And then there are the garden weeds so frustrating, so lovely ...
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| An old kettle full of them. |
Western buttercup, Ranunculus occidentalis, is a native. I have both these, and their cousin, the creeping buttercup, R. repens, infesting my flower beds and pots and the lawn. They're beautiful, and such a cheerful yellow, but they shove everything else out of their way. On my table, the flowers shut down at night, then open wide in the morning sun.
The tiny blue forget-me-nots, Myosotis sp., probably M. laxa, are another native. These were growing in the gravel of my driveway.
And the big leaves and the small lilac bells are common comfrey, Symphytum officinale. These are native to Europe and western Asia, and are on the BC Invasive Species list. I cut these from the garden next door; so far, they haven't spread to my place.
I just discovered that both the huge comfrey and the tiny forget-me-nots are members of the same family, the Boraginaceae, in common parlance the borage or the forget-me-not family.
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Y no hay que olvidar esas hierbas malas que invaden nuestros jardines, tan frustrantes, tan bellas ...
Foto: Ollita vieja con flores "voluntarias".
Las flores amarillas, Ranunculus occidentalis, o botón de oro occidental, es una planta nativa. Estas y su prima, R. repens, son una plaga que crece en mis macetas y el parterre y entre el césped. Hermosas, y tan alegres, pero cubren todo lo demás. En casa, las flores se cierran de noche, y se abren con los primeros rayos del sol matutino.
Las nomeolvides miniaturas, Myosotis sp., probablemente M. laxa, también son flores nativas. Estas crecían entre la grava de mi entrada.
Y las hojas grandes y sus flores color lila son Symphytum officinale, la consuelda. Esta planta es originaria de Europa y el occidente de Asia, y está incluida en la lista de plantas invasivas de Columbia Británica. Estas las corté del jardín de la vecina; hasta ahora no se han extendido hasta aquí.
Acabo de descubrir que tanto la consuelda, tan grande, y las nomeolvides pequeñitas son miembros de la misma famila, las Boraginaceae, que lleva el nombre común, la familia de las nomeolvides,
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