http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/06/the-fire-garden/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:01:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/06/the-fire-garden/#comment-176815 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:40:18 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/06/the-fire-garden/#comment-176815 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirsium It's a spear thistle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirsium It’s a spear thistle.

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/06/the-fire-garden/#comment-175889 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:56:45 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/06/the-fire-garden/#comment-175889 Laiku - The first one looks like some member of the Morning Glory family. I can't see the leaves too well, but the bloom looks like one. They usually grow on vines. If it's small, it's probably one of the ones that are referred to as <a href="http://www.pesticide.org/bindweed.html">Bindweed</a> as they grow over other plants and wrap tendrils around them, etc... The second and third images look like <a href="http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/plants/coronilla.htm" rel="nofollow">Crown Vetch</a> <i>(Securigera varia)</i>, which used to go by the name <i>Coronilla varia</i>. I'd have to see the thistle in person to tell you which one it probably is. Laiku - The first one looks like some member of the Morning Glory family. I can’t see the leaves too well, but the bloom looks like one. They usually grow on vines. If it’s small, it’s probably one of the ones that are referred to as Bindweed as they grow over other plants and wrap tendrils around them, etc…
The second and third images look like Crown Vetch (Securigera varia), which used to go by the name Coronilla varia.
I’d have to see the thistle in person to tell you which one it probably is.

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/06/the-fire-garden/#comment-175750 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:47:28 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/06/the-fire-garden/#comment-175750 http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61442091/ http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61439989/ http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61440155/ The last two are the same flower. And this one: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61440627/ turns out to be a very intimidating cirsium. http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61442091/
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61439989/
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61440155/
The last two are the same flower. And this one: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61440627/ turns out to be a very intimidating cirsium.

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/06/the-fire-garden/#comment-175499 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:19:49 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/06/the-fire-garden/#comment-175499 Laiku - I just know a lot of plants because I've done a lot of conservation-related stream and site surveys over the years. Also, I was always very interested in plants and started learning about them when I was very young. For many years, I was very interested in gardening, and especially in herb gardens, so that helped me to develop a fairly good basic knowledge of plants. Many of the plants that are classed as herbs, especially the medicinal ones that I was most interested in, are also considered to be weeds. Laiku - I just know a lot of plants because I’ve done a lot of conservation-related stream and site surveys over the years. Also, I was always very interested in plants and started learning about them when I was very young. For many years, I was very interested in gardening, and especially in herb gardens, so that helped me to develop a fairly good basic knowledge of plants. Many of the plants that are classed as herbs, especially the medicinal ones that I was most interested in, are also considered to be weeds.

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/06/the-fire-garden/#comment-175493 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:01:11 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/06/the-fire-garden/#comment-175493 Thanks. Thanks a lot. How do you identify these things? You're an expert. Thanks. Thanks a lot. How do you identify these things? You’re an expert.

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