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Aug 27, 2013 7:44 PM CST
central Illinois
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In listing wildflowers growing in the garden, I failed to include this butterfly attractant - Boneset or White Snakeroot (not sure which) -
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Aug 28, 2013 2:51 AM CST
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
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Nice. I have White Snakeroot and Chocolate Snakeroot. Wonderful plants. It is currently in bloom at the edge of the woods.


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Aug 28, 2013 5:59 AM CST
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Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
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Wonderful pictures and plants Everyone, I have been super busy lately trying to keep up with organizing two plant sales, one for the local native plant society and one for the wildscape.
Hopefully later this week I will be able to respond properly to your posts. Smiling
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Aug 31, 2013 8:22 AM CST
Name: Caroline Scott
Calgary (Zone 4a)
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White Agrostemma




Phacelia campanularia


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Aug 31, 2013 11:50 AM CST
central Illinois
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White Agrostemma is a beaut.
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Sep 2, 2013 7:14 PM CST
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Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
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Jaymorth, what a wonderful collection of native plants you have!!
You showed them all by color, that is a wonderful way to highlight their beauty and it allows others to really appreciate them.

I saw that you have Downy Skulcap, and it looks lovely and healthy. I have it too, but mine never grows very tall, do you do something special for yours? I think it is adorable ans would like to be able to make it more showy. Smiling
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Sep 2, 2013 9:57 PM CST
central Illinois
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The downy skullcap was growing in a friend's yard out in the boondocks when I dug some up and transplanted it here several year's ago. It spread fairly rapidly but is bound by a neighbor's driveway, the house and a field of ivy. It receives no special treatment, I've never fertilized it nor even allotted water thereto in times of drought. It's close by the front deck where my wife secretly sings to it; maybe that's why it does so well!
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Sep 3, 2013 5:54 AM CST
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Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
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Well, I guess then that your soil and climate are a lot more to its liking than mine, I will keep trying to make it better because i love it so much.
It looks like your wife likes it too, that lady has good taste in my opinion!!!

Which ones of your wild flowers would you say are the most finicky in you yard? Smiling
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Sep 3, 2013 7:38 AM CST
central Illinois
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Most finicky - the wild Allium (A. tricoccum, aka wild leek and wild ramp). I've had it for at least a decade and it's only bloomed a couple of times.
On the other end of the spectrum is the goldenrod, tends to be aggressive.
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Sep 3, 2013 11:32 AM CST
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Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
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Goldenrod is a rampant grower here too, but such a useful plant that I just live with it and give thanks for all it's many benefits. Smiling
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Sep 25, 2013 8:55 AM CST
Name: Vanessa
Northern Tablelands NSW Austra (Zone 8b)
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Hi, I garden with wildflowers in Australia. I don't know if this thread is intended for US wildflowers, but I'm willing to post pictures of some in my garden. There are quite a few in the garden that are very rare in the wild, and even one that is now considered extinct in the wild (Homoranthus croftianus). Some of them were named and described by my husband, who is a botanist.

I keep my garden divided aproximately into three zones. Around the house I have a mixture of native and exotic plants, including useful food plants. The areas that are a little further away but still have mowed grass have mainly native wildflowers since they don't need watering, but these can be from as far away as Western Australia. The rest of the property is a listed threatened ecological community, and is called Yellow Box/Red Gum grassy woodland. These are species of Eucalyptus that commonly grow together and have a characteristic mainly herbaceous understorey. In this area we do not plant any introduced plants from other areas, let alone exotics, and we manage the weeds as best we can by hand pulling and spraying where necessary. There are many beautiful wildflowers in here too. We don't mow the grass there so we can allow the more delicate forbs to survive and the grasses to self seed. We moniter the progress of the understorey plants towards recovery from its original grazing history with permanent plots. The species richness and diversity is gradually improving.

If anyone would like to see some of our wildflowers, I have plenty of photos.
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Sep 25, 2013 9:50 AM CST
Name: Michele Roth
N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and F (Zone 9b)
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You bet, Vanessa!! Thumbs up

We'd love to see them! Hurray!
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Sep 25, 2013 10:48 AM CST
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Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
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Yes!!! I would love to see them.
It looks like you are doing a wonderful thing at your place, it is nice to know about people who care about conservation.
We are doing some of that also here in Arlington with Texas natives.
We look forward to your pictures Smiling
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Sep 26, 2013 12:41 PM CST
central Illinois
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pictures please Vanessa
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Sep 26, 2013 1:20 PM CST
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Hurray! I love seeing everyones wildflowers growing in the gardens!

Vanessa, I'm looking forward to seeing your pictures too! nodding

Turk's Cap is blooming in the garden right now.

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The Rock Rose hasn't stopped blooming all summer! And Late Boneset down by the pond's edge.

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The American Beautyberries are ripening too.
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Sep 26, 2013 1:40 PM CST
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Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
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Very nice Christine, Turk's cap and Rock Rose are real champs and should be used a lot more.
I love them all Smiling
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Sep 27, 2013 7:53 AM CST
Name: Vanessa
Northern Tablelands NSW Austra (Zone 8b)
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Christine I put three Callicarpas in last year, I love them! I love Cistus too but they don't tend to be long lived here Sad
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Sep 27, 2013 1:50 PM CST
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Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
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The birds really love the berries of Beautyberry, but they love the berries of Pokeweed, Phytolaca americana even more;
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I have Robins, Mockingbirds, Doves, and many others eating there all the time, it is a lot of fun!!! Plus they are beautiful too. Smiling
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Sep 27, 2013 1:57 PM CST
central Illinois
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I don't know if there is any substance to it or not, but I've heard that birds act drunk after feasting on Pokeweed.
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Sep 27, 2013 2:10 PM CST
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Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
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I haven't noticed any strange behavior, they just come and go a lot
The Mockingbirds try to chase the others away, they are very protective of their food supply.
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