry8
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How tall can they get? that is pretty neat with them coming up all by themselves...I wouldn't cut them either...
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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So cheery especially against the grey sky, Dooley. I'd love to have them in the house as well.
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songlim18
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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I like the 3rd photo. I would love to have them in my balcony as it would definitely brighten up my day!
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dooley
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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They get about six feet tall and bushy so I don't think they would fit on your balcony. There are a lot of them come up but some years when it's dry, not so many. The seeds lay dormant and come up when we have more rain. dooley
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cajunbelle
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:01 am Post subject: |
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Very pretty dooley, I let my wild flowers grow too.
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