2. Nature Scenes

2012 Spring Flowers & Sunset

This gallery contains random photos of domestic flowers and other plants we may refer to as "weeds" that appear in our yard. Plans are to continue to add to the collection as spring, summer and fall progresses. The information about the plants was copied from various sources of which may or may not be correct, viewed and read for your entertainment only.
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DSC 9852 Ohio Spiderwort. Though sometimes considered a weed, spiderwort is cultivated for borders and also used in containers. Where it appears as a volunteer, it is often welcomed and allowed to stay.
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DSC 9852 Ohio Spiderwort. Though sometimes considered a weed, spiderwort is cultivated for borders and also used in containers. Where it appears as a volunteer, it is often welcomed and allowed to stay.

  • DSC 9800 Lily-of-the-valley, is a poisonous woodland flowering plant native throughout the cool temperate. The flower is also known as Our Lady's tears or Mary's tears from Christian legends that it sprang from the weeping of the Virgin Mary during the crucifixion of Jesus. Other etiologies its coming into being from Eve's tears after she was driven with Adam from the Garden of Eden
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  • DSC 9812 Dianthus "Sweet William"
  • DSC 9813 Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species extending south to north Africa, and one species in arctic North America. Common names include carnation, pink and sweet William. The name Dianthus is from the Greek words dios ("god") and anthos ("flower"), and was cited by the Greek botanist Theophrastus.
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  • DSC 9864 Spiraea is too woody to be used as an edible plant, but has a long history of medicinal use by Native Americans as an herbal tea. Spiraea shrubs contain methyl salicylate (oil of wintergreen) and other salicylates throughout the plant, compounds with similar medicinal properties to aspirin.
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  • DSC 9852 Ohio Spiderwort. Though sometimes considered a weed, spiderwort is cultivated for borders and also used in containers. Where it appears as a volunteer, it is often welcomed and allowed to stay.
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