Wild Flowers, Berries, and other plants.

[malinoisvol]

I love flowers, especially wild flowers. The pix I post are of plants that I have found on my property here in East Tennessee.

I used to be able to ID all of them, but over time, my mind has slipped a bit and I can't find my darned flower identification book.

Please post your plant pix, wild or not.

 

[malinoisvol]

This is what my Dad calls a Wine Berry. These have not opened up yet, when they do, I will post a pic of them ripened.

 

[malinoisvol]

ETA: Indian Pink

There are two types of a red flower on my property. One blooms in late spring, the other in early fall.

This one is found along the tree lines and the other along the creek.

 

[malinoisvol]

ETA: Periwinkle (?)

This flower, to me, is unknown. I will I.D. it later and post.

 

[malinoisvol]

ETA: Pitcher's Leatherflower

Interesting flower. 1. Full bloom. 2. Unopened. 3. Close up.

 

[malinoisvol]

Also unknown to me.

 

[malinoisvol]

Black Raspberries are beginning to ripen. Good eating!

 

[joevol33]

Black Raspberries are beginning to ripen. Good eating!

Mmmmmm

 

[joevol33]

There are two types of a red flower on my property. One blooms in late spring, the other in early fall.

This one is found along the tree lines and the other along the creek.

That one looks familiar. My wife planted some stuff. They're up, but haven't bloomed yet.

 

[malinoisvol]

That one looks familiar. My wife planted some stuff. They're up, but haven't bloomed yet.

There is a domestic that looks similar. These are extremely poisonous, iirc.

 

[malinoisvol]

ETA: Carolina Rose

Wild Rose. I didn't know they're still some in bloom.

 

[malinoisvol]

ETA: Common Daylily

A wild Lily along the creek bank. They're are large patches of these up and down the creek that cuts through my property.

 

[joevol33]

A wild Lily along the creek bank. They're are large patches of these up and down the creek that cuts through my property.

Those are pretty. And do you have the creek stocked yet? I know where you can buy trout😁

 

[malinoisvol]

Those are pretty. And do you have the creek stocked yet? I know where you can buy trout😁

It's stocked...but, with bait fishies. Haha

Minnows for days.

 

[joevol33]

It's stocked...but, with bait fishies. Haha

Minnows for days.

That's a start!

 

[malinoisvol]

That's a start!

Just need to grow them up.

 

[joevol33]

I'm not sure what these bushes are, but we've got two of them in front of the house.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I'm not sure what these bushes are, but we've got two of them in front of the house.

Hydrangea

 

[joevol33]

Hydrangea

Thanks, I've never known. They were planted when we bought the house.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Thanks, I've never known. They were planted when we bought the house.

They usually have blue flowers in acidic soil and pink flowers in alkaline soil.

 

[pismonque]

Get yourself a new wildflower book if you've lost yours. I've always found a lot of fun in identifying such things and learning about them: flowers, birds, butterflies, snakes, bees, bugs, whatever. Last time I lived in Tennessee I was on a big kick of learning to identify trees by sight. I live in a desert now and, while still interesting to learn and identify, it seems the variety is a bit more limited.

 

[joevol33]

They usually have blue flowers in acidic soil and pink flowers in alkaline soil.

They grow quick. I cut both of those almost to the ground two summers ago, and they're both huge again now. I trimmed my trees today around the house, and my daughter begged me not to cut these again. They're both outside her window, and she loves them.

 

[joevol33]

Get yourself a new wildflower book if you've lost yours. I've always found a lot of fun in identifying such things and learning about them: flowers, birds, butterflies, snakes, bees, bugs, whatever. Last time I lived in Tennessee I was on a big kick of learning to identify trees by sight. I live in a desert now and, while still interesting to learn and identify, it seems the variety is a bit more limited.

I'm pretty decent with trees, but not flowers.

 

[pismonque]

I'm pretty decent with trees, but not flowers.

I had a friend that shared an interest in birds, and he'd be pointing out a bird in the distance, saying, "See him over there at the top of that oak, the one between the big poplar and that scrawny-looking birch?" And I'd just get mad, thinking how in the hell can I be out here differentiating between varieties of hawk or sparrow when I can't even name the simple damn trees they're sitting in?

That's when I bought a couple books about tree identification, and digging into those I got fascinated with the different branching patterns and leaf types and other particularities of growth. It's all really interesting when you wade into it a bit.

Same goes with flowers, really.

 

[malinoisvol]

Get yourself a new wildflower book if you've lost yours. I've always found a lot of fun in identifying such things and learning about them: flowers, birds, butterflies, snakes, bees, bugs, whatever. Last time I lived in Tennessee I was on a big kick of learning to identify trees by sight. I live in a desert now and, while still interesting to learn and identify, it seems the variety is a bit more limited.

I found mine. It's at my youngest one's house. Turkey! So now I gotta go find me another one.