I don't think I've ever seen a yellow violet, so that's exciting thanks both :)
Favorite 'weed'...
If my yellow violets have survived, Phil, I'll get you some seed this summer.
Aren't you so lovely, thanks that will be wonderful
It looks enchanting in the link photo :)
Baa, I have succeeded in collecting seeds from my blue-eyed grass, I think! I realize now that I have seen these for years, just never really registered in my mind. I will try planting them in pots so I know if they are indeed viable. I really love this little plant, and it bloomed its heart out for me this year.
Thanks again for the information.
Baa
May 06, 2003
Great news Aimee!
Best of luck, they seem to pop up in no time here.
Ironweed and violets. The big and the small purple. LOL
Is there a theme here?
Abigail
foothill lupine (Lupinus succulentus) I actually had a native plant come up on its own in the yard, here in town, even!
My favorite wildflower is the yellow mariposa lily, but I don't think anyone considers these weeds.
--Not the greatest picture in the world, but here goes.
Love those lupines! They grow wild here in Alaska, as well. That little yellow lily is a beauty, too, nestled in among the Johnny Jump-ups.
One of my favorites is the bane of farmers in central Missouri. Jimson Weed! A datura that reseeds wildly and can take over an area quickly. The seeds are viable for nearly 20 years in the soil. They are a powerful hallucinacenic and I have heard the native Americans use to use them in rituals. The plants get huge and the blooms have a fabulous fragrance in the evening. My Hubby and I have come to an agreement that I can have a small number of them but if I get too many he starts removing them. I first got interested in them when I read in Rodale's Organic Gardening magazine about 35 years ago that the strong odor of the plant itself confused insects in the garden and so were good to have a few of in with the veggies. I can't say that has proven to be true for us, but I have learned to love that fragrance of the blooms. They are also a pretty plant.
Next would be Butter & Eggs, Common and Giant Mulliens, Joe Pye, Ironweed, wild violets-we have both purple and white one-Gill Over the Ground, Henbit,-the last two are fabulous ground covers and insect repellers-and the native Spiderwort.
I'm sure there are others if I could just think of them right now. I would love to have starts, seeds, etc. of the yellow violets if anyone has extras and thinks they would survive in central Missouri.
My favorite weed could be Datura stramonium. It grows like crazy here, showing up in any place where the soil was revolved recently. In matter of weeks it forms a small shrub with gigantic white flowers. This is a plant that catchs anyone´s attention. It would be welcome in my garden anytime - if it doesn´t abuse it, of course :^P
My favorite "weed" is ground ivy - glechoma hederacea. The reason is purely nostalgic. When I was a child in the late 40's and early 50's we used to visit my great grand parents on their farm in Nebraska. They must have had ground ivy in the fields, because when I touch the plant now, or run over it with the mower - the aroma takes me back to Nebraska in an instant. I actually have a bed of ground ivy that I take care of like I do my finest perennials.
Oh, Honeygirl. If you EVER need some more Glechoma you just let me know. I can't seem to get rid of the nasty stuff, and it runs rampant over my beds if I don't stay on top of it year-round :(
Boy, what a topic for a winter nostalgia thread. 'Plants of our Childhood Memories'. Grandma's garden, walks in the spring woods... that can bring back memories. Smell can sure trigger that.
Aromas do bring back instant memories. Tall phlox isn't a weed, but it is one of my favorite flowers. When I was a little girl, the lady next door to us had phlox growing by her fence, right beside my swing set. That smell takes me back to Lake Erie. I have lots of phlox in my garden too. Aren't we funny as we grow older ? Can't rmember why we came into a room, but can remember 50 years ago like it was today !
Boy, that's the truth! I can't remember the plot to a movie I saw last week, but I remember the theme song to Mighty Mouse! I can remember picking my mom's snap dragons and pinching the sides of the blooms to make them talk.