Some I've taken pics of recently. Multi-plant pics:















One of the Wisterias:
http://garden.org/thread/go/34...

Some kind of Halesia:
http://garden.org/thread/go/34...

Rumex:


Violet:


Valerinella, radiata I think:


What have you spotted?

I took some photos a few days ago. I will have to add them here just as soon as I get time.

Cool!

Very very nice Tiffany

Stachys floridana (FL hedgenettle)



Stachys floridana in front & Erigeron philadelphicus (Common Fleabane) behind



Erigeron philadelphicus (Common Fleabane) close up



Waves of Rumex acetosella (Red Sorrel)


Up close


Drummond Phlox, Red Sorrel, Gaillardia pulchella, Moss Verbena


Triodanis perfoliata (Clasping Venus's Looking Glass)


Nuttallanthus canadensis (Blue Toadflax)


Lepedium virginicum (Peppergrass)


Dandilion


Geranium carolinianum (Carolina Cranesbill)


Ptilimnium nuttallii (Laceflower)


I don't know what this very sweet plant is -- I will have to put it in the ID forum



The phlox is really starting to get going


Oxalis stricta (Yellow Wood Sorrel)


Cirsium horridulum (Bull Thistle)


Coreopsis lanceolata (Tickseed)


Lactuca graminifloia (Grassleaf lettuce)


Moss Verbena up close


Sisyrinchium atlanticum (Eastern Blue Eyed Grass)

Excellent spotting & pics! TY!

The Verbena is Verbena halei http://www.wildflower.org/gall...

frostweed said:The Verbena is Verbena halei http://www.wildflower.org/gall...

Good spotting Josephine! I had put it in the ID forum & Jay got it before the night was over.

purpleinopp said:Excellent spotting & pics! TY!

Thanks Tiffany!

The rudbeckia haven't begun blooming yet -- they always come later but they are looking VERY robust this year. Also the gaillardia haven't gotten onto full swing yet. I found some sweet william today - have to load the pics later.

Very cool! I'm hoping for a road trip for flower-spotting tomorrow, if it stops raining.

Last months' trip was disappointing.

2 days ago, I saw a few cool things. Thousands of water lilies:


Passion flower vines (maypops) P. incarnata:


Ditch roses:


Agave forming a bloom stalk:

Those are all very good finds Tiffany, you just never know what you will find

Wow, look at the seed pods on the maypop! I've never seen them with seed pops here. Love the ditch roses.

I've never gotten any fruit from my passion vines either, the gulf fritillary caterpillars usually eat everything above ground in late summer (which is why I planted some originally anyway.) It struggles to come back each year, a few sprigs. I had no idea the fruit could form so early in the year, it was cool to see that. They were growing along a piece of pavement that only exists so maintenance vehicles can get to a bridge, a spot that's mowed occasionally. There was a pretty large patch of it & I figured it would be OK to take a few cuttings, pieces that were going out of the grass and onto the pavement, where they would be likely to get run over &/or mowed soon. Hopefully it will get going more on our fence.

I imagine you could collect some seed pods when they ripen & if you should happen to help some of them to scatter further around the area then all the better.

Some wild things I spotted locally on Saturday:





This one's the fruit, not the flowers:


2 kinds of wild blueberry/huckleberry:





This was my fav of the day!

Very lovely plants Tiffany, spring is so beautiful

Lovely spring blooms!

It's driving DH nuts but I won't let him mow yet. The grass isn't really tall enough yet, just the wildflowers! The thought of mowing basically nothing but flowers is too much for me. I LOVE seeing the lawns in our older neighborhoods where there's never been sod laid. Some of the greenery is grass, but mostly other plants.

Tradescantia (spiderwort) mostly with a few Rumex (sorrel,) Nuttallanthus, Hypochaeris, and the henbit (Lamium) is almost over.





He still doesn't believe me that I used to pay $5 for the tiniest little pot of spiderwort when I was in OH. Sometimes I don't either, and old habits die hard. It's not easy for me to dig that out of beds but it has to be done. There's more than enough in the "lawn."