As Paul and I are wont to say about much of the flora in our yard, it just grew there – “there,” in this case, being a narrow bit of sandy soil adjacent to our back steps. Had I grown up in this part of the world, I might not be so surprised by the propensity of any bare patch of earth to bring forth leaf and bloom. While I will happily smite dandelions, I am reluctant to uproot a plant – weed or no – that produces such lovely little flowers.
Does this look like a weed to you?
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I’ve always said a weed is a plant you don’t want. If you like it that means it is not a weed
Whatever it is, it’s a beauty.
When I arrived at Snow’s house on Thursday, I found dozens of beautiful little bell-shaped flowers in her front yard. “What are those?” I asked. “Weeds,” said Snow and G (Snow’s daughter) in unison. Then she said that those weeds were actually wild morning glories. I think that they’re beauties, too.
I will catch up with you properly once I get back to New York!
It looks like a kind of Blue-eyed Grass, maybe Idaho Blue-eyed Grass? Of course the genus has over 40 species so…
And I agree with Bill up there, its only a weed if you don’t want it.
How very lovely. I’m in the “not a weed” camp.
I like to think of these more as wildflowers, not weeds.
I have been trying to figure out what some of the ones we have here are. I didn’t know how much it helped to know the leaf shape as well as the flower characteristics.
In my view, any flower which is blue is not a weed. There is something about blue flowers…
unfortunately – probably filaree (Erodium spp.) are the leaves crinkly and finely divided? you will know when the wicked seeds appear and cling for all they are worth to your ankles. There are no weeds – only wildflowers and nasty invasives – this does have prettier flowers than tumbleweed though
It is a weed only because we have chosen to classify it as such.
I see a beautiful flower. That’s all that really ought to matter.
What a beautiful flower. I’d have a hard time calling that little guy a weed.
Of course, once the bloom is gone it’s a bloody nuisance and can be blasted with herbicide until the ground glows like a Japanese lantern at night.
It looks like Herb Robert to me, though its flowers are pinker. Does the foliage have a fragrance similar to cilantro?
BTW, Shasha is beautiful. I came upon your site searching for cat blogs, and you have great photos.