From my my old blog, taken in various places, at various times several years ago. I have added links on all their first names if you would like more information.
My first flower is called a Cup Plant, also known as Common Cup plant, Compass plant, Indian cup, Cup rosin weed, Squareweed,Carpenter's weed, Pilot weed, Rosinweed. Botanical name Silphium perfoliatum.
Obedient plant and one I have shared before but not this photo (I hope). It has a lot of names and I'm going to give you them all as they can be interesting and sometimes amusing. So here we go, False dragon, Virginia lions-heart, Southern Obedient plant, American dragonhead, Obedience, Accommodation flower, Lady of the lake, Lion's heart, Lion's mouth, Mexican heath, Obedient flower, St. Margaret's flower, Toad's mouth, Virginian false dragon's head, False dragonhead. Botanical name, Physostegia virginiana.
Two photos of the same flower, Swamp Rose of Sharon, also known as Crimsoneyed rose-mallow, Rose-mallow and Eastern rose-mallow with a botanical name of Hibiscus moscheutos. A familiar flower to many of us.
The cup plant I have never heard of of, but they are like little sun spots on the ground. We have many Hibiscus like this around the neighborhood, in several colors. Some of the blooms are bigger than a human head!
ReplyDeleteI've seen those as big as a head, someone a few roads over has them and they are quite a sight to pass by when blooming :) Thanks Ginny!
DeleteSo very colourful and beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHappy you thought so, thank you Angie :)
DeleteLovely looking plants and very pretty too.
ReplyDeleteWonderful, thank you Margaret :)
DeleteHello Denise,
ReplyDeleteI would much rather see your pretty flowers than snow.
I am looking forward to spring.
Take care, have a great week!
I'm very happy you like them Eileen. One day of snow forecast for us next week, I hope you are free and clear :) You take care and have a great week also.
DeleteFamiliar plants all. Thanks for this splash of colour in the middle of a very snowy winter.
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome David, glad I could provide some respite :)
DeleteThanks for the color -- greetings from the world of white!
ReplyDeleteI am very glad I could provide it for you Jeanie :) You are very welcome and stay warm and cozy :)
DeleteAll of them are beautiful. I can't believe how many different names that Obedient plant can go by.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ann, and I know, it's a hoot to see so many names. Makes you wonder why? :)
DeleteEven here in SC I am not seeing much in the way of flowers. Thanks for sharing all the colorful flowers.
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome Linda. The flowers will be slow here also. I can't wait to see the first snowdrops :)
DeleteLovely blooms, thanks! I do love flowers.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kay and you are very welcome. I do too :)
Deletethe photo of the common but definitely not common flower is amazing. it is art drawn with lights and highlights and shading. love it... the rose of Sharon is awesome
ReplyDeleteI agree Sandra, and all those tiny 'umbrellas' will have been scattered to the winds to make more plants and the Monarchs will be very happy.
DeleteThanks for my flower "fix", snow is falling again.
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome and so happy you enjoyed :) I hope your now will not be as deep. We are expecting more next week for one day.
DeleteBreath of spring to come. They are talking about all kinds of messy weather here next week. Lets hope February ends all the freezing mess
ReplyDeleteHugs Cecilia
Oh dear, I think we will be getting a mix next week. Yes, lets hope! Sending hugs :)
DeleteComing to you from subzero temperatures, thank you for the beautiful flowers.
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome Sandra and subzero? Brrrrrrr........... I hope you stay warm and cozy!
DeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you my friend :)
DeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteThank you Christine :)
DeleteDear Denise :)
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to see these colourful plants with such curious names when here is such a damp dreary grey day.
We have a damp dreary day here also Sonjia. I hope we both see some sunshine soon. I am so glad you enjoyed the flowers :)
Deleteit was nice to see flowers today!! we only got a sprinkle of snow and the rest was rain. we are getting heavy rain right now. it's a perfect sunday to stay indoors and knit!! have a wonderful new week!!
ReplyDeleteHappy you liked them Debbie :) It sounds like a perfect day, and I am looking forward to seeing your knitting. We were supposed to be getting snow on Wednesday, but that's disappeared now. It's heading further south. Family in North Carolina are going to get up to 12 inches by all reports. Time to batten down the hatches :)
DeleteBeautiful! I have a variation of mallow that is deep purple on not huge, but it reseeds itself each year. I have to be careful not to let it get out of hand!
ReplyDeleteI like the obedient plant too. I think I have seen something similar one time while out riding our mules. The colors are stunning. Thanks, I needed to see these today!
Oh that sounds just beautiful! Even better that it reseeds but I understand how these plants can get out of control. You are very welcome, I'm glad these helped your day out Val. Riding your mules sounds absolutely wonderful!
DeleteNature's remedy of flowers on a dull day. Thank you, Denise.
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome Beverley :) So glad you enjoyed them. Nature's remedy, perfect wording!
DeleteIt’s really nice to see some flowers. The winds just reached us. It was rainy this morning, but fortunately it stopped and I was able to eat lunch on the deck before the wind came.
ReplyDeleteWe had a windy day also but yours was probably more so. We have had a lot of rain but now the sun is shining. Glad you got to enjoy your deck lunch. Sounds really nice.
DeleteSo many names for the different flowers. Milkweed! The fields were full of them until they built the senior high when I was a kid. That's why I got to lie on the ground and watch thousands of monarch butterflies passing through. Not a pretty plant, but the monarchs were breathtaking! ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Rita :) Oh my goodness, what a great memory you have of seeing all those monarchs. Sad that their habit was taken away.
DeleteIt's good to see flowers. Everything is white here.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to visiting your snowy photos Jenn :) Glad you enjoyed the flowers :)
DeleteAlways lovely to see flowers.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Me too Jan and all the best :)
DeleteWell, you do know your flowers, Denise. I really like the fluffy milkweed, so pretty. We had another snowfall too. Stay warm and cozy inside, Denise.
ReplyDelete~Sheri
I have a refresher every time I post one but I do know these pretty well. Thanks Sheri :) You stay warm and cozy too Sheri :)
DeleteLindas flores. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteMe hace feliz que hayas disfrutado de las flores. Gracias y te mando un beso.
DeleteThanks for sharing these beautiful flower shots with us. My favorite is the milkweed one.
ReplyDeleteThe obedient plant's name intrigued me. I'm wondering how it got that name. Maybe I can find out on Google.
You are very welcome my friend :) I love that one too, where the seeds are about to fly away on the wind. A happy day for the butterflies :) That's interesting and I think I knew why it was so named, but I have forgotten and need a refresher. I think it had something to do with it being easy to use in flower arrangements, it was flexible enough to bend to shape. That's just a guess though. I'll go look write after I publish this. Thanks for the reminder Sandra!
DeleteI looked it up for you. I thought I had read that this was the case but needed the refresher. Thanks for the question Sandra :)
Delete"An "obedient plant" is named so because its individual flowers can be bent and positioned in any direction by hand, and they will stay in that position for a period of time, essentially "obeying" the person who moved them; this is due to the unique structure of the flower stems which allows for flexibility."