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Redbird ([personal profile] redbird) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2020-04-25 08:02 pm
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creeping charlie

These tiny wildflowers are growing in a tree stump behind my home:

purple flowers and dry leaves
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[personal profile] earthspirits 2020-04-26 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Exquisite little gem-like flowers!
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[personal profile] melannen 2020-04-26 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Ground Ivy! It used to cover our yard and it's gorgeous.
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[personal profile] violsva 2020-04-26 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
I love those. My mother has spent hours and hours trying to get them out of her lawn, but they're just so tiny and pretty.
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[personal profile] allekha 2020-04-26 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Cute and purple! I have them in my yard, too.
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[personal profile] marycatelli 2020-04-26 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
lovely!
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[personal profile] cesy 2020-04-26 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
Nice!
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[personal profile] shirebound 2020-04-26 11:00 am (UTC)(link)
I get a lot of creeping charlie in my yard... in fact, it wants to take over my yard! The plant smells so sweet when cut or bruised.
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[personal profile] yourlibrarian 2020-04-26 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I always love those unexpected spots of color :)
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[personal profile] blackmare 2020-04-27 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, I have that in my new backyard! I like it, too, although it's considered a weed. Folks here in Minnesota call it "creeping Charlie." [EDIT: LOL, I missed seeing your post title]

Another reason I like it: I have been seeing big glorious bumblebees feeding from this stuff, when practically nothing else, not even dandelions, is blooming quite yet. Those early-spring food sources are really important, so hooray for creeping Charlie. :-D
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redbird: closeup of me drinking tea, in a friend's kitchen (Default)

[personal profile] redbird 2020-04-28 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
A weed is just a plant you don't want there. I read years ago that rosebushes were a weed in mid-western wheat fields, after farmers planted some between fields as windbreaks.
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