Comments on: Roadside Wildflower – Elecampane http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/roadside-wildflower-elecampane/ north of the adirondacks - wildflowers & perennials that survive winters colder than my wife's feet Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:31:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: min hus http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/roadside-wildflower-elecampane/comment-page-1/#comment-814 min hus Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:15:53 +0000 http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/?p=101#comment-814 Cool plant! When I saw the first pic I thought it was some new variety of Rudbeckia or coneflower. I played too. :) <blockquote>min hus, <em> Generally you thunk correctly. They are in the broader composite or daisy family along with your Irish Eyes Susans.</em></blockquote> Cool plant! When I saw the first pic I thought it was some new variety of Rudbeckia or coneflower.

I played too. :)

min hus,
Generally you thunk correctly. They are in the broader composite or daisy family along with your Irish Eyes Susans.

]]> By: Aiyana http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/roadside-wildflower-elecampane/comment-page-1/#comment-812 Aiyana Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:21:03 +0000 http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/?p=101#comment-812 I've seen a lot of roadside flowers featured on blogs, and I have to say this is one of the prettiest ones yet. We occasionally see sunflowers in what we call bar ditches along the roadways, but most all our weeds are ugly as hell. Russian Thistle AKA tumbleweed and cheeseweed dominate these areas. Every once in a while, the responsible government agency comes along a sprays them, and then they are a pile of brown. Just awful. Aiyana <blockquote><em>Aiyana, Well the plants can be pretty ratty looking if you look past the flowers. I loved to see tumbleweed when I was out west. They connected with childhood visions of the wild west and Wile E Coyote and the Road Runner :) I hate it when the road crews mow down the old common orange day lilies here. They seem to time the mowing just when they're in full bloom. One day there's a huge drift of orange and the next a "lawn'.</em> </blockquote> I’ve seen a lot of roadside flowers featured on blogs, and I have to say this is one of the prettiest ones yet. We occasionally see sunflowers in what we call bar ditches along the roadways, but most all our weeds are ugly as hell. Russian Thistle AKA tumbleweed and cheeseweed dominate these areas. Every once in a while, the responsible government agency comes along a sprays them, and then they are a pile of brown. Just awful.
Aiyana

Aiyana,
Well the plants can be pretty ratty looking if you look past the flowers. I loved to see tumbleweed when I was out west. They connected with childhood visions of the wild west and Wile E Coyote and the Road Runner :) I hate it when the road crews mow down the old common orange day lilies here. They seem to time the mowing just when they’re in full bloom. One day there’s a huge drift of orange and the next a “lawn’.

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