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Pretty weed in my flower pot
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Mar 6, 2021 11:05:06   #
Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC
 
sb wrote:
All of the perennials that are sold as "flowers" are or were just "weeds". A weed is simply a flower that grows where you did not plant it! When I lived in Colorado I had five acres of high prairie around my house. My neighbor kept offering to mow it - it was full of wildflowers - or weeds, I guess, in his opinion. I photographed and cataloged over 50 species of wildflowers on the 5 acres, many if which had histories of use as medicinal plants by native Americans and early settlers of the West.
All of the perennials that are sold as "flowe... (show quote)


well said.

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Mar 6, 2021 11:12:45   #
Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI
 
We have a number of "honorary ornamentals" in our gardens. If they flower for a long time, attract pollinators, and aren't too aggressive, they are welcome to stay.

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Mar 6, 2021 15:59:42   #
Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY
 
Chalybeateman wrote:
This odd weed suddenly appeared in one of my flower pots.
Bloom is about 1/4 the size of a dime.
March 5 Camden County Georgia



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Mar 6, 2021 22:10:03   #
OleMe Loc: Montgomery Co., MD
 
That weed us called a flower!

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Mar 7, 2021 03:30:05   #
David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA
 
Very pretty. I don't suppose it's relevant, but there was once a community in Stone Co., Arkansas named "Chalybeate".

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