seen on morning run along route 1 in whiting, maine. i feel like i should know what kid of flowers they are. anyone know? ( and someone gets the literary reference i the title, right?)
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milkweed starts, starting.
after years of thinking about growing monarch butterflies enjoy it!
narcissus poeticus revisitus.
it’s been almost exactly 8 years since i took a photo of the descendants of grandma ida’s poet daffodils so i thought it was high time for another.
trillium mysterium.
a couple of years ago a trillium grandiflorum showed up in our backyard, perfectly planted amongst some ferns – which is awesome – except neither of us planted it. it looks like maybe ants play a role in trillium seed dispersal?
264/365. a side effect of having taken latin in college.
i look at the red, ornate blooms on the roses i bought kris for our 17+7 year wedding anniversary ( I KNOW! YOU NEVER SUSPECTED I COULD BE SUCH A TRADITIONALIST! ) and i hear a professorial voice in my head say, ”floridus!” which in latin means, “blooming, flowery” and the root of the english word florid which is an adjective with a primary meaning of “having a red appearance” and a secondary meaning of “elaborate or excessively intricate”.
215/365. Heliopsis helianthoides.
from the mystery-flower-around-our-yard dept. i think it’s a heliopsis helianthoides. certainly not the sunflower of jack in the beanstalkian proportions but pretty in it’s own way.
206/365. how do you remove hundreds of ditch lilies?
i have about a 120 feet of ditch lilies that a previous homeowner planted along our driveway. sure they’re purty ( sort of ) but i’d love to remove them and plant trellised grapes in their place. my understanding is they keep coming baaaaaaaaack.
anyone have any suggestions for non chemical-intensive ways to get rid of them?