Baldwin's Unboggy Bog Beauties - Pink/Purple (Page 2): Those are very nice. Great colors and flowers I've never seen before.

dar_clicks Loc: Utah

STVest wrote:

I just can't stop myself!

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Those are very nice. Great colors and flowers I've never seen before.

STVest Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama

dar_clicks wrote:

Those are very nice. Great colors and flowers I've never seen before.

Thanks for dropping in and commenting, dar. Plenty of wildflowers around here - happy to share them with you!

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

More good shots from the swamp. I want to come down there now.

#1 and #4 - a Gerardia, probably Agalinis tenuifolia "Slender Gerardia" also called "Slenderleaf False Foxglove." We have a similar plant here in northern Michigan along the Lake Michigan shore, Purple Gerardia Agalinis purpurea.

#2 is a Blazing Star, probably Liatris spicata "Dense Blazing Star."

#3 is, as Dixiegirl says, "Wild Potato Vine" Ipomoea pandurata from the Morning-glory family.

Mike

STVest Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama

Blenheim Orange wrote:

More good shots from the swamp. I want to come dow... (show quote)

Again, Mike, thank you for your comment and your ID's. I stumbled upon the swamps of the Pascagoula River a few months ago and fell completely in love with them. Now, I can't get enough of swamps and bogs! Come on down! There's plenty to share.

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

STVest wrote:

Again, Mike, thank you for your comment and your ID's. I stumbled upon the swamps of the Pascagoula River a few months ago and fell completely in love with them. Now, I can't get enough of swamps and bogs! Come on down! There's plenty to share.

If we get another winter like the one we had last year in northern Michigan I may just move down there permanently!

Mike

STVest Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama

Blenheim Orange wrote:

If we get another winter like the one we had last year in northern Michigan I may just move down there permanently!

Mike

I hear ya! I lived in Indiana for 8 years, through some record breaking winters. Even though I have endured (and not been phased by) winters far worse than what we had in lower Alabama, last winter was the most miserable I have ever experienced. I chilled to the bone early and didn't thaw out til spring! Of course, nothing like the north had, but an unusually cold winter for this area! Don't want another!

Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast

And a huge ditto added to that. They're predicting low 50s this weekend which will be nice, but I hope the early cool spell isn't a sign of things to come.

STVest wrote:

I hear ya! I lived in Indiana for 8 years, through some record breaking winters. Even though I have endured (and not been phased by) winters far worse than what we had in lower Alabama, last winter was the most miserable I have ever experienced. I chilled to the bone early and didn't thaw out til spring! Of course, nothing like the north had, but an unusually cold winter for this area! Don't want another!

STVest Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama

Dixiegirl wrote:

And a huge ditto added to that. They're predicting low 50s this weekend which will be nice, but I hope the early cool spell isn't a sign of things to come.

GREAT!!! Now I can just pull out the winter wardrobe and don't have to worry about doing laundry for a while!

Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast

LOL That's like making lemonade when life throws you lemons...isn't that the way the saying goes? :-D I have something funny to tell you, but I'll send you an email.

STVest wrote:

GREAT!!! Now I can just pull out the winter wardrobe and don't have to worry about doing laundry for a while!

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

STVest wrote:

I just can't stop myself!

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:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: My pick is #2 - looks like shooting stars. Good job on all of these. Thanks for showing.

STVest Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama

GeneM wrote:

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: My pick is #2 - looks like shooting stars. Good job on all of these. Thanks for showing.

Thanks for looking and your kind comments, Gene. I'm kinda partial to those itty bitty blooms, too!