We are having a bonanza of white flowers blooming lately.
At the moment, the most ubiquitous are the daisies. Honestly, these are some of my favorite flowers, so much so that I had them in my wedding bouquet.
This is dog fennel (Anthemis cotula). The flowers are similar to that of daisies, but they're smaller and the plant is stinkier (it's sometimes called "stinking chamomile"). Many years ago, my parents came to visit us, and my mother (who had a wonderful green thumb) was enchanted by the dog fennel and wanted to collects its seeds to plant at home. I warned her it would spread. She went home, looked it up, and agreed not to plant dog fennel.
Oceanspray. At our old place, it grew everywhere and was stunning when in bloom. Here we have far less, so every shrub is appreciated.
Elderberries. This particular (bush? tree?) is located on an embankment near the river. In the fall when the berries are ripe, the road-facing side is stripped bare and the river-facing side is left alone, because no one can reach the fruit.
Yarrow.
Mock orange (also called syringa), the state flower of Idaho.
White iris. We have a clump of these growing just inside our pasture fence.
Bind-weed, a type of wild morning glory.
The blackberries are in full bloom. I don't recall ever seeing this many full blossoms. We're going to be inundated with blackberries in late summer.
This is due in large part to the enormous number of bees and other pollinators busy at work.
And of course – though really, this is cheating – the seeds of dandelions. Hey, they're white.
With a few exceptions, there aren't a lot more flowers expected to bloom from here on out. Instead, the seeds and fruits are growing.
The yarrow looks a lot like queen Anne's lace, or wild carrots. If you pull it the root smells like carrot. We've had tons of them bloom this year. And daisies. And a lot of other wildflowers.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget, the Queen has hairy legs.( Stems) Some look alikes are poisonous.
Our county has not cut the roadsides at all this year and the flowers are about the only plus to that. I make a couple passes with the lawnmower on the sides of road where I walk just to get a heads up if there's a snake. Also to help keep the dog out of red bugs, ticks and such while we walk. He's old and has to be inside and I don't like bringing pests indoors.
Long ago I wondered how I kept getting itchy and having to get prescriptions to get rid of things when I was working long hours every day.Then I realized my cats back then were bringing home poison ivy and other things from roaming during the day then sleeping with me at night.
Kept them in after that.