* * * * I love the sweet scents wafting in the breeze. I stop to admire the vibrant colors of all living things. And people think me odd. Then ODD I am!!!
I used to carry my fieldguides with me hiking & camping. I wanted to know everything; edible, poisonous, medicinal, etc.
By the time I moved away, I could readily ID about 85% of wild plants w/o a book & 99% with a book.
So, I am always quick with Meg.
California is tougher. I am learning the landscape plants, but not the wild, as much. I could walk out into the forest from my back porch in WV. In Cali, I need to drive for an hour.
* * * * I love the sweet scents wafting in the breeze. I stop to admire the vibrant colors of all living things. And people think me odd. Then ODD I am!!!
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Rugby, I think it's great that you know my area so well. I'm so new to all of this, and I want to learn it all. I wish that I could *remember* everything I'm told.. but sometimes, I can't, mostly if they are "complicated" names. But if it's got a more common name, like white sweetclover.. that'll stick with me. And johnsongrass (if that's what the grassy one is), I could remember that. I love my wildflowers that I planted, and am so greatful everyone's been able to help me id them. I don't know if I'm gonna remember them all. I know, there's at least 1 I'm sure, that I forgot the name of already!
That is one of the reasons I like to play ID so much. It helps me to remember the plants that I knew but don't get to see anymore.
And, when others ID something, I try to learn what it was.
My weakest point is garden flowers, because there are soooooo many. I am much better with trees & shrubs & wildflowers.
* * * * I love the sweet scents wafting in the breeze. I stop to admire the vibrant colors of all living things. And people think me odd. Then ODD I am!!!
quote: I am much better with trees & shrubs & wildflowers.
I am rotten with trees and shrubs and very good with weeds!!!
I am the same way with the wildflowers, actually, that's how I really started learning stuff with flowers, I wanted to learn the latin names of them to keep my brain active.. Only I could never find much on a "VERBAL PRONOUNCING GUIDE" that would be on the internet, so I could hear how to really prounce those words
Didn't find much, but love solving these Mystery's here!!!!
* * * * Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
But I don't always agree with their pronunciation.
For example: Cercis 'redbud'
They say "sersis". But they, also, show the word origin from the Greek "kerkis".
I pronounce it kerkis. I like to go with the original way, not the "accepted-because-so-many-people-say-it-wrong" way.
* * * * I love the sweet scents wafting in the breeze. I stop to admire the vibrant colors of all living things. And people think me odd. Then ODD I am!!!
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