Lambs ear (Stachys byzantina)
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Better Not Touch (Never Mind)
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Toxicodendron radicans (Poison ivy)
CORRECTION:
I identified last week’s Something Bright flower as poison ivy. That was not correct, as several of my smart followers pointed out.
All agree it is a type of berry, but I am still working to identify it. The options include:
- Rubus aboriginum — Garden dewberry
- R. allegheniensis — Allegheny blueberry
- R. arbutus — Sawtooth blueberry
- R. caesius — European dewberry
- R. cuneifolius — Sand blueberry
I should be able to make a final determination when the berries ripen.
(Dang!)
Rain on Rosa
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First rose of the season, taken a week ago. (Rosa) And, yes, it’s still raining.
A Taste of Cinnamon
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Cinnamon fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum)
Feeling a Bit Droopy
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Solomon’s seal or King Solomon’s-seal (Polygonatum)
Hanging with Myrtle
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Lesser periwinkle, dwarf periwinkle, small periwinkle, common periwinkle, myrtle or creeping myrtle. Take your pick. (Vinca minor)
Bitter with the Sweet
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Our premature spring in Northern Virginia showed off its harbingers almost side by side:
The tiny promise of warmer days, Crocus Chryanthus.
And summer’s threat of weeds unending, Cardamine hirsuta, the hairy bittercress.
And so we take the bitter with the sweet.
