tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post7060416255101369033..comments2024-03-29T04:08:44.616-04:00Comments on 66 Square Feet (Plus): Native woodland flowersMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-78837232340222167872012-10-04T01:36:32.524-04:002012-10-04T01:36:32.524-04:00to read about "golden club" (Orontium aq...to read about "golden club" (Orontium aquaticum) go to: < http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1272/> ------ warning: many parts of the plant are poisonous in the same way as dumb cane (Dieffenbachia)Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083661440850290213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-4295177785786250262010-04-21T12:07:49.722-04:002010-04-21T12:07:49.722-04:00dinahmow - sounds like a lot of work. I forgot to ...dinahmow - sounds like a lot of work. I forgot to look i t up in Stalking the Wild Asparagus...<br /><br />Thomas - heheheh, yessss. Nose full of pollen. Knees full of mud.<br /><br />Jenkins - don't worry! I wouldn't really have eaten it. I'm just food-obsessed. It's in a botanic garden anyway :-) I did not know it was endangered, thank you for telling me.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-12163563519618099672010-04-21T09:16:06.261-04:002010-04-21T09:16:06.261-04:00Hi Plants you showed at waters edge are Orontium a...Hi Plants you showed at waters edge are Orontium aquaticum. In PA it is a rare plant and in NY it is a threatened plant. Lucky to have found it and please don't eat it. It is a precious plant.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996910692845746810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-44002563551476058672010-04-20T04:11:57.050-04:002010-04-20T04:11:57.050-04:00Marie, I have nominated 66sq,feet in the Mouse and...Marie, I have nominated 66sq,feet in the Mouse and Trowel Awards.dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-10683025563458840592010-04-19T22:38:58.051-04:002010-04-19T22:38:58.051-04:00Very pretty! I can tell that you got really up cl...Very pretty! I can tell that you got really up close and personal with some of those beauties.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303344546714641616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-21047100420361144802010-04-19T19:58:52.066-04:002010-04-19T19:58:52.066-04:00Well, well! Wiki tells me Indigenes used to grind ...Well, well! Wiki tells me Indigenes used to grind the seeds and tuber;as a sort of flour, I presume.<br />Thanks, everyone!dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-32330283697034044492010-04-19T19:35:11.943-04:002010-04-19T19:35:11.943-04:00dinahmow - yes, they do look like those stinkhorns...dinahmow - yes, they do look like those stinkhorns, don't they?<br /><br />Mountain Thyme - now we say Flatbush, period :-) Do you still play the piano?<br /><br />Thank you, Lyn. I envy you your green winter ahead. Ugh, Rustenburg. No ideas allowed. I did have a good English and good art teacher, though. And the music was pretty good, too, in a straight and narrow way. But dayeen, dayoud? The horror. I left in Std 9 and absconded to Abbott's.<br /><br />Karen - yes, Dutchman's britches for the dicentra cucullaria - I had to look that up.<br /><br />Frank SL - not sure about that one...maybe they need cold winters. I strewed some flowers in my day...as long as the girls like them they're off to a good start :-)<br /><br />Thank you Paul! I googled to no avail. You know those hollyhocks? Mine have not come up. I might have sent you duds.<br /><br />Webb - the little ones are like finding diamonds in the grass. Erythronium "Pagoda" is a popular hybrid...<br /><br />Ellen! Enough for the whole year??? Wow. What a lot of work. But having eaten some for lunch, too, I am hooked. Inwood Park.<br /><br />Frank - do you have a field guide, and which?Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-49057495284449262252010-04-19T19:17:40.091-04:002010-04-19T19:17:40.091-04:00Thanks for the confidence Dinamow!
Yup, golden cl...Thanks for the confidence Dinamow!<br /><br />Yup, golden club as the gentleman said earlier. But I <i>didn't</i> know it, just looked it up!Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02554893883207752597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-37785472095659736422010-04-19T17:59:13.697-04:002010-04-19T17:59:13.697-04:00Oh the spring ephemerals...how I love them! Where...Oh the spring ephemerals...how I love them! Where did you go foraging at the northern tip of Manhattan? Last May I picked wild onion (in PA) and dried them to use all year long. The taste was strong, different, and really good. Next month I'm going back to try to harvest enough for the whole year.Ellen Zachoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15050574906637976116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-9827527658781036012010-04-19T13:15:01.029-04:002010-04-19T13:15:01.029-04:00It's so easy to bypass the tiny little flowers...It's so easy to bypass the tiny little flowers, but you have a way of seeing (and sharing) them all.<br /><br />Now I want trout lilies!webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168174623602308906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-44464666448107490712010-04-19T11:05:20.510-04:002010-04-19T11:05:20.510-04:00I believe the yellow blooming mystery plant is &qu...I believe the yellow blooming mystery plant is "Golden Club", Orontium aquaticum.<br /><br />Thanks as always for pointing out the beauty in things :)Paul Westerveltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-17196058269917535762010-04-19T09:51:40.404-04:002010-04-19T09:51:40.404-04:00I wonder if trout lilies will prosper in Houston. ...I wonder if trout lilies will prosper in Houston. I had not heard of them before, but they would be great for a space that I am working on. I need to begin taking pictures of the flowers in my garden before my little girls decide to pick them to strew over our floors.Frank Schulte-Ladbeckhttp://houstongardening.yourhoustonhomeinspector.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-83482398408158727232010-04-19T06:22:56.611-04:002010-04-19T06:22:56.611-04:00great shots, marie. the bee! growing up in massach...great shots, marie. the bee! growing up in massachusetts, we knew the pouffy white blossoms as "dutchman's britches". but those last, at the end...no idea. we are having the downstairs painted, so all books (including field guides) are packed away for now...Karen L Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984916879007662549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-66151423154466661472010-04-19T04:33:10.343-04:002010-04-19T04:33:10.343-04:00Marie
Breathtaking pictures of New York's spri...Marie<br />Breathtaking pictures of New York's spring flowers to cheer me up on a cold rainy Cape Town day. BUT we do need the rain so I must not complain.<br />So you were a "Rustybug" too? Sounds like you did not enjoy it too much?Lynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-90983103763035826942010-04-19T01:28:55.928-04:002010-04-19T01:28:55.928-04:00Beautiful spring. My grandma lived right off Flat...Beautiful spring. My grandma lived right off Flatbush Ave. (and at that time you said "Flatbush Ave"....just like that!) on Moffett Street. 110...my "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" kind of lifestyle.<br /><br />Did you know I got my music education from Ms. Weber who lived on the first floor of the brownstone where my grandmother resided? Piano....once per week.Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-25245257162763831532010-04-19T01:15:26.133-04:002010-04-19T01:15:26.133-04:00Edible? They look decidedly dodgey to me!
I expect...Edible? They look decidedly dodgey to me!<br />I expect Frank or someone will know it and I'll come back to check.The only things I've ever seen like that belong in the not-very-pleasant-fungi group.<br />But I love all the others!dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.com