By Stacey Morgan Smith, September 29th, 2010, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia purple weed
*** This personal blog is comprised solely of the opinions, views, projects, and travels of its author, Stacey Morgan Smith. She is lucky enough to have loving family and friends whom she drags along with her on her adventures and whom she puts to work on her little farm. She uses this blog to help promote living in the mountains of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, from Roanoke to the Potomac River.**
By Stacey Morgan Smith, May 26th, 2010, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia I’ve spent a considerable amount of time trying to identify these pretty little flowers. I noticed them at the edge of the forest. A kind reader of backyardgardener.com was able to share that it is a bladder campion, or Silene Vulgaris.
Bladder Campion
Bladder Campion closeup
*** This personal blog is comprised solely […]
By Stacey Morgan Smith, April 25th, 2010, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia I have something growing in my gardens…and I don’t know what it is! I cut a few that were coming up in my new sweet pea bed, but I’m letting the rest go until I figure out
what they are if they flower and if I want to keep them.
If you can help with […]
By Stacey Morgan Smith, April 23rd, 2010, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia The gardening adage that a weed is just a plant growing in the wrong place is really true in our yard. This white flower has spread into a large patch a few feet wide and deep. I’m sure it’s just a weed, but it’s kind of pretty. Please let me know what it is!
By Stacey Morgan Smith, April 8th, 2010, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia This plant stumped me when it first made an appearance. It’s in mostly full sun, which I thought bleeding hearts don’t like, but it’s doing well so far.
It’s a pretty pink flower. It’s planted on the the Southwest corner of the barn. I thought the only things there were bushes, so this was a […]
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