Three nice little blooms to show you today, although none is native to this area.
The first was near the Lincoln River last week. I'm pretty sure this is Water Mint Mentha aquatica. If so, it probably escaped from someone's garden, and it has not been recorded in Mason County before. I have a request in to check the ID. Not native to the US.
Next up is the Liriope I bought at the Garden Club plant sale last fall. Sadly, I missed this year's sale. There are two choices of species, but now that it's blooming, I'm pretty sure its Liriope muscari. It is native to Asia and is considered invasive. I guess I'll need to watch to see if it starts to get out of control in the garden. Just two little stalks of flowers this year. I don't mind having ornamental garden plants that aren't native as long as they don't escape and become a problem. (That has happened to me once and it's fairly embarrassing. Maybe I'll tell you sometime.)
Finally, I consider this a semi-success, although it's really native west of here- more in Minnesota. I think it came in as a hitchhiker in something Betsy gave me because she says she has some in her garden.
This is the plant that had a bud earlier this year, and then the wind broke the stem. But it came back and has two tiny blossoms. I'd really like to get this to go to seed and then move it to a different location. It's Anise Hyssop, Agastache foeniculum. Most plants with "foeniculum" in the name are aromatic, and this smells strongly of anise/licorice.
Had another pretty good work day today. Also made bread. It came out mediocre- more like my usual bread-making attempts. But I'll eat it.
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4 comments:
How interesting that the one smells like anise
Ann- there are a number of plants that do, but this one is really strong. Betsy says you can make tea from the leaves
Java Bean: "Ayyy, we have got a hedge that's basically mostly trumpet vine now, which I guess is very invasive too! Our Mama and Dada thought the neighbors planted it and the neighbors thought our Mama and Dada planted it, so now everyone thinks a bird dropped some seeds there or something from the trumpet vine down in the HOA landscaping ..."
Bean- Trumpet vine will cover everything, but at least it does so quietly.
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