tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post7512775820745228801..comments2023-08-10T04:48:09.538-04:00Comments on The Garden Faerie: She Ran Calling Wildflowers...Monica the Garden Faeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-85664699934801776782009-03-28T09:58:00.000-04:002009-03-28T09:58:00.000-04:00Almost time to start hunting again. It's just gett...Almost time to start hunting again. <BR/><BR/>It's just getting warm enough for things to emerge here. So far I've only spotted Patridgeberry and will keep returning until I catch this one in bloom.<BR/><BR/>Like you said - you really need to keep going back. Not only to follow the progress of a single plant but to catch others as they pop out too :)<BR/><BR/>I don't know - maybe I just use the wildflowers to get out for a walk. It's my quiet time.WiseAcrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383341492994868833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-34116501910162875592008-05-08T17:16:00.000-04:002008-05-08T17:16:00.000-04:00Nice tour! Our marsh marigolds are starting to blo...Nice tour! Our marsh marigolds are starting to bloom in every wet area by the roadways...all over! My bloodroot is just now starting to bloom, but our spring is really late this year.lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133943147518051559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-3677547822643202602008-05-07T21:45:00.000-04:002008-05-07T21:45:00.000-04:00Fabulous wildflower tour. I haven't seen many of ...Fabulous wildflower tour. I haven't seen many of these for years (since leaving the east coast) so it was sentimental viewing your photos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-19290518732177141072008-05-07T14:52:00.000-04:002008-05-07T14:52:00.000-04:00Yolanda--I just heard back from Catherine Marquar...Yolanda--I just heard back from Catherine Marquardt, the leader of the walk. She says the gooseberry in question is <I>Ribes cynosbati</I>, which is the most common type of gooseberry in southeast Michigan. We also have <I>Ribes hirtellum</I> and <I>Ribes americanum</I>, both of which grow in wetter areas. The European ones are a different species.<BR/> <BR/>Gail--Thanks for the camera info! I do grow a few spring ephemerals in my garden (trillium, meadow rue, and hepatica) but I tend to have too much sun in spring (which is ironic because the rest of the season I have too much shade!). I do grow a variety of native perennials, integrated into my beds, spring-fall.<BR/><BR/>Garden Girl--I know just what you mean. I'm kind of an intuitive gardener. When I had gardening clients, I pruned things intuitively and was shocked later to learn just how "right" I had done everything! And, like you, I could somehow tell "real" plants from weeds, even if I couldn't ID each one. :)<BR/><BR/>Cat--Welcome and thanks for stopping by.<BR/><BR/>Suzie--Your photo of early meadow rue shows the plant much better than mine, so I've added a link to the original entry.Monica the Garden Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-79593082778620427262008-05-06T22:44:00.000-04:002008-05-06T22:44:00.000-04:00Wonderful blog, my first visit here, I really like...Wonderful blog, my first visit here, I really liked this post, I have seen lots of these wild flowers in my neck of the woods..Va. but wasn't sure of the names, thanks for such and informative post and great pic's.<BR/>CatCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-57814364584522523202008-05-06T21:52:00.000-04:002008-05-06T21:52:00.000-04:00Great photos. I'm definitely not up on my wildflo...Great photos. I'm definitely not up on my wildflowers. I was gardening at a client's house this week. She has trout lilies in her garden. I knew they were 'something,' so I didn't weed them out. Now I know what they are!garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-24174538227561683052008-05-06T19:33:00.000-04:002008-05-06T19:33:00.000-04:00You asked about camera I have Fujifilm S5000 digi...You asked about camera I have Fujifilm S5000 digital and I occasionally use my husbands Canon Powershot...Hope this helps...<BR/><BR/>Gail<BR/>Clay and limestoneGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-88976212086911879172008-05-06T16:58:00.000-04:002008-05-06T16:58:00.000-04:00Great photos and notes! The bloodroot has already ...Great photos and notes! The bloodroot has already come & gone, I think - or at least it had at another site I've visited. Though different places can be so different! I put a couple photos on the stewardship network's website:<BR/>http://flickr.com/photos/stewardshipnetwork/map/<BR/>Click on the dot that's in NE Ann Arbor. Cool!<BR/>-SuzieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-13464633565662004632008-05-06T14:48:00.000-04:002008-05-06T14:48:00.000-04:00Wonderful tour, do you grow them in your garden, t...Wonderful tour, do you grow them in your garden, too. I love that we can be hundreds of miles away and still have some of the same Eastern deciduous forest wildflowers.<BR/><BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-84152912012765266662008-05-06T14:08:00.000-04:002008-05-06T14:08:00.000-04:00Don, see this web page for a garlic mustard pull c...Don, see this <A HREF="http://www.stewardshipnetwork.org/site/c.hrLOKWPILuF/b.3991733/k.C3C1/2008_Garlic_Mustard_Challenge.htm" REL="nofollow">web page</A> for a garlic mustard pull campaign by a local enviro group.Monica the Garden Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-56309160157215974902008-05-06T14:06:00.000-04:002008-05-06T14:06:00.000-04:00Don, oh yes we have garlic mustard! The city of An...Don, oh yes we have garlic mustard! The city of Ann Arbor sponsors a lot of invasive removal work days and recently had many for garlic mustard. I pulled some from my office building, too. Those darn tiny seeds are just multiply-rific!<BR/>~ MonicaMonica the Garden Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-55407786825358866262008-05-06T14:00:00.000-04:002008-05-06T14:00:00.000-04:00Nice wildflower pictures... do you have garlic mus...Nice wildflower pictures... do you have garlic mustard invading the woods around there?<BR/>DonIBOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13160379892465206319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-86568677793039483832008-05-06T07:57:00.000-04:002008-05-06T07:57:00.000-04:00Yolanda, you pose an interesting question! It turn...Yolanda, you pose an interesting question! It turns out the species I listed, <I>Ribes uva-crispa</I>, is native to Europe. We do have a North American version, native to Michigan, <I>Ribes hirtellum</I>, hairystem gooseberry. I don't actually know which one it is in the photo, but will check with the naturalist. We do have some non-natives in our natural areas, some invasive (buckthorn, garlic mustard, purple loosestrife, autumn olive, honeysuckle--see <A HREF="http://www.a2gov.org/government/publicservices/fieldoperations/NAP/Documents/fieldoperations_nap_list_AnnArborInvasiveSpecies_2004-05-01.pdf" REL="nofollow">list</A> for more and Latin names) and some not, as gooseberry would be, if in fact it's the European version. Stay tuned!<BR/>~ MonicaMonica the Garden Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-55806314428838071572008-05-06T01:28:00.000-04:002008-05-06T01:28:00.000-04:00Thanks for this tutorial on wildflowers. I love wi...Thanks for this tutorial on wildflowers. I love wildflowers so this was fun! So gooseberry is a native plant where you live, wonderful!Yolanda Elizabet Heuzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506031220151023088noreply@blogger.com