wild bergamot
Found the bergamot! It was right next to the ironweed.
I need to go back and tag everything I've identified so far.
woodsorrels
beautyberry update
The American beautyberry plants survived the winter! They were so far behind a lot of other plants, I thought they might not have made it but all six are intact.
mock strawberries
The mock strawberries are going nuts over by the front porch. They are not true wild strawberries as they have no flavor, and they are not native. I wonder if true wild strawberries, which are native, would choke them out if given the chance. Or would they interbreed? I would love to have native strawberries.
wildflower update
Floodwaters moved my log borders, which my plant markers were attached to. I don't remember what I planted where, so reidentifying as they grow. And most of them are indeed growing.
The blanket flower is even blooming a little.
no pawpaws
I changed my mind about planting the pawpaw trees in the back yard. Decided to take them to Papaw Dew's instead.
crow poison
I was so jealous because my dad has a lovely bunch of crow poison coming up by his back stoop. But just now while weed eating, I found some in my yard!
People used to believe crows would eat this instead of your crop corn and be poisoned. No evidence for that though.
It is also called false garlic. It doesn't smell like garlic, but garlic does have similar blooms.
false spring
The false spring continues and may turn out to be a real spring after all. Been holding off on gardening because I expect one last freeze. The American beautyberrys have not budded out so I think they agree. Nonetheless, the non-native weeds and some of the prolific native ground covers have taken all the rain and turned it into explosive growth.
Sigh. I have to weed eat today.
I yearn for that future date when my lawn has become a garden. So much work still to get there.
maybe not st. augustine
On second thought, the grass that's springing up again in the native section is most noticeably not sprouting in the border areas that are dedicated exclusively to St. Augustine, so maybe that's not what it is. It grew quite confidently in the cold until last week's very hard freeze. Now it is severely wilted. Whereas the St. Augustine is simply brown.
When it next comes back strong, I'll have to make a proper ID.
carolina cranesbill
I have a lot of carolina cranesbill coming up among the pony foot. Until I identified it, I was worried. What a relief though. In the late spring it will have wee pink, purple, or white flowers.