Some of the wildflowers Andy planted last year have been coming up.
July 28, 2014
July 28, 2014
July 28, 2014
August 8, 2014
Most of them don’t last long, but this plant has been going strong for six or eight weeks now. It seems to have flowers in the morning.
June 20, 2014
June 20, 2014
But by the afternoon the flowers have either closed or disappeared.
June 20, 2014
One day a rain knocked all the petals to the ground, and they stayed there, clearly visible.
August 5, 2014
We thought maybe the plant was done for the season but two days later it went back to having flowers in the morning, none visible in the afternoon. We have no idea what’s going on. Just another of the mysteries of the universe.
Have you ever seen a plant like this? Have you encountered any mysteries in your life?
August 9, 2014
Back in my younger days one of my favorite things to do, especially in the spring, was to go out into the woods and photograph the various wildflowers. Yours are very pretty. I especially like the one that resembles a mini-sunflower. 🙂
That’s one of my favorites, too. I remember taking pictures of wildflowers when we first bought the land. It was long before digital cameras, so we didn’t know ahead of time how the pictures would turn out. But the joy was taking the time to really look at them.
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I love it when that happens, even if it’s just weeds growing through cracks in the sidewalk rather than flowers.
such brave little plants! your pictures of them are wonderful.
and to totally hide their flowers in the heat of the day. amazing.
when bob and i bought our home in tulsa… the previous owners had a moonflower vine. it was really more of a bush. it was huge.
we used to sit out on the patio after dark and just watch it. beautiful white flowers opening after being closed all day.
i understand it was also very poisonous!
That sounds like a neat plant, even if it was poisonous! I agree with you, plants that grow up there are brave. Our little shed gave me the same feeling when it was the only structure up there amongst all the dead trees.
There was a BEAUTIFUL yard planted in all kinds of wildflowers. I saw the yard maybe 3 yrs. later & there weren’t any wildflowers. The WILD picks it’s own place to be.
Sorry to rain on your parade. ——Wildflowers love rain. 😀
Yes, they do love the rain. Thanks for your contribution. 😉
You’re welcome. 😉
Your wildflowers are truly lovely. A blessing for your bees and insects.
Wildflowers appear so incredibly fragile, yet are wonderfully tenacious, popping up in unexpected places and surviving extremes of temperatures.
Without human intervention, they thrive and survive. Tough, admirable.
I have a very soft spot for many “weeds”. Nature’s medicine cabinet with amazing healing properties, for myriad ailments.
Yes, tenacious and brave. We bought some seeds last year and Andy just scattered them. They were on their own. I ordered two different batches this year and he did the same thing. We don’t expect much and are thrilled when some make it.
Hello! I threw out a bunch of wild flower seeds last fall and this spring and have had very few. It’s always fun to see them come up–But I don’t know the names of the ones that did, or yours, so I’m no help–But they are cheery and pretty little flowers, aren’t they?
Beate (our summer neighbor) thinks the blue ones are wild flax.
We’re like you, we buy mixtures and don’t know the names of the ones that make it. It doesn’t matter. It’s fun, and the ones that come up do bring us joy.
Kim and Jean…
I belong to a forum where you can post a photo of your plants and flowers and usually get information and names about them from the forum members. Its free to join and easy to use. I’ve used them a number of times when trying to identify plants and flowers. Here is the link…
http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/index.php
Thanks, Alan.
so pretty and good to see the progress of the flowers – even if one type of flower is not sure “did I do the flowers yesterday?” “no, that was the tryout” “oh, right, I do some more today and see if Jean notices, I don’t think she did the day before” “what she posted the 2 days on the Net, wow…”
Yes, it’s fun to watch them. 🙂