The Musical Gardener

You have chanced across the blog of a middle-aged Ontarian who discusses (with very little actual knowledge or authority) such topics as gardening, music, supply teaching, genealogy, and cooking. Said chap is husband to lovely, talented, supportive lady (The Missus), father to two lovely,and talented teenage daughters, master/slave to three demanding and very non-talented cats. To quote the song Mr. Cellophane from the musical, Chicago "I hope I didn't take up too much of your time!"

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Mid Summer Wild Flowers

It's about time for another show of wild flowers that grace the country side this time of year.

I'm afraid some of these rival the tame specimens that I baby and cater to in my garden. No pests ever seem to dampen these cheerful spirits.

Milkweed - Monarch Butterfly Feedstock

Common Pink Mallow

Unknown - help me out if you know. They are 12 -18" and look like delphinium.

This is a new one, at first I thought it was Joe Pye Weed /Boneset, but it is not.

Daisy

Rudbekia Vulgaris - Brown Eyed Susan

St John's Wort

These produce a raspberry type fruit.

Wild Carrot/Queen Anne's Lace

Bulrushes

Chicory

Goldenrod

And that is about all I have to say for today.

Musings and meanderings from the Musical Gardener.

6 comments:

Everything ChangesJuly 31, 2011 at 11:14 AM
Beautiful. The blue ones look like the lupins we have down here, or a bit ike salvia.
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Starting Over, Accepting Changes - MaybeJuly 31, 2011 at 3:15 PM
Ah, wildflowers. Queen Anne's Lace is my favorite.
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Susan Flett SwiderskiAugust 1, 2011 at 7:32 AM
Your pictures are lovely. My state planted wildflowers in some of the medians and sides of our major highways. Adds a real lift to the drive. Like Starting Over, I, too, love Queen Anne's Lace. When our children were growing up, we'd put them into water with food coloring to turn them all sorts of beautiful colors.
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KnatoleeAugust 6, 2011 at 9:40 PM
The oone you initially thought was Joe Pye weed is Swamp milkweed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias_incarnata

Our back pasture is full of that and Joe Pye weed, and my honeybees are very busy back there! :)

I'm having a brain fart over the blue stuff you can't identify. I'll have to ask my wildflower expert friend Ronna!
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RonnaAugust 6, 2011 at 10:08 PM
Yup, those blue ones are Vipers Bugloss. One of my faves!
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KnatoleeAugust 7, 2011 at 9:01 AM
I knew if I put Ronna on the job, she'd find the answer for you!
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