Been seeing a few of these at home lately. The camera produced something a bit too yellow — I think the true color was a bit more brownish.
Wildflowers
A few summer flowers
In July, some from the garden, some from the roadside:
Tall Phlox, Cornflower, Black-Eyed Susan, Mimosa, Queen Anne’s Lace, Rose of Sharon, Smooth Sumac
Bluets
We’ve been calling these bluets, common both at Harwill and Export from early April this year. But is that the right name? These were in Dad’s corn field.
New on the forest floor
Honeysuckle
In bloom June 1st, wild on our rusty wire fence. Looks to me like the Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica shown on Wikipedia, where it is said to be an invasive species, a noxious weed in Texas, Illinois, and Virginia, and banned in New Hampshire.
Also saw both mountain laurel and blackberries in bloom this weekend, although not on our property.
Bluets?
Didn’t Wena call them bluets? We’ll have blankets of these soon, mostly in shady places on the lawn, but this is the first patch so far. Sometimes in the past I’ve been moved to mow around them. These are under the swing, where there’s not much grass left to mow anyway. Who knows what their real name is?