#daisy fleabane

[indigrassy]

Rainy summer fleas

[faguscarolinensis]

Erigeron philadelphicus / Philadelphia Fleabane at the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens in Savannah, GA

[mythsoil]

A mix of plants you can see in Korea. At least one is invasive.

[vandaliatraveler]

I snuck in a late spring hike in Cheat River Canyon yesterday, before the dreaded heat dome builds in early next week. Between Brazil's Pantanal going up in flames and the massive heat spikes in North America and elsewhere, I wonder what will be left of this planet's beautiful wild places in twenty to thirty years. For now, I celebrate and cherish every day the glorious diversity of living things that nature has gifted us. This includes the magnificent poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata), a shade tolerant member of the dogbane family, which feeds and hosts a great many of those living things, such as the extraordinary Himmelman's plume moth (Geina tenuidactylus). Or the comical-looking rock harlequin (Corydalis sempervirens), which clings to the rocky outcrops of the canyon. And the exquisite downy skullcap (Scutellaria incana), a gregarious summer mint that associates with wild bergamot and tall thimbleweed at forest edges. And how about the peculiar dangling flowers of Indian cucumber (Medeola virginiana) or the pale, ghostly stems and bracts of the parasitic Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora), just now emerging from the forest floor? In a couple of weeks, the rhododendron bloom will start in the canyon and summer will be in full swing.

[petitelavande]

[antimony-ore]

Wild Garden Update

Lots of this unidentified grassy thing

Wild Quinoa/Lamb's Quarter found and relocated

A growing collection of Virginia Stickseed

A growing amount of Buckwheat and some more ready to be relocated

No idea

More Dwarf Mallow

Miscellaneous Fleabanes and things

Shepards Purse and 2 things I'm pretty sure are more

Pennycress (which I lost my seed to last year) rediscovered and ready to be moved

Red Deadnettle looking dead(nettle)

Holy hell White Catnip

The Milfoil/White Yarrow grown from seed last year ready to go in the ground (and start blooming soon)

And the Yellow Rocket (I'm growing fond of) continuously blooming

Bonus:

The Wild Ginger sent out it's funky little bloom

The Wild Geranium that survived is getting huge

At least 5 Rose Milkweed came back

And the Granny's Bonnet is in full swing

[ssenncex]

[redvinylkitty]

A tiny erigeron daisy greets the morning. ❤️🌼❤️

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