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05/29/2023 blooming!

A plantain flowering in the tiered cactus planter. This one was in the soil from Jeanne’s spike-moss.
The Hedeoma is blooming in the planter too!
Paula noticed this sneaky Prairie Coneflower blooming!
Some sunflowers near Leon’s blackberries have wavy edged leaves. We are hoping they might be Helianthus petiolaris.
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05/29/2023 quarter inch rain

One of our four new prairie larkspurs has bloomed!!
I took several angles as I was excited. Three of four plants tried to bloom but their flower stalks got knocked over or snipped off by something toothy.
The showy milkweed in the side yard (north of the rainbow garden) is coming up!
Our three kinds of milkweed are growing!! The lower left one is a green milkweed. The two biggest plants are whorled milkweed (A. verticillata) from Abby. The one remaining viridiflora is not in the picture.
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05/28/2023 haircut

Since it was going to rain this afternoon (and did! I think we got around a quarter inch at most), I gave the culinary sage and lemon balm both haircuts to encourage bushier growth.
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05/21/2023 weird surprise plant

This interesting flower was blooming by the garage and rain barrel corner. iNaturalist suggested Houttuynia.
This could be here on its own dispersal as it’s known to be invasive, but it is also apparently known as “fish mint” and used in some cuisines. The chefs were not interested after smelling it so we will probably remove it so it doesn’t get out and disturb any local ecosystems more than they already are.
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Fuzzy bean or other bean?

05/21/2023. Legume leaves in the backyard, of unknown origin.
05/27/2023. The adult leaves are more triangular than the fuzzybeans in the front yard, but it also gets less sun here.
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05/19/2023 pretty flowers, mystery solved, and babies

The first of our Ohio Spiderworts from prairie moon to bloom! (That’s a dayflower leaf under it in case that’s confusing.)
Turns out the mystery plant in with the Venus looking glass is a second kind of Venus looking glass! It just has narrower leaves. Both have milky sap.
Last year’s plant (it might have lived two years? I’m not sure)
Bigger baby
Tiny babies
More babies
Even more babies
The juniper leaf in the driveway. I have gotten it to sprout in small pots but it never stays alive. Cuttings ok too but I think it needs to be able to put down a long root. However, they sure love this one crack in the driveway.