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Imagine my surprise on finding that the pretty little flowers that I had been calling “Bluebells” were in fact the insidious Creeping Bellflower. It has joined my other favourite creeper, Creeping Charlie. One whiff of that stuff transports me back to one of my earliest memories. In the present, I have tried my best to identify all still I should be considered fallible. But for flowers? It’s all about getting noticed.
“… Outside the youth center, between the liquor store
and the police station,
a little dogwood tree is losing its mind;
overflowing with blossomfoam,
like a sudsy mug of beer;
like a bride ripping off her clothes,…” excerpt from A Color of the Sky by Tony Hoagland
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apple blossom
basil
calla
creeping bellflower
creeping bellflower
creeping bellflower
creeping charlie
creeping charlie
purple coneflower
crabapple blossoms
dandelion
dandelion
dandelion
ditch daisies
dill
egyptian/walking onion
egyptian/walking onion
flowers of the field
field pennycress
flowering sumac
grasses and forbs
goldenrod
goldenrod
highbush cranberry
highbush cranberry
hollyhock
hollyhock
horseweed
iris
iris
lilac, composite
lilac, composite
lily
lily
lily
lily
lily
marsh
marsh marigold
marsh marigold
marsh marigold
marsh marigold
nipplewort
nora barlow
oxeye daisies
gladiola
day lily
pincherry blossoms
peony, composite
peony
pinemat
queen anne’s lace
red osier dogwood
rose
sage flower
stinging nettle
shepherd’s purse
squash blossom
milk thistle
canadian thistle
canadian thistle
sunflowers
sunflower
sunflower
sunflowers
sunflowers
sunflower
sunflower
tansy
tansy
tansy
tansy
touch me not
touch me not
ornamental onion
tulip
white aster
water lilies
water lily
aquatic plants reaching the surface
wild rhubarb
common yarrow
yarrow
yellow goatsbeard
14 Responses
Very nice work, lots if hours to catch the moment, lots of identifying the proper names of flowers or for me as the busy world can loose touch with the earth
Thank you Doug
Field pennycress – aka stinkweed. We picked a lot of this as children and we HATED it.
sticks and stones …. ha
Some of my favourite flowers here. And it’s amazing how you can make even dandelions look attractive.
the loveliest flower for mother’s day
Rob as always you have such an attentive eye
Love the close ups that al have a distinct Robert Maplethorp ( did I get that right? ) feel
Your poetic intro is also so on brand
Love it and love the fact that you share your work in this way
Thank you!
Hope all is well
thank you, Amanda …
Always amazed at how you catch it all in various environments and with all the finesse you take your beautiful pics.
P.S. Having creeping charlie as a lawn is the best: next to no mowing, the bees absolutely love them, and it is medicinal to boot!
Lots of harvesting possible of many of the wild plants in your photos!
Thank you … guessing creeping charlie medications ease arthritic pain?
Beautiful images Rob. You even managed to make creeping hellflower…er I mean, bellflower look amazing!
thank you Lauraine … i will use the new term often, but affectionately
So many, so nice, thank you! I will send to my bros and sisters so they can see the sunflowers especially – Dad was a sunflower breeder, agronomist. Tx so much.
Thank you Neal