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Here is another of my favorite June wildflowers. It may be confused with the Tube Beard Tongue which is wild foxglove.The blooms run down one side of each stem. I think it has a dainty elegant shape to fit its fanciful name. Along with the Prairie Larkspur we find Indian Paintbrushes and Daisy Fleabane.
My new hanging plant for the back porch is called Crackling Fireor Million Bells. I can't tell which of these names is more interesting.I like them both. The real name is Calibrachoa.Lit up with the sunshine. How cheerful! I bought this Calibrachoa hybrid at the Farmer's Market in Muskogee Thursday morning. The hummingbirds should enjoy it with... Continue Reading →
This wildflower is a beard tongue. It grows in pastures and fields and in the right-of-way along highways in Oklahoma.Fair are the meadows,Fairer still the woodlands,Robed in the blooming garb of spring;Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer, Who makes the woeful heart to sing.(From Fairset Lord Jesus, Volkslieder, 1842) l
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