Wildflowers and Bugs

Mary was running some errands today and it left me unsupervised long enough to wander some overgrown fields with my camera. While many of the flowers in our home gardens are "showy", we sometimes lose sight of the origins of many of our garden flowers and overlook the fine details of wildflowers.


Wild Rose


Eastern daisy fleabane (Erigeron annuus) Aster family


Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus)


Northern Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris) Common Name: Blackberry


Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) Pea family - Can you find the small ant?


Some garden flowers will go wild if left along. We've had Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) growing along the driveway to our barn but never planted it.


Another color of Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)


Not only do people find wildflowers attractive, many of the insects depend on them for food.