Daily happenings in the life of The Ted Family of South Texas
Friday, April 20, 2007
More flowers from the yard
Aunt Ruth, can you tell us what these are?
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Of course I can. The blue flower on the top is a Day flower, or Commelina elegans. Considered by many as a weed it is a very pretty groundcover. But if you leave it you had best be prepared to really like it as it will spread like the weed it is. The yellow gold is a lantana, L. horrida, which can also be a weed in its wild state but what you have is a cultivated variety, very pretty. But smell the leaves and you will know why the horrida name. As for the other I would need to see the whole plant, I don't immediately recognize it. I'll probably come by one of these days when nobody is contagious and take a look at it.
3 comments:
Of course I can. The blue flower on the top is a Day flower, or Commelina elegans. Considered by many as a weed it is a very pretty groundcover. But if you leave it you had best be prepared to really like it as it will spread like the weed it is.
The yellow gold is a lantana, L. horrida, which can also be a weed in its wild state but what you have is a cultivated variety, very pretty. But smell the leaves and you will know why the horrida name.
As for the other I would need to see the whole plant, I don't immediately recognize it. I'll probably come by one of these days when nobody is contagious and take a look at it.
The purple is from a bulb like garlic or onion. I knew it was lantana, he just didn't believe me.
Aunt Ruth, I thought you would have to get back to us on that.
You never ID my mystery plants.
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