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Virginia Mountain Mint, picnanthemum-virginianum, blooms on my property in areas that are not ever mowed, by the fence line, in the pasture and at the edges of the woods. This year it arrived its peak of blooming just in time for the … Continue reading
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Milkweed comes in three varieties, common, purple and butterfly. All three attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies. Continue reading
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The daisy is a typical grassland wildflower, growing in meadows and open fields, or pastures, and amid scrub brush or in woods with lots of open canopy, as well as in disturbed or transitional areas. Continue reading
You would think that for a peony to bloom would be the simplest, most natural process. But in fact, the peony needs help from its friends, the black garden ants. The flower head of the peony is so tightly bound … Continue reading
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Wild roses can be found almost everywhere. They attract small carpenter ants who enjoy their fragrance and taste of their nectar and gather their pollen for their own asocial purposes. Continue reading
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Tucked away behind a house in the rural town of Miami, Oklahoma, is a climbing rosebush like no other, Edna’s rosebush. Not only does it put forth giant flowers resembling a peony more than a rose, this 60-year-old bush can … Continue reading
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The tulip tree’s official name is Liriodendron tulipofera. It is a very nice tree to have, and I am lucky the previous owners of the property planted it. Continue reading
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I have many kinds of flowering plants on my ten acre hobby farm, and the bees seem to enjoy all of them. Early in the spring, the daffodils bloom, attracting small slender bees. The redbud tree is one of the … Continue reading
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Weigela is an entire genus, and I do not know which species of it I have growing on my property. Whichever one it is, the blossoms are delicate and fragrant, and the bees love them. The buds, before they open, … Continue reading
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Everybody recognizes dandelions. They belong to a large genus called taraxacum. The common dandelion is a species known as Taraxacum officinale. That is the kind I have growing on my property in abundance. Often people think of dandelions as invasive … Continue reading
