Southwestern Pennsylvania Wildflowers!
So here are just a few of the gorgeous flower to start! These are wild Phlox (or as some prefer - Sweet Williams).
Butterfly Flower
and a Bonus!
Check out the gorgeous color of this Butterfly Flower.Can you imagine my excitement when I found this butterfly on it! They match so well!
I took this across the river opposite the trail while walking along some railroad tracks. I have tons more photo to show you too!
It may be a weed, but it's a beautiful flower to me!
;Common names: Butterfly Weed, Canada Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerflower, Fluxroot, Indian Paintbrush, Indian Posy, Orange Milkweed, Orange Swallow-wort, Pleurisy Root, Silky Swallow-wort, Tuber Root, Yellow Milkweed, White-root, Windroot
Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America. It is a perennial plant growing to 0.6-2 m (1 -2 feet) tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early fall. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 5-12 cm long and 2-3 cm broad.
This plant favors dry, sand or gravel soil, but has also been reported on stream margins. It requires full sun.
The common name comes from the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar. Butterfly weed is also the larval food plant of the Queen and Monarch butterflies. The butterfly weed grows to be 1-3 feet long.
Extracts in herbalism and by Native Americans were used as an expectorant for wet coughs and other pulmonary ailments. Use of the herb is contraindicated in pregnancy, during lactation or with infants due to the small amount of cardiac glycosides.University of Texas, Austin
Water Lily
On one of our recent trips to Twin Lakes in Greensburg, PA, I spotted this beautiful flower!I had never seen one close up (really, and I am 54 yrs old), so I climbed the fence and headed down to the edge of the shore. I stretched as far as I could to get this beautiful shot of this gorgeous flower!
This is just a few items that are available with this Beautiful Water Lily on!
Beautiful Colors!
Mother Nature sure can paint a beautiful flower!
Now you can see the beautiful Phlox (Sweet William) in all it's glory all year round!Go to http://carolwingert.com/phlox/ and get your screen saver today!
Have this flower bloom all year round!
Star of Bethlehem
These beautiful flowers open at daylight and go to "sleep" at night. I actually watched them slowly go to sleep. It's amazing!Unfortunately they are not longer with us. They lasted approximately three weeks.
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Daisy
He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me!
Remember pulling the petals off one at a time, while saying this?This is an Ox-eyed daisy, and these flowers are everywhere along our countryside, not just our bike trail!
New Wikipedia
The oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare, syn. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum), also known as the marguerite, is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia. It is one of a number of plants to be called by the common name daisy. It is also sometimes called moon daisy or dog daisy.
If you love this flower, these are just a few of the products you can get it on!!!
Dame's Rocket
Many folks confuse this flower for the Phlox. Note this flower has four petals! The Day Lily
This beautiful orange flower is called a Day Lily for a good reason. It blooms for one day only then dies.It makes you appreciate it so much more!
Flax
This delicate flower grow on the end of a very thin stalk. Amazing the strength it has! Check these out!
The Pennsylvania Wild Flowers!
More Beauty!
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I hope you enjoy looking at these flowers as much as I do!
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- mukunda22 mukunda22 Sep 17, 2009 @ 4:48 pm
- How delicate is the wild flower! Beauty is a thing that lasts forever, indeed!
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- OhMe OhMe Jul 29, 2009 @ 8:40 am
- Great photos and products. I love wildflowers and love this lens. Lensrolling to my Queen Anne's Lace lens.
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- aj2008 aj2008 Jul 1, 2009 @ 6:48 am
- Lovely pics - we used to have Sweet William growing in our garden as a child, I can still smell the scent!
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- Granny Earth Granny Earth Jun 23, 2009 @ 8:53 am
- Beautiful pictures, Carol! Thanks for sharing them with us.
And, please continue what you're doing, Love it!
Granny
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