#coreopsis lanceolata

[raccaryusui]

お花好きな住宅の道路傍にある

小さな鉢植えで咲いていた、

黄色が美しい

「オオキンケイギク(大金鶏菊)」の花。

キク科

別名：ホソバオオキンケイギク(細葉大金鶏菊)

　　　ケナシオオキンケイギク(毛無大金鶏菊)

　　　アラゲオオキンケイギク(荒げ大金鶏菊)

学名：Coreopsis lanceolata

撮影：iPhone14 Pro Max

[perialolli]

Blanket flower (gaillardia) and lanceleaf coreopsis (coreopsis lanceolata)

[wsjyuyuyuau]

What is Ban from SDS (Seven Deadly Sins, I don't know how to spell the Japanese title and don't feel like looking it up at the moment) like in your AU?

Name: Ban

Series: Nanatsu No Taizai/7 Deadly Sins

Gender: Male

Status: Alive

Family: The Sins (His found family)

Flower Motif: Tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata)

Flower Meaning: Charity

Weapon of Choice: Nunchaku

Associated With: Interdimensional Hero Club (Ally)

Hero Form Appearance: A combination of a billionaire’s costume and YuYuYu’s Hero Form outfits. The under suit is a jet black, which helps the yellow of the tickseed flower stand out much more. The main outfit is a solid yellow, with hints of orange and red about. The accent colors are black, white, crimson, gray, and gold, silver, and bronze- making it something truly rich. The boots, fingerless gloves, belt, and the shoulder pads all have the subtle patterns of the tickseed flower, while the only other accessory that Ban wears is a tickseed flower hairpin. The tickseed’s petal shape can be seen in the tailcoat, top, and pants.

Full Bloom Gauge Location: Left Fist

Guardian: Mammon (Based on the demon of the same name)

Favorite Food: Anything With Gold Leaf

Parallel To: None

Bio: Ban is the Fox's Sin of Greed of the Seven Deadly Sins. He was formerly known as "Bandit Ban" during his earlier years and later as "Undead Ban," epithets explained by his infamy as a thief and because of his immortality. In the past he journeyed to the Fairy King's Forest to find the Fountain of Youth, encountering its guardian Elaine and falling in love with her in the process. As the Forest was being attacked by a Red Demon, Elaine forcefully gave the Fountain of Youth to Ban on her deathbed, allowing him to survive the battle. He was charged with the destruction of the Forest and murder of its guardian but couldn't be executed no matter what was tried. This led to him being conscripted into the Sins by Meliodas.

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

My Garden Flowers Part 4

All photos mine. The Pennsylvania pellitory is edited for because the plant app I took the photo in washed it out. The scarlet bee balm is edited for colour because that old phone's camera sucked.

In order of appearance:

091. Pennsylvania Pellitory (Parietaria pensylvanica) A common garden weed, but as it's native it can stay in some places.

092. Perennial Flax (Linum perenne) In spite of the name she sadly didn't come back or reseed. Shame because she looked really nice in that area. Oh well. I'll have to try in another spot.

093. Showy Tick-Trefoil (Desmodium canadense) She tricked me! I thought she hadn't made it as she hadn't come up by late June so I got another one and put her in a different area...only for this one to come up. And if you're thinking, oh, she's just a late bloomer, I should have waited, well, she came up in May this year. Because of course she did.

094. Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginiana) She smells like something you'd want to season steak or something with and would probably do very well at that but I've never cooked a steak before. Maybe I'll try her in pesto some day.

095. Devil's Tongue (Opuntia humifusa) She flowered for the first time last year and is flowering again this year!

096. Fragile Prickly Pear (Opuntia fragilis) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet. She's still quite little. I might break off a piece of her to try growing in that really tough spot. If she can survive summer to winter in a pot, surely that area shouldn't be too harsh for her.

097. Thrift Seapink (Armeria maritima) She's tough enough to survive winter in a pot and did so for three years, but last winter was apparently too much for her. Again, I think it was just too dry. She was pretty much only happy there in the spring and fall, though, so maybe it's just as well. The new one I planted elsewhere seems happy in all seasons.

098-099. Lance-Leaved Tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) Usually only the cultivars have those red markings! I'm assuming there's been some cross-pollination with other gardens because I did not plant that. My tickseeds are all straight amber. Unless she independently produced the colour on her own as a sport. Interestingly enough, none of them are showing that colouration this year.

100. White Sagewort (Artemisia ludoviciana) I wasn't actually supposed to have this one. I'd ordered the less aggressive A. frigida, but oh well. Maybe she'll attract American lady butterflies some year. Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet. She smells like something you'd use to season stuffing.

101. Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) After several attempts in different areas, trying my hardest to follow what the information online said she would need, but somehow failing, this one at last seems to be doing fine.

102. Dotted St. John's Wort (Hypericum punctata) I didn't plant that. Either a gift of the wildlife or a dormant seed came to life when I removed the grass.

103. Roundhead Bushclover (Lespedeza capitata) Another one I've had several attempts with, but she seems to like it there.

104. Curlycup Gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa) Flowered nicely that year and I thought she didn't reseed because she didn't come up last year but there is a plant this year! It's good to remember that seeds can lie dormant for some time. :)

105. Upright Prairie Coneflower "Mexican Hat" (Ratibida columnifera) This is a cultivar and has since passed away during the winter.

106. Rocky Mountains Bee Plant (Cleomella serrulata) She reseeded for several years but apparently not this one. Hopefully they're just skipping a year and will come up next spring. If not I'll have to attempt a different area. Anyway, pretty much the whole plant is edible with preparation, and lots of insects love the flowers.

107. Spotted Horsemint (Monarda punctata) Beloved of many insects. Sometimes I just like to sit next to her and watch the activity.

108. Wild Black Sweet Tomato (Solanum ptychanthum) She began as a weed on this property, but not anymore. She is a welcome part of my native garden with her wonderful fruits in the summer.

109. Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) The wild type this time, but no evidence of reseeding this year. :(

110. Alpine Rock Cress (Arabis alpina) She flowers in April before most trees have even blossomed.

111. Field Chickweed (Cerastium arvense) By the time I got to plant her in the fall some years ago, I was sure she'd die over the winter. She didn't but struggled through the warm months. But she managed to bounce back the following spring and makes a nice little carpet now.

112. Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet.

113. Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa) Finally decided to flower this year! She is the only orange species of milkweed native this far north.

114. Upright Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) The wild type. Didn't like that spot in the winter either, so I'm trying a different area this year.

115. Fringed Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum ciliolatum) Not the most colourful or compact, but makes a nice spray of pale blue violet over her dark green foliage.

116. Bluestem Goldenrod (Solidago caesia) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet, but she's likely to this year.

117. Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) She's been on the property long before I got here. Not pictured as I haven't gotten any pictures yet since she is very tall.

118. Field Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta) Compact and low-growing foliage create a mat, with these delicate stems poking out with what looks like kitten toes that pass for the plant's flower.

119. Aster (Symphyotrichum) I don't know what she is yet, but she decided to take up residence with my pussytoes and I guess that's okay. Haven't gotten pictures of the flowers yet.

120. Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet.

[apexpoet]

science

[porchprairie]

My dry-site prairie basket is coming right along. These are all narrow-rooted species that love full sun and fast drainage

From top clockwise:

Lanceleaf coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)

Palid coneflower (Echinacea pallida)

Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

Tall green milkweed (Asclepias hirtella)

Center, my new favorite, Illinois bundle flower (Desmanthus illinoiensis)

[vandaliatraveler]

Tibbs Run Preserve, Panel 3 of 3. Pollinators and predators, masters and mimics, these are the true caretakers of a summer garden, small miracles barely perceived at the scale of the obvious.

[lupinus-bicolor]

Flowers from my walk to/from work