Category: blossoms

Seeing the pretty blooms of weeds in the field reminds me of something I need to do this Winter when the weather cools off. I need to study what plants grow in the fields and learn to identify most of them. But, care needs to be taken that the beauty of the blooms does not over rule any needed responses to undesirable or noxious weeds. The following pictures show blooms of weeds/wildflowers in the field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, I need to study the manual for my camera so I can take better close up pictures.

This last week the flowers of the lily that probably has more names than any other flower popped out of the ground, grew stems about two feet tall, and produced some beautiful flowers. This all happened in a period of about four days. What is your name for the lily in the following pictures?

How about surprise lily, magic lily, nekkid lady, ressurection lily, etc. It is interesting to note that this lily produced leaves early in the Spring that then died away before the flowers decided to pop out of the ground.

Previous owners of the property planted various flowers and trees at various sites that have outlived their ownership. A previous post showed some of the early blooms – here are a few that bloomed later.  Do you know their names?

 

Two years ago I planted a sage bush which produces pretty purple blooms – picture below.

How about a picture of Socrates’ poison plant (hemlock)?

The white flowers at the top of the five to ten foot tall stalk look like fine frilly lace.  This year there seem to be a lot more clusters of these five to ten foot tall plants located along creek banks than in the previous two Springs.

 

I am lucky that a former owner of the property made a couple of flower beds and enclosed them with small timbers. One bed has early Easter flowers as shown in the first picture. Of the many flowers that grow along the fence outside of the beds, the surprise lilies are storing up energy that will produce blooms in July and August.

 

Another feature of the former owners gift is the location of the flower beds – the flowers and flower bed are situated along a fence with oak trees in the fence row. When the leaves drop in the Fall, the wind blows them around so that most of them eventually collect along the fence – see the second picture. As they settle and rot they become free fertilize for the flowers that grow there. When digging in that area the layers of decomposing leaves show natures history for the past couple of years.

Also, there is a crab apple tree left by a former owner – see the third and fourth pictures. I missed the peak of the red blossoms by a couple of days but the tree is still impressive. Although you cannot see it in the pictures, the grass is full of red blooms from the tree.