Monday, April 14, 2014

Perfectly Imperfect Weeds/Wildflowers (?)

(edited with Kim's kk 1111unscripted texture, multiply mode, 40% opacity-
quote by Ella Wheeler Wilcox)

These purple weeds/wildflowers (?) sprouted up in one of our flowerbeds.
I pulled them out, but decided they were pretty enough for a little photo shoot before I disposed of them.
I "googled" weeds with purple flowers as well as purple wildflowers to see if I could identify them,
but to no avail.
Perhaps a reader will know what they are.


Regardless, they made a lovely subject for a little photo shoot.
Plopped inside a thrift store English cheese crock,  I thought they were apropos for this week's 
Texture Tuesday theme, "Perfectly Imperfect".








I hope you enjoyed looking at them as much as I enjoyed photographing them!


still following,

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58 comments:

  1. Oh, the flowers are gorgeous,and I love the still lifes you've created! (I think the flowers might be wild phlox?)

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    1. It could be! Also known as Sweet William when I googled it. The foliage looks a bit different though, and the flowers on mine have only four petals. A different type perhaps?

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    2. Evelyn figured out that this is what the "money plant" looks like before it's all dried out! In this post you can see it all dried in the fall. You would have thought I would have noticed that they grew in the exact same spot!
      http://www.justfollowingjesus.com/2013/10/broken-and-wounded.html

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  2. Hey Elisabeth,
    your wildflowers are beatiful, the color of them is great!
    And the flowerpot, so nice.
    Have a great week,
    Andy

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    1. Thanks, Andy! I love finding beauty in unexpected ways and places.

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  3. How beautiful! I agree that they might be phlox...based on the shape and "design" of the petals. I also thought of a periwinkle, for the same reasons. Whatever they are, they are "perfectly imperfect."

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  4. I'm revising my guess....both the phlox and periwinkle have 5 petals. Now to find a purple flower with just four petals!

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    1. You are right!! It's "money plant" , I just didn't realize this is what it looks like before it " dries"!

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  5. Fantastic images ... you have captured them so well.

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    1. Thank you so much. I enjoyed playing with these "flowers"!

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  6. This weed is gorgeous and is a loved flower for me :) Great capture and Awsome jar!

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    1. Barbara, I was pretty excited to find that jar at the Goodwill for a couple of dollars! And, it was fun playing with these "weeds".

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  7. Beautiful a lovely collection of images. That reminds me I have a pot similar but not Fortnum and Mason very posh !

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    1. Viv...Maybe I will get to see your little jar in a future photo shoot!

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  8. Elizabeth...these grow in the ditches up around our cabin in VA. I have cut many of them and tried to grow them from the root after digging them up. I couldn't get them to grow. Like you said, weeds are just unloved flowers. My first post on my blog when I started last June was entitled "Beautiful Weeds" :) Your photos are spectacular, by the way!

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    1. Debby, it's "money plant", but I never put two and two together that this is what it looks like before it dries up. Here's a post that shows it in the autumn. You would have thought I'd figure it out since it grew in the exact same spot!
      http://www.justfollowingjesus.com/2013/10/broken-and-wounded.html

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  9. Elizabeth, Your images for today are my favorite style - simple and clean and beautifully composed. Everything about these pictures looks natural and authentic. I love all the different views, the wooden background, the addition of the scissors, and the crock. I'm not sure, but I think those flowers might be a type of phlox? Regardless, they are surely perfectly imperfect and give support to the beauty of blooming where we are planted.

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    1. Donna, they are very similar looking to wild phlox, but Evelyn figured out they are "money plant". Funny, because I picked dried "money plant" in the fall in the exact same spot and never put two and two together that they are one and the same plant, but in different seasons. Here's the post that shows them dried. http://www.justfollowingjesus.com/2013/10/broken-and-wounded.html

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  10. Hi Elizabeth, I have those flowers growing wild in my yard, and they are called Honesty. Beautiful photos!

    Blessings!

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    1. I've heard they are "money plant"!

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    2. "money plant", "chinese coin" and "honesty" are all the same plant!

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  11. This post is simple stunning, Elizabeth! Each one...it looks like a magazine layout. Such a pretty "weed/wild flower" too! I might be tempted to let it grow, if it wasn't too much of a wanderer.

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    1. Thanks so much, Beverly! I'm finding out that it's a wildflower called "honesty", "money plant" or "chinese coin".

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  12. Perfectly imperfect in every way! Love the unexpected beauty God places in our lives. Have a blessed week!
    ~c

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    1. Me too, Cindy! You have a blessed week as well.

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  14. I love all your beautiful photos, such pretty colors too. What a lovely find ! :)

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    1. Thank you, Caz! It was a fun find and a fun photo shoot!

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  15. A flower is a flower in my book - even if it's attached to a weed! Love your photos and the arrangement you put together.
    ~Adrienne~

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  16. Gorgeous! And I love the little crock, too :)
    Susan

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    1. I love that little crock as well! A Goodwill find.

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  17. Fabulous images! I can't believe that these are weeds :)

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    1. Sheila, they are a wildflower called "honesty", "chinese coin" and/or "money plant". Who knew? :)

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  18. Beautiful flowers, Elizabeth! I love how you've photographed them. A weed is just a flower nobody wants. These are too pretty to be weeds. :)

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    1. I guess I won't be pulling them up anymore. Look here!
      http://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/perennials/money_plant.html#gsc.tab=0

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  19. Beautiful, as always. Always lovely to come by for a visit.

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    1. Thank you so much, Beth! JOY can be found in the simplest things, right?

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  20. Beautiful photos. Definitly not a weed to me. I believe they are Dame's Rpocket. Dame's Rocket has four flower petals; phlox have five. From Wiki: Hesperis matronalis is a herbaceous plant species in the mustard family, Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame’s rocket, damask violet, dame’s violet, dames-wort, dame’s gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen’s gilliflower, rogue’s gilliflower, summer lilac, sweet rocket, mother-of-the-evening and winter gilliflower.

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    1. Thanks for your input Earl. We found our plant!
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lunaria_annua_flowers.jpg

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  21. I love these pictures, and the flowers, actually they are one of my favorite wild flowers, they take me right back to our hikes in Germany. That pot... oh mama, I must find one of those.

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    1. The little pot was a providential Goodwill find!

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  22. Lovely photos...a nice touch of texture...I enjoyed the quote... A weed is but an unloved flower! Visiting from SDG

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    1. I loved that quote, too. Thanks so much for coming by and for your kind comment.

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  23. If the quote is true, then I have no weeds, for I love all flowering things! What a lovely offering you have here, Elizabeth!

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    1. Thank you so much, June. You are a blessing!

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  24. What an enjoyable series of flower photos! I like how you included the scissors. These are lovely little purple blooms. And great quote for spring!

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    1. Thanks so much, Sharon. It was a fun photo shoot!

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  25. Beautiful! Love the color of them, scissors, pot..all ! :)

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  26. just beautiful! I love all your perspectives. I don't believe those grow here, at least I'm not familiar with them.

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind comment. Evelyn, (see above), helped me find out what the wildflower is. If you're interested you can read this.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunaria_annua

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  27. Very pretty and I am glad that someone was able to identify the flower. Very nice composition and editing.

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    1. Thank you so much! It was a fun mystery to solve!

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    1. Thank you, Rosanna! It's been fun to find out what they really are!

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  29. They are lovely and such a deep purple. I have some weeds that are light purple bells when they flower. I like those too.

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    1. Well, now I know that these are a wildflower sometimes called "honesty", "money plant" or "chinese coin" because of the appearance of their seed pods. The flowers you mentioned we call blue bells, and they are a wildflower as well.

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