My Flowers Live http://www.myflowerslive.com Just Wild About WildFlowers and Information and Resources about Them!!! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:21:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= en hourly 1 Gold-thread; Canker-root http://www.myflowerslive.com/gold-thread-canker-root/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/gold-thread-canker-root/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:21:02 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/?p=622

Gold-thread; Canker-root

Coptis trifolia

Flowers–Small, white, solitary, on a slender scape 3 to 6 in. high. Sepals 5 to 7, petal-like, falling early; petals 5 to 6, inconspicuous, like club-shaped columns; stamens numerous; carpels

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]]> http://www.myflowerslive.com/gold-thread-canker-root/feed/ 0 Yarrow; Milfoil; Old Man’s Pepper; Nosebleed http://www.myflowerslive.com/yarrow-milfoil-old-mans-pepper-nosebleed/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/yarrow-milfoil-old-mans-pepper-nosebleed/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:36:06 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/?p=497

Yarrow; Milfoil; Old Man’s Pepper; Nosebleed

Achillea Millefolium

Flower-heads–Grayish-white, rarely pinkish, in a hard, close, flat-topped, compound cluster. Ray florets 4 to 6, pistillate, fertile; disk florets yellow, afterward brown, perfect, fertile. Stem: Erect, from

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]]> http://www.myflowerslive.com/yarrow-milfoil-old-mans-pepper-nosebleed/feed/ 0 Gronovius’ or Common Dodder; Strangle-weed; Love Vine; Angel’s Hair http://www.myflowerslive.com/gronovius-or-common-dodder-strangle-weed-love-vine-angels-hair/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/gronovius-or-common-dodder-strangle-weed-love-vine-angels-hair/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:47:10 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/?p=432

Gronovius’ or Common Dodder; Strangle-weed; Love Vine; Angel’s Hair

Cuscuta Gronovii

Flowers—Dull, white minute, numerous, in dense clusters. Calyx inferior, greenish white, 5-parted; corolla bell-shaped, the 5 lobes spreading, 5 fringed scales within; 5

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]]> http://www.myflowerslive.com/gronovius-or-common-dodder-strangle-weed-love-vine-angels-hair/feed/ 0 BUTTERFLY GARDENS http://www.myflowerslive.com/butterfly-gardens/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/butterfly-gardens/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:35:05 +0000 JB http://www.gardening-adventures.com/blog/butterfly-gardens/ Different species of butterflies have different preferences of nectar, in both colors and tastes. A wide variety of food plants will give the greatest diversity of visitors. Try staggering wild and cultivated plants, as well as blooming times of the day and year. Groups of the same plants will be easier

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]]> http://www.myflowerslive.com/butterfly-gardens/feed/ 0 Perennial Plant Feature–Wild Ginger http://www.myflowerslive.com/perennial-plant-feature-wild-ginger/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/perennial-plant-feature-wild-ginger/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:14:55 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/?p=5 By Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor University of Vermont

The Wild Gingers (genus Asarum) are excellent perennials to mass in shady or wooded areas for groundcovers. Given moist, well-drained soil in part to full shade, they are low maintenance.

Wild Gingers are six to 10 inches tall and spread 12

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Broad-leaved Arrow-head

Sagittaria latifolia (S. variabilis)

Flowers–White, 1 to 1-1/2 in. wide, in 3-bracted whorls of 3, borne near the summit of a leafless scape 4 in. to 4 ft. tall. Calyx of 3

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]]> http://www.myflowerslive.com/broad-leaved-arrow-head/feed/ 0 Harebell or Hairbell; Blue Bells of Scotland; Lady’s Thimble http://www.myflowerslive.com/harebell-or-hairbell-blue-bells-of-scotland-ladys-thimble/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/harebell-or-hairbell-blue-bells-of-scotland-ladys-thimble/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:15:23 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/?p=407

Harebell or Hairbell; Blue Bells of Scotland; Lady’s Thimble

Campanula rotundifolia

Flowers–Bright blue or violet-blue, bell-shaped, 1/2 in. long, or over, drooping from hair-like stalks. Calyx of 5-pointed, narrow, spreading lobes; 5 slender stamens alternate

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]]> http://www.myflowerslive.com/harebell-or-hairbell-blue-bells-of-scotland-ladys-thimble/feed/ 0 Native Trees for the Landscape http://www.myflowerslive.com/native-trees-for-the-landscape/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/native-trees-for-the-landscape/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:40:00 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/?p=157 By Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor University of Vermont

Trees dominate our landscapes, forming not only the framework for our outdoor living spaces, but also the overall theme of our surroundings. Alien trees may be beautiful, but native trees offer a unique advantage. They evolved here in northern New England. That means you

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Pearly, or Large-flowered, Everlasting; Immortelle, Silver Leaf; Moonshine; Cottonweed; None-so-pretty

Anaphalis margaritacea

Flower-heads–Numerous pearly-white scales of the involucre holding tubular florets only; borne in broad, rather flat, compound corymbs at the summit. Stem: Cottony, 1

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