Showing posts with label Wildflowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wildflowers. Show all posts

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Wildflowers on the farm

I was inspired after seeing the beautiful photos of prairie flowers at the link on the previous post, so I walked around the farm and took some of my own. As you would expect with wildflowers, there's also some weeds. In case any of you take the "Know your Wildflowers" quiz, I won't be identifying some of them.




The black bumblebees really love this variety of thistle, but we consider the plant a nuisance.


These little white flowers do pop up all over the place. I did plant the yellow ones (Rudbeckia), but won't give away their common name in case someone wants to take the quiz in the previous post.


The Rudbeckia will spread like wildfire and choke out other wildflowers, but not the wild clover. These two do make the perfect contrast though.


Here's some wild Yarrow. It too spreads like wildfire.


This is a garden variety of Yarrow that we planted a few years ago. It's great as a fresh cut flower or as a dried flower.

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Know your wildflowers - Springfield, IL - The State Journal-Register

Know your wildflowers - Springfield, IL - The State Journal-Register

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This is a photo that I recently took of wildflowers in a street planter box in St. Louis. In case you decide to take the "Know Your Wildflowers" quiz (in the top link), I won't mention the name of these flowers. They sure are pretty though!

Click the shared link if you'd like to see some beautiful photos of prairie wildflowers native to this area. If you dare to take the quiz and submit your answers by noon Wednesday, you will be entered into a drawing fr a copy of "Illinois Wildflowers" by Don Kurz or "Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers" by Frank Oberie and Doug Ladd.

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