Showing posts with label Wildflowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wildflowers. Show all posts
June 21, 2018
Happy First Day of Summer!
I hope summer is starting great for everybody out there in Blogland!
One thing (among many) that I like about Alberta is that every week there seems to be a different wildflower showing up.
Even the female Red Wing Blackbird is happy!
I hope your summer is starting realllly great!
July 5, 2017
Bits and Pieces
The wild flowers are starting to come out. The Wood Lily is now out in all its glory.
Unfortunately, the flowers do not last long
The Indian Paintbrush is just starting to show
They are an unusual plant and quite distinctive.
The Common Marsh Bedstraw is rather delicate and unique.
A Great Blue Heron was enjoying a tranquil hot day!
Another Heron, almost invisible in the marsh grass
The Canola plants are starting to bloom out. They were previously known as Rapeseed plants, but I guess the name needed changing.
There are no signs of any baby Osprey yet, but the Missus is very vigilant
June 25, 2012
Another Quiet day
I had five of these dudes on the lilac bush today
I've got to go and batten down the hatches. It feels like a big storm is brewing.
June 1, 2012
Wildflowers of Early Spring
It never ceases to amaze me as to how fast the wildflowers come up and flower. It seems that from now on, there will be one or two new types appearing as if by magic every week all summer. Some of these are so tiny that you have to get down and dirty and really close to capture the details. God has an amazing paintbrush!
Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.) is a perennial herb of the family Boraginaceae with a black, turnip-like root and large, hairy broad leaves that bears small bell-shaped flowers of various colours, typically cream or purplish, which may be striped. It is native to Europe, growing in damp, grassy places, and is locally frequent throughout Ireland and Britain on river banks and ditches. More common is the hybrid between S. officinale and S. asperum, Symphytum × uplandicum, known as Russian Comfrey, which is widespread in the British Isles, and which interbreeds with S. officinale. Compared to S. officinale, S.× uplandicum is generally more bristly and has flowers which tend to be more blue or violet.[1] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This little gem seems to now be established in Alberta since there is no reference to it in the various books on wildflowers.
Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.) is a perennial herb of the family Boraginaceae with a black, turnip-like root and large, hairy broad leaves that bears small bell-shaped flowers of various colours, typically cream or purplish, which may be striped. It is native to Europe, growing in damp, grassy places, and is locally frequent throughout Ireland and Britain on river banks and ditches. More common is the hybrid between S. officinale and S. asperum, Symphytum × uplandicum, known as Russian Comfrey, which is widespread in the British Isles, and which interbreeds with S. officinale. Compared to S. officinale, S.× uplandicum is generally more bristly and has flowers which tend to be more blue or violet.[1] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This little gem seems to now be established in Alberta since there is no reference to it in the various books on wildflowers.
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| Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.) |
Fragaria vesca L. or Frageria virginiana Duchesne
Rose Family, Rosaceae
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| Woodland or Wild Strawberry |
Canada Western Violet
Viola canadensis L.Violet Family, Violaceae
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| Canada Western Violet |
False Solomons Seal (Smilacina racemosa)
Family: Liliaceae (Lily)Height: 1 to 3 ft.
Blooms: May to July
Leaf Type: smooth
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| False Solomons Seal |
| Scientific Name: | Taraxacum ceratophorum |
| COMMON NAME: | DANDELION |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
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DANDELION |
Lonicera villosa (Northern Bush Honeysuckle)
Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle)
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| Northern Bush Honeysuckle |
Family: Cornaceae (Dogwood)
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| Silky Dogwood |
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