glendann
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject: Come smell the wildwood flowers |
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I took Oreo on his walk today and I found these Wild Flowers beside the
the lane.
I think this is a type of Wild Daisy.
They are all over the field across from my house.
This one I have no clue of what its name is.It is so pretty.It grows in huge clumps and usually gets about 5 1/2 ft.to 6 ft.tall.This has fell and is still blooming.
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toni
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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The first flower looks like Hymenoxys odorata aka Bitterweed, it is a member of the Sunflower family and a Texas Wildflower.
The second picture looks like Vernonia baldwinii aka Western Ironweed, it also is a member of the Sunflower family, also a Texas Wildflower.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:05 am Post subject: |
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They're still in bloom huh? A nice field of color! It's a shame winter is just around the corner.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:49 am Post subject: |
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I love the colours especially your second piccie Glenda. They must have smelt wonderful with so many of them in bloom together.
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glendann
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:15 am Post subject: |
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Nope its not Bitterweed toni.I was raised around bitterweeds and if the cows got into them the milk was bitter.
This has a little stem and is tall.I think this might be a Golden Eye not real sure.
Eileen the bottom is Ageratum ( Mist Flower)It can be invasive.I sure love it anyway.
Yes redrose our wildflowers are here for a while yet
usually after Nov.or Dec.before a heavy frost sometimes earlier but not very often.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:21 am Post subject: |
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Lovely wildflowers! I want to put my nose into them and sniff...
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Is the first one Helenium autumnale aka Sneezeweed? I love the second one also! So much so I dug some from the roadside and planted it in my flowerbed last year. This year it is gorgeous in the flowerbed along the side of my house!!
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Shanna and my self are going to dig some this year.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:20 am Post subject: |
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That last one looks like wild Aster.
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