Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Garlic? Onion? Chive?



Garlic? Onion? Chive?


Origin: We have many different types of Garlic? Onion? and Chives? Some Wild, Some planted.Some native, some alien. I believe this an alien garlic that I have planted in our herb garden.

Status: Established perennial

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Pokeweed - Phytolacca americana



Pokeweed - Phytolacca americana

Origin: Native to my yard

Status: Well Established, many consider it a weed, I pull many of them throughout the season but leave a few because their fruit is eaten by birds

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Hibiscus - Hibiscus coccineus



Hibiscus - Hibiscus coccineus

Origin: Native, planted from seed by myself

Status: Established perennial

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Royal Catchfly - Silene regia




Royal Catchfly - Silene regia

Origin: Native, planted by myself from seed

Status: established perennial

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Sunflower - Helianthus annuus



Sunflower - Helianthus annuus

Origin: Alien, from central america, planted from seed by myself

Status: Annual

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Milk Thistle - Silybum marianum



Milk Thistle - Silybum marianum

Origin: Alien from southern Europe, planted in our herb garden by myself

Status: Annual, considered a noxious weed, will reseed and spread, I keep it in check by cutting off the heads before they fly away and create a problem, grown for its health benefits as a liver tonic

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Short Toothed Mountain Mint - Pycnanthemum muticum



Short Toothed Mountain Mint - Pycnanthemum muticum

Origin:

Native, I planted this from seed and I have never seen a plant attract so many different kinds of bees and wasps.

Okra - Abelmoschus esculentus



Okra - Abelmoschus esculentus

Origin: Alien, from West Africa, planted from seed in our vegetable garden

Status: Tender perennial grown as an annual

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Nodding Onion - Allium cernuum




Nodding Onion - Allium cernuum

Origin:

Native, planted in our garden by myself

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Morning Glory Heavenly Blue - Ipomoea violacea



Morning Glory Heavenly Blue - Ipomoea violacea

Origin: Alien, from Central America, planted from seed by my wife.

Status: Annual that is well established by reseeding itself

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Mexican Hat - Ratibida columnifera



Mexican Hat - Ratibida columnifera

Origin: Native to U.S. plains, planted by seed by myself

Status: Perennial

Butterfly Weed - Asclepias tuberosa





Butterfly Weed - Asclepias tuberosa

Origin: Native planted from seed by myself

Status: Established Perennial

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Wild Quinine - Parthenium integrifolium





Wild Quinine - Parthenium integrifolium

Origin: Native, planted by myself from seed

Status: Established perennial

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Prickly Pear Catus - Opuntia humifusa



Prickly Pear Catus - Opuntia humifusa

Origin: Native, planted by myself

Status: Established perennial

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Evening Primrose - Oenothera speciosa



Evening Primrose - Oenothera speciosa

Origin: Native, planted by my wife

Status: Established & spreading perennial

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Blue Eyed Grass - Sisyrinchium angusttifolium



Blue Eyed Grass - Sisyrinchium angusttifolium

Origin: Native, planted by myself

Status: Established perennial, not a grass at all, but a member of the Iris family

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Peony Pink - Paeonia lactiflora



Peony Mischief - Paeonia lactiflora

Origin: Alien, from Asia, southern Europe and western North America, widely hybridized, planted in our garden by my wife.

Status: Established perennial

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Wild Stonecrop - Sedum ternatum



Wild Stonecrop - Sedum ternatum

Origin:

Native, planted in our garden by myself

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Fairy Wings Purple



Fairy Wings Purple

Origin:

Alien from Asia, planted in our garden by myself

Azalea


Azalea

Origin:

Alien from Asia, we have several planted in our garden by my wife and the previous owner