Monday, June 14, 2010

Flowers of the wild

I am trying to get better at identifying Ontario wildflowers, so I took my camera out on my walk with the dogs today.

First I found Sophie chowing down on these wild strawberries:

I joined in. They are tiny and delicious!


Meanwhile, the wild black raspberries are coming along great. If I can get my act together, I would really love to make jam with them this year:


And in the woodlot, a spit bug left a goober on a white pine:



And the algae is growing well in the pond. The frogs love it in here!



And now for flowers. Say hello to the ubiquitous, invasive, but cheerful ox-eye daisy:



The northern blue flag, a lovely wild iris growing all over the damper bits of our property:



Milkweed flowers ready to burst open. I think farmers are less than fond of these, but monarch butterflies love them:



A goat's beard seed-head, not unlike a dandelion on steroids (not unlike the University of Waterloo's drugged-out football team!):



Droplets on a blade of grass (not a flower but it's called creative license!)



Canada anemones. They are all over the place right now:



And the spiky seedpod of the Canada anemone:


Bladder campion:

Not the most attractive name, but a pretty cool flower. I loved them when I was a kid. They made me think of ladies' bloomers. Now they remind of my orange cat Julius's "fluffy pantaloons," as we call them!

I have a copy of The ROM Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Ontario, which was very helpful with this post!





















5 comments:

  1. You're making me miss my old country home! Onmy walk at work today I picked myself some daisies and wild snap dragons that were growing in the ditch

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  2. Love the flowers!

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  3. Ahhh, I do love the wildflowers! I will pick a bunch today, WanderingCat!

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  4. I remember picking up so many of those flowers when we spent summers in the Laurentiens (Laurentides) in my youth. First time I know their names. Thank you. Knatolee.

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  5. Claudia, I had to look up most of the names!:) I am trying to memorize them but my brain is slow.

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