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Monday, May 1, 2017

Backyard Wildflowers

 

Buttercups are all over the lawn, front and back. While their presence is an indication that our lawn is not a perfect, uniform spread of grass, I prefer the interest and beauty of imperfections like these.
 
 
It's also a good year for Star-of -Bethlehem.
 
When mowing I instinctively refrained from cutting down a group of weedy-looking plants behind the swing and was later rewarded by the blooms of this plant which Pam thought was called fleabane:
 
 
I now know that the proper name for fleabane is erigeron.
 
 

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