In the Garden
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ontheriver
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Sorry to hear she passed. My grandmother loved peony. I took some from her house but they didn't survive.
I'm 62, and my Mom's peonies that bordered our garden growing up are still there.
Who planted the zinnias along Park Hall Road near 235 end? Very pretty.
I have really appreciated the row of flowers along that road over the years. Your stretch of flowers and the house and garden at the end of the road (Route 5 end) are the reasons I always take that way to/from Lexington Park.
We have a large bushy bunch of really pretty flowers near the cornfield on part of the property. I noticed that the flower itself was closed during the day but opened as it started to turn dusk. Took a walk out for a closer look and the bloom is white and purple with a tubular blossom. There is also a thorny apple shaped growth on the stem. Looked it up and it's jimson weed. Now I grew up in the 60/70s and jimson weed was used by some idiotic people as a hallucinogen and it's highly poisonous if ingested. Some people even get rashes if they touch it. Imagine my surprise when I saw an even bigger bush of the plant right outside the entrance of Sandgates restaurant.
Pretty flower though, the blossoms were huge.
Oh and thank you by the way!
Are you sure they aren't Moon flowers?
LightRoasted
If I may ...
For your consideration ...
In the Garden, where you can sow your 7 seeds. In the Garden, you can put your mind at ease. In the Garden, where you protect the flower for the bee.
Or something along those lines.
In the Garden, where you can sow your 7 seeds. In the Garden, you can put your mind at ease. In the Garden, where you protect the flower for the bee.
Or something along those lines.
Not positive. Lee took a picture and used his plant identifier app. I thought moonflowers grew on vines.
That's some pretty mangled lyrics there LR.
BadGirl
I am so very blessed
I have maybe 50 peonies that are at my house now, that came from my Mom and Dad's garden and are older than I am. I think all five of my sisters have peonies from M&D's house.
I think I'm wrong. He took a picture of the bloom and not the leaf. The leaf on that plant is different than the one on the jimson weed. Dead ringer for the bloom though. I wasn't aware that moonflowers grew in plant and bush form. Thanks
The blooms are very similar. I used to grow moon flowers at my old house.
I've been reading up on a moon garden. Don't have room for it where I live, but occasionally Lee lets me have my way in his landscaping endeavors. I'm going to hit him up for that when I get a few beers in him.
When I had a toddler, I pulled them out, along with the hollyhocks.
Are they poisonous?
Yes, they can be.