Oxeye daisies and clover
The advantages of (1) not using weedkillers, and (2) not being able to mow for a while.
Hubby is outside mowing it all down as I type. While I sit inside and "play blog," as he says. I saved several of the daisies for a vase though.
Evening primroses and more clover.
The primroses are mostly pink in real life, but the camera has a hard time picking it up.
As far as I can tell "evening" primroses are actually open 24 hours a day. But I haven't gotten up at 3am to check that.
I like the bright blue "soccerballis" flower too. hee hee
ReplyDeleteYes Jasmine planted that one. :)
ReplyDeleteThere's a nice field of these flowers near the road on the mountain with the beautiful mountain view on both sides. But I think they've built a house on top of it. :(
ReplyDeleteI sure empathize about mowing and or weed eating around certain flowers. I just finished weed eating a semi shady area and managed to save the Star’s of Bethlehem. As for Field Daisy’s, they were our wedding flowers, so the is a deep kinship to them here as well.
ReplyDeleteah i love the daisies...so pretty
ReplyDeleteThe unmown lawn is pretty in it's abundance of flowery things. We have loads of violets and star of bethlehem, grape hyacinth, ground ivy, etc. But it rapidly shifts over to abandoned lot unfortunately. I love those daisies.
ReplyDeleteI love the lack of weed-killing pesticides in a lawn. It's always a prettier, more interesting lawn, in my opinion. If I used herbicides on my (tiny) lawn, I wouldn't have a lawn at all.
ReplyDeleteI have a strict "no mow" policy for my yard, and I get new "surprise" wildflowers every year. Plus more insect-eating birds, frogs, snakes, and bunnies that like the taller grass. More mosquitos and ticks also, but I can live with the minor downside to keep the benefits. Someday I want a lawn of all sedge, cuz' it grows to only 5" or so and stops. (And the seedheads are cute.)
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