Can anyone identify these wildflowers?
Aug 11, 2014 15:56:22 #
The wildflowers grow on the edge of the farm field behind my home. They have been blooming there every year for probably the last 30 years and no one has been able to tell me what they are. Hardiness must be one of the attributes as the have survived many applications of weed killer by the farmer over the years.
Aug 11, 2014 16:08:55 #
Aug 11, 2014 16:09:43 #
They are wild morning glory - a weed to many :) And yes, they are hardy!
Pretty photo!
Pretty photo!
Aug 11, 2014 16:12:47 #
dragonfist wrote:
The wildflowers grow on the edge of the farm field behind my home. They have been blooming there every year for probably the last 30 years and no one has been able to tell me what they are. Hardiness must be one of the attributes as the have survived many applications of weed killer by the farmer over the years.
I think these are a type of morning glory...very pretty...like the 2 tone color of these.
Aug 11, 2014 16:18:28 #
Isn't it cool how 3 of us knew, and posted the answer within 4 minutes of each other - sure beats 30 years of not knowing, eh? :thumbup: :thumbup:
Aug 11, 2014 16:56:08 #
Thanks to all. I suspected they were a type of morning glory but wanted to be sure I was right. Three for three in agreement sounds good to me.
Aug 12, 2014 23:44:14 #
Aug 13, 2014 06:36:28 #
sailorsmom wrote:
They look like morning glories, dragonfist.
Thanks for looking. I had long suspected that is what they were but had never heard of wild morning glories.
Aug 14, 2014 10:04:19 #
Also called Field Bindweed. Grows very long tendrils that wrap around desired plants.
Aug 14, 2014 11:59:41 #
Northfork Walkabout wrote:
Also called Field Bindweed. Grows very long tendrils that wrap around desired plants.
Thank you for looking and commenting. My knowledge of wild flora is very limited. It does have beautul flowers.
Aug 14, 2014 12:02:30 #
Thanks north fork walkabout. I always wondered why people were so down on these pretty flowers. Now I understand.
Aug 14, 2014 12:10:13 #
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