Sharon, you have a way of transporting us to another time.

A time of fun and learning about the world of Nature, a time full of curiosity and innocence.
Thank You for sharing you experiences with us.

Thanks, Josephine. I learned a lot but most of what I learned was limited to what grew in the mountains around me. I've learned now that there is so much that I don't know.

Thanks, too, for asking me to join you for Wildflowers Week! My favorite topic, and I love writing and learning more about them.

Sharon, when I walked the dogs this morning, we were down by the creek and I saw three BRIGHT RED leaves and I just smiled and thought of you.

And then I remembered, it's usually in September, along the bank of the creek, a flower will bloom and it's bright red also. I've thought many times, I should climb down and dig it up and bring it up to the water garden as I only have purple and yellow blooms there but then I think, nah, this is it's home, it's beautiful right where it is

Vicky, you could take cuttings in the spring, that way you don't disturb it and you can have it nearby to admire.
Monarda is easy to root from cuttings.

GREAT idea Josephine! I will tag it and do that

Made me smile, Vic.

Josephine, do you have chicory there? I've tried everything I know to get chicory to grow for me and absolutely no luck. It much prefers the dusty dry edge of an old road to my garden. Drives me crazy that I can't get it to grow here.

Do you have chicory, Vic?

I don't know if I do or not Sharon

I'll need to look. Isn't it used for coffee as well?

Sharon, are you referring to this one? http://wildflower.org/plants/r...

We do have this one growing wild around here but I don't have it in my yard.

There are many plants that won't grow for me either, so i have to be happy seeing them some place else.

Talking about this one:



And yes, Vic -- coffee. Looeeseeanna coffee!
It grows wild all over eastern KY but I have trouble finding it here. Very strange.

When is the bloom time?

According to USDA it grows all over the U.S. and Canada but we usually don't see it around here, it sure is a pretty blue.

http://plants.usda.gov/core/pr...

Sorry, Vic, I had to make a run to Paducah. Fast trip.
It blooms in late summer and fall here, there too, I'd think. Last time I saw it was when I was in E KY in October a couple of years ago. Wrote about it in my blog then.

Thanks for that link, Josephine. I wasn't sure about it's growth area. Nice to know.
Chicory has been on my 'gotta have' list for the longest time!

Then I think for sure we have it. I remember seeing blue blooms in the fall. I'll keep a look out for it and let you know

Maybe you want to grow Anthyllis vulneraria coccinea., it's a red wild flower here in Europe.

I'll take a look, Jonna! Thank you.

Remember the red bloom I told you about that blooms this time of year. It usually blooms along the banks down by the river bed. I've been looking for it everyday and I saw it blooming today BUT somehow, it's has jumped from one side of the dam to the other. There was also some Joe Pye weed blooming next to it as well. I'm hoping @Sharon or @frostweed can identify it????














Sharon, remember the 3 red leaves I saw the morning I read this article? They were there that morning and I've not seen them since. Odd, don't you think?

Good find, Vic!

Is this it?

Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

Well for crying out loud Chelle - do I feel stupid

That IS it Thank you so much for identifying it - I only thought of cardinal flower as the cardinal vine which I have grown on my shepherd's hook.

Didn't know it was a real plant that grew in the wild - Duh!

Thank you so much

and edited to say I've even loaded that flower into the db - several times - double DUH!

I'm a little late to this party, but yep! Chelle's right, Vic. Lucky you!
Mom loved that flower! Me too.

Odd about the 3 leaves.

Sharon, I think I saw those 3 red leaves that morning just for you

I love this flower too - just a BRIGHT red in the midst of no other color