Wednesday, May 9, 2012

A walk in the garden

What can we see what grows wild in a Florida yard.  I am the one who usually mows the grass I find it a nice activity (I know I 'm weird).  I let the yard grow for a while to see what we really had but not to long the neighbors got worried we had run away.

Really don't know what this is


This is a  type of Sida plant. Common Wireweed



Scarlet Spiderling (Boerhavia)



Creeping indigo (indigofera spicata)



Horseherb (Calyptocarpus vialis)




Turkey tangle fogfruit (Phyla nodiflora)




Mexican clover/Florida pusley (richardia scabra)



Phlox?




 Kiss me quick (Portulaca)




Beggar weed (desmodium) I really love this tiny plant



Phlox (phlox drummondii)


(phlox drummondii)


(phlox drummondii)

A few of the wilder plants growing.  I didn't add the Spanish needle that pops up all over.  Also Lantana that is growing wild but is not the Florida species.

Enjoy!






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4 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 9, 2012 at 8:29 PM

    I can almost study more, especially the small flowers, from the screen looking at the photographs. Or at least I notice things I otherwise wouldn't.

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  2. CassundryMay 10, 2012 at 5:09 AM

    Yes like my oak leaves all over. When you look at those small flowers you can see so much detail.

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  3. FloridagirlMay 10, 2012 at 10:06 AM

    I'm amazed that you know the names of all of these Florida wildflowers/weeds. I usually just tug them out of my garden beds without a lot of thought. But sometimes the beauty of a tiny bloom catches my eye and bring back memories. Frogfruit and beggarticks, in particular, hold a lot of childhood nostalgia for me. : )

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  4. SusanMay 20, 2012 at 5:17 PM

    I've got some of these same plants in the wild areas of our property. Thanks for the I.D. on them...as I often wonder what their names are.

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