Thursday, 03 July 2008

  • 100 Species Challenge

    1. Weeping Willow
    2. Columbine
    3. Day Lily
    4. Bleeding heart (2 varieties)
    5. Lavender
    6. Flowering Almond
    7. Bell Heather
    8. Irish Bog Moss
    9. Iris
    10. Old fashioned  Geranium
    11. Apple Tree
    12. Prune Tree (I know but the old timers around here assure me that Prune indeed it is and not Plum!)
    13. Clover
    14. Dandelion
    15. Thistle
    16. Buttercup
    17. Flowering Crab
    18. Mustard
    19. Aspen
    20. Weeping Birch
    21. Alfalfa
    22. Oats
    23. Lilac
    24. Lupine
    25. Coral Bells
    26. Several kinds of grasses, no idea what they are!
    27. Forget-Me-Not
    28. Nettle
    29. Bachelor Button
    30. Pine Tree
    31. Snowball Tree
    32. Sunflower
    33. Cottonwood
    34. Buttonweed
    35. Murdock (I'll be spraying that!)
    36. Spruce
    37. Wild Rose
    38. Beggar's Lice
    39. Wheat
    40. Hay, (various kinds including Timothy, Orchard Grass)
    41. Cattail
    42. Daffodil
    43. Maple Tree
    44. Sweet William
    45. Sedum
    46. Snow in Summer
    47. Mediterranean Pinks
    At this point I have begun wandering past my neighbors flower beds and gardens. . .
    48. Petunia
    49. Pansy
    50. Larkspur
    51. Dusty Miller
    52. Marigold
    53. Tomato
    54. Strawberry
    55. Raspberry
    56. Rhubarb
    57. Daisy
    58. Juniper
    59. Clematis
    59. Carnation
    60. Butterfly Plant
    61. Verbena
    62. Cedar
    63. Mountain Ash
    64. Green Beans
    65. Peas
    66. Corn (the kids next door are trying in, growing on the North side of the house, we'll see, depends on how soon we get frost. . . )
    67. Lettuce
    68. Snapdragons
    69. Peony
    70. Poppy
    71. Onion
    72. Carrot
    73. Cherry
    73. A very attractive vining weed which produces white flowers. I'm sure it's invasive, but it's growing along the road and not hurting anything. I will have to investigate it. . . I've never heard a name for it, local or otherwise.  It might be a morning glory?
    plant-Morning-Glory
    Pic is a morning glory, I'll need to get a shot of the plan I've been seeing.
    74. Phlox
     
     
     

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