Thursday, June 21, 2012

Along the Side of the Road

Sweet Peas (Lathyrus), growing along the side of the road. This is probably railroad property.
 
This is an enormous Hosta variety growing along the beach road. The leaves are enormous, well more than a foot apiece. These are the "strongest" looking Hosta flowers I've seen.

The unkempt yard of an empty house for sale—still the perennial Lobelias bloom.

Honeybee visiting a Milkweed (Asclepias) plant. I love the shape of these flowers, but the seedpods that appear in the fall are very cool, too.

One of my favorite roadside "weeds," the Vetch (Vicia). This wildflower grows quickly each spring and is full bloom right now. It can be a vine if it can find sunlight above the frey, otherwise it's perfectly happy to grow along the ground.

 
The foliage of the Vetch perfectly complements the size, shape and coloring of the flowers.

2 comments:

  1. WHERE WERE YOU BACK IN THE DAY WHEN MY OLDEST WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE NEEDED TO DO A PROJECT NAMEING PLANTS. THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD HELP HER. WE DID THE PROJECT BUT I TOLD THE TEACHER IT WAS EVEN TO HARD FOR ME TO HELP HER. SHE WAS AN A STUDENT ALL THE TIME BUT I BET SHE DIDN'T GET AN A ON THAT PROJECT.CAN'T REMEMBER.

    THANKS FOR SHARING THESE PRETTY PITCHERS.

    YOUR FAVORITE GROUPIE,

    GRANNY

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    1. I use Google.com for all of the details I need, lol. I could have used the Internet back in the day, too!

      thanks, Granny, as always, for your comments.

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