The “Weeds, Glorious Weeds!” edition!
Here is the view from the end of my driveway:
I have no idea what any of these flowers are (can you tell by now that I’m not a botanist? I think I use some variation of the phrase “I have no idea what this flower is” in every FFFriday post), but I think they’re pretty, especially in concert as they are. The tall, spiky ones the back - these guys:
have a kind of sharp, cabaret-show purple that serves a lovely contrast with the dome-shaped, dusky purple things that the bees just ADORE:
The sharpness of these little pitcher-type flowers, in their almost leopard-spotted orange, rounds out the scene:
A lot of people in my neighborhood weed-whack between their yards and the street, and spend their weekends tending annuals that they’ve planted in the spaces they create. Mr. Chili and I don’t do that, and never have. First of all, we’re too lazy. Second, we like the dense and wild growth that happens in the summer, and we like that it serves as a natural fence between us and the cars going by. Besides, a “weed” is just a plant that’s growing where it’s not wanted, right? In that case, these aren’t weeds at all, but a beautiful, maintenance-free garden given to us - and the bumble bees - by the Goddess.
Happy Friday, Everyone!
“There are flowers in my garden
Pretty ones all in a row
But my favorites are the weeds
They don’t know where to grow
But they know enough to grow.”
Livingston Taylor.
I can’t ID your flowers, but they are pretty.
The last one is a jewel weed. I had that in my F-F-Friday post last week (our photos are identical)! How cool.
Who cares if they are weeds? But by the looks of them, although I am not certain of any names, I think they are NOT weeds in most places.
I’m with you on the tending annuals and all. I like pretty flowers but have better things to do than spend every spare second assuring their beauty!
Very pretty.
Happy Friday.
So lovely. I adore the colors the summer brings, “weeds” or not! I have lots of jewel weed too, and I love it in its weedy - wildflower?- glory. Another, flax flowers, growing in profusion along highways and in cracks in sidewalks, are generally considered weeds, but are among my favorites.
My wife has “gardens” that look like that. She loves wild flowers.