Friday, November 13, 2009

Still a mystery. Looks like its name should have "cress" in it.


I think this is the same plant that I noticed last spring. Right here.
[4/19/10: Hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)]

??? It's kind of viney.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Jerusalem artichoke?


Most people, including me, wouldn't call these weeds. But they come up every year in the park next door and I've never been sure what they are. Deer don't eat them so I'd like to borrow a few plants for my yard in the hope they'll spread.

???


Spotted in my friend Shannon's front yard.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Thursday, September 17, 2009

???? Boneset maybe?

And this is ...?? (9/18: Possibly white wood aster.)


Eurybia divaricata.
This is what I'm calling it until someone corrects me.

Now that this weed has finally bloomed I should be able to identify it. (Clammy Ground Cherry, 9/23.)


Physalis heterophylla. (Yes, Michelle, it is a nightshade.)

Friday, September 4, 2009

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Money tree or money plant (Lunaria annua). They get nice translucent silver discs in the fall).




Also called honesty plant. I saw these purple wildflowers on the side of a road in April, not on someone's property but on city property. They looked like some kind of tall roadside weed, so I didn't think it was so wrong to pick just two flowers. I stuck them in dirt and they are now quite happy. Ugly but happy. I'll plant them in my wildflower garden, near the back. I read that they are one of those dreaded and dreadful biennials. Bloom twice and then die. I've come to dislike the whole idea of biennials. Seems unnatural. Plants should bloom always or once. Not some wishy washy middle ground. The top photo is from www.zum.de/stueber/lindman/212.jpg.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009