Monday, May 11, 2009

Backyard Safari


I've been roaming around my yard on what I call my "Safari" in search of photo opportunities. The top photo is a photo of a bleeding heart. [As a quick side note - I have not planted these and grown them on purpose. I have a black thumb and if I had planted these and wanted them to grow - they would have died.]

My last attemp to grow something was right after we moved into the house. I thought pampus grass was cool so I bought some, planted it and waited. It grew, grew, and grew. Then one day my sister-in-law came over and asked about the patch of weeds in back. It seems the pampus grass had died somewhere along the line and I was culvating some sort of giant weed. I did think it looked funny - but, I just thought it was going to morph into grass...


Does anyone know the name of this flower? (Don't tell me if it's a weed - just make up a name!!)
(Click on a photo to view a larger image).

8 comments:

  1. My wife believes they are a white and pink columbine.

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  2. I think it is the Honeysuckle plant. If you break off the pink little "bulb" at the top and taste it, it is sweet- like honey.

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  3. I don't know what the second plant is, Robert, so sorry...

    I love the bleeding heart and tried to find some at Home Depot yesterday but had no luck. Great photograph of a really pretty little flower.

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  4. Thanks Mary - Sounds a little like Ule Gibbons (the tasting part) - with my luck moments after I "taste it" there will be a post that says, "...don't taste it - it could be poisonous." I'll wait just a bit before I go tasting...

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  5. Beautiful bleeding heart photo, Robert.
    I have a purple & white columbine in the backyard and it looks very much like the second photo you posted!
    Take care

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  6. Love the Bleeding Heart. The second ones looks like a Columbine to me.

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  7. the bleeding hearts are the favorite plants from my passed away mother! Thanks for sharing this memory!

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  8. Beautiful bleeding hearts and columbines!

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