What's Looking Good in May 2017

[Beverly]

growing from seed, Ixora coccinea and doing well in the hot tropical sun

 

[DeborahJane]

Autumn here. Either side of the arch. I do find the ornamental grape quite spectacular.

 

[Larisa]

We have the beginning of spring. Pulsatílla patens.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Here's part of the native garden. It's really gotten that natural look I've been hoping for.

There's all kinds of native plants in there, some which will start blooming later in the month. Wild Strawberry is already blooming. Much of the green you see above is Wild Strawberry. It's a great ground cover that I added because of that fact, as well as it being an early nectar source for insects. The fact that they produce berries is just a bonus.

 

[MaryMary]

Look!! See all that yellow in the field?

It's...it's...umm... full of these!!

Beverly - I know you like to know the names of everything, same as I do - but I don't know this one. Just thought it was pretty.

 

[Larisa]

@MaryMary Is this a pharmaceutical field?
It looks like a Senecio jacobaea. But Senecio is a poisonous and medicinal plant.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

but I don't know this one. Just thought it was pretty.

Looks like Golden Groundsel (Packera aurea). It may also be another Packera specie.

 

[MaryMary]

@Larisa, it is not a pharmaceutical field. This stuff grows everywhere this time of year!! And it grows fast, too. I went to the one in my yard to get a few pictures for you and @JBtheExplorer.

This is the leaves, and how they grow.



I "thumbnailed" them because taken individually, they are not very pretty.
A whole field is impressive, though!


For more "pretties," my white violets are blooming again!!

Edited to add - I googled both of your suggestions, and the leaves don't look the same for these.

 

[Beverly]

The common name for Senecio j. in English is Ragwort. Does that ring a bell? When i looked at the first photo it looked like golden rod to me, but then i saw that the flowers are daisy-like. That field and your photo of it is just stunning and don't need further explanation, i mean WOW what a sight! Although, given the members we have here, most likely someone will come up with an iD...that field speaks for itself and doesn't need a name, like your creek doesn't need a name.

I see that Packera was formerly in the Senecio family but the name was changed because the genetic structure didn't match. Packera has 64 species and my bet is that it is one of those 64. They are in the same Family though.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Edited to add - I googled both of your suggestions, and the leaves don't look the same for these.

Like I said, it may also be another Packera specie, and I'd bet that it is.

Here's a list of them, including a map of their range. There's a handful that are native and present in Ohio. Yours may be Butterweed (Packera glabella).

http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Packera

 

[Bootsy]

The flowers are just beginning to open on our Clematis Montana

The tree peony has almost finished now. It's a few weeks early because of the drought we've had and the warmer weather earlier in the year.

Viburnum plicatum is coming along well but has a lot more flower to burst into life

Laburnums are also starting to flower

Allium giganteum is just starting to open with a very young Choisya ternata 'Sundance' in the back ground doing its best to show off to the bamboo behind it.

The giant Euphorbia mellifera is just starting to bloom after having been cut back earlier this year

 

[trashcancarla]

Tomatoes and one pepper plant are doing good.

 

[MaryMary]

...that field speaks for itself and doesn't need a name, like your creek doesn't need a name.

Paint Creek!! That one I know!!

 

[Becky]

@Bootsy that Laburnum is looking gorgeous!

 

[Bootsy]

Bootsy that Laburnum is looking gorgeous!

Thanks, but it may not last until Open Day.