The third Wednesday of the month brings us the Wildflower Wednesday meme. Gail at Clay and Limestone shares this day on her
blogsite. Go there and share you natives with others who strive to bring more natives into our gardens.
Callirhoe alcaeoides - Pale Poppy Mallow. I scavenged these beauties above in a vacant industrial lot next to my work, a former Kansas prairie. Initially they were just a small rosette such as the photo below.
Rhus typhina 'Bailtiger'-Tiger Eyes Sumac. This variety was originally found as a mutation in a cultivated nursery from R. typhina ‘Laciniata’. Although not native to Kansas this variety grows under the same growing conditions as the native varieties seen throughout our native areas. This plant was added to my hell strip last fall.
Rumex crispus L-Curly Dock. Ok, most people would classify it as a weed. (especially one of my neighbors), its the tall plant in the back ground. I wrestling with this one because it really likes this fertile area and has reached 5'. My original reasoning was to use the maroon seed heads as winter interest against the tawny foliage of the tall switchgrass.One probably would have done the trick, but like a glutton I dug three. ha. Found in the same lot.
Future gladness. Present gladness.
Delphinium carolinianum Walt. subsp.
virescens (Nutt. ) Brooks-Prairie Larkspur. I wrote a blog post about this one last spring.
Recovery and
Recovery II. And yes I will try to recover some seed. Can't wait for this one to flower. And last but not least....the Milkweed!
Ascelpias incarnta-Swamp Milkweed
