Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Misplaced Flowers

Some people say a weed is just a misplaced flower.

If you just care to look closely and learn more about these unloved plants, you might appreciate their beauty and virtues.

Inconspicuous and easily overlooked ...
Woody borreria


smaller than a pea ...

Untamed ...
Billy goat weed

Coat buttons



Weeds are flowers too,

once you get to know,

them.

A.A. Milne

My Corner of the World

70 comments:

  1. I loved this post:) thanks for your sharing...

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  2. This post was well put, Veronica Lee, and what some consider as weeds are just misplaced wildflowers.

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  3. They are so beautiful, Veronica. I'm not so happy about weeds, but I can see they are pretty.

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  4. I agree with you, Veronica. I've seen some weeds that were very pretty.

    Have a fabulous day. ♥

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  5. So true, I love all flowers. Hugs, Valerie

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  6. ...wonderful sayings to accompany your images!

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  7. Truth, they are beautiful, the weeds are brilliant Veronica.

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  8. I will never look at a weed the same again, but try to find beauty in them all :)

    Hope you and yours are doing well.

    Betty

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  9. Beautiful photos! My father had a range management degree and he always said "green is good" for our yard. He could spot all sorts of plants in what I always thought looked the same.

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  10. Thanks for sharing the information and details. Have a nice day! ๐Ÿ‘

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  11. What great photos of the flowers and plants.
    Photo 5 is my favorite.
    Greetings Irma

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  12. Belรญssimas flores.
    Gostei de saber mais sobre elas.
    Obrigada.
    Abraรงos.
    Ailime

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  13. Dear Veronica,
    you are so right. The little blossoms are so wonderful. Thanks for the words and greetings from Germany
    Kirsi

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  14. Hello,
    They are lovely flowers, some are very tiny. Great find!
    Have a great day!

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  15. So very true! These are really pretty blossoms.

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  16. There are those of us who greatly prefer the wildness of nature to manicured lawn and gardens. Count me among them. Weeds can be my friends too!

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  17. Dearest Veronica,
    Excellent photos!
    We have discovered that the weeds of one country are the treasured plants of another country! That we learned while living and working in Indonesia for three years...
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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  18. A brilliant post. Agree, agree, agree. And weeds are perhaps just native plants, and these are the plants we need in our lives.

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  19. Some weeds truly are as lovely as any garden flower!

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  20. Weeds are plants not intentionally being grown, but they're typical of the place. Great post, Veronica!

    Glad to hear you've planned to go to Italy when the epidemic will to an end. You are welcome! The town where I live is located close to Rome ... let me know about your trip ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

    All the best,

    Giorgio

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  21. Beautiful photos! Thanks so much for visiting Buttercupland. Please stop by often.

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  22. They are all lovely. I never heard of billy Goat weed! To me, there are no weeds, only wildflowers. If weeds were hard to grow, everyine would want them!

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  23. It's really hard to spot them from afar... Great spotting and shots...

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  24. I would be happy to have these in my garden. My weeds are the horrible kind!

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  25. Hello Veronica,
    Great pictures. Wonderful to see the many special flowers.
    The two pink flowers are very nice.

    Greetings, Marco

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  26. I love the little flowers. They are quite pretty.

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  27. Lovely photos....and yes, I can see passing them by, when they are so teeny! Sandi

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  28. beautiful flower in macro photos mode...i like all of them dear...

    greetings

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  29. I have seen weeds that have lovely flowering buds on them. I do like the post as it makes one stop and think. Those are great photos. Thanks for sharing Veronica. :-)

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  30. That Billy Goat Weed is beautiful Love the color.
    I think wildflowers are some of the prettiest of all.

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  31. Flowers are so necessary to brighten up boring spaces, my garden is due for a week now that we're nearly in Spring.

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  32. Beautiful flowers and your photographed them so well. I call them wildflowers, and some of them are the prettiest flowers I have ever seen.

    -Soma

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  33. Oh, I loved seeing the weeds that grow in your area. That Billy Goat weed is so unusual and pretty. And I really like the quote, and will write that one down.

    Have a beautiful weekend. I enjoy reading your blog posts. : )

    ~Sheri

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  34. What a beautiful quote! My boys think all weeds are flowers too, I get a lot they pick for me on their walks, it's so sweet. I happily display them in a cup of water like proper flowers! :)

    Hope you have a good weekend ahead of you! Fun one here, a birthday party to go to each day!

    Away From The Blue

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  35. I agree. Your post makes me remember one of mine. Attach a link.

    https://minlillakokvra.blogspot.com/2017/07/ogras.html

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  36. Dear Veronica,
    that's a good definition of weed.
    I always say that it depends on WHERE it grows: Meadow grass, for example, is welcome in the meadow, but not in the flower or vegetable patch.
    And some plants are very fond of spreading. You plant five of them - and suddenly you have hundreds that displace all other flowers.
    I always try to accept a mix of desirable and "wild" plants in my garden, but sometimes I have to intervene ;-)
    Happy Weekend and all the best
    Traude
    https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2021/08/von-gottesanbeterinnen-eismachern-und.html

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  37. There are certainly some beautiful weeds - and though beautiful, they can overtake a garden and crowd out native species. Bindweed comes to mind. There are weeds I don't pull out, especially those that flower early in the year and offer food to birds and insect. Later, I can just discard the seedheads if I want to. I think there are a lot of beautiful weeds, but also some that can become a real pest.

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  38. Love this post - beautiful flowers ..I've been out all summer finding wildflowers and enjoying it so much! I agree weeds are definitely flowers ...and sometimes more beautiful than the ones we plant.

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  39. A nice assortment of pretty blossoms!
    Thanks for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2021/08/smells-good-in-kitchen.html

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  40. Very pretty and miniature and the quote is so true!

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  41. Nice post I liked the quote also :-0

    Have a misplacedtastic week ๐Ÿ‘

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  42. I'm reading quite a few blogs and articles lately about how people are letting "wildflowers" take over their lawns because it is so much better for butterflies and the environment than grassy lawns. I really like that idea.

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  43. That's a nice way of putting it.

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  44. That's a great way to look at it. Beautiful flowers!
    xoxo
    Lovely
    www.mynameislovely.com

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  45. Hello Veronica!

    Beautiful pictures! I love flower photography very much.

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  46. Yes, some have really very pretty flowers! Those curly leaves in your 4th pic look like Brazilian spinach, very nice vegetable.

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  47. I agree. I leave pretty weeds to grow. Some are also prettier than garden flowers.

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  48. Some weeds are more beautiful than flowers and others are just truly ugly weeds.

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  49. Beautiful flowers. There are many weeds that I view as flowers. Judgement indeed.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥

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  50. Really lovely photos! Thanks for sharing with us.

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  51. Great photos and so true. Dad has seen some of these along the paths

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  52. There are lots of little 'flowers' that I like but, if they overtake my garden, they have to be kept small.

    Thanks for sharing your link at My Corner of the World this week!

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