Favorite wildflowers

Spiderwort - one of my top five favorite wildflowers





(Lemon) Horsemint is the name of the layered purple flower in the back. There are meadows of these located in the park where we picked so many wild blackberries.



You can see the random critters that we often bring in with our flowers. The spider on the Indian Blanket above is raring up in defensive mode to warn me that he is not happy with my messing with his happy home in the flowers. If you look closely, you can spot the inchworm in the middle photo.

It's bluebonnet time

Spiderwort

Have you ever seen the wildflower "spiderwort?" And if so, have you ever seen white spiderwort? I have not, until now. Isn't it lovely? The inside (stamens) has the tiniest bit of purple. The rest of the flowers in the vase are the more common purple spiderwort that grows along our roadsides this time every spring. The white must be a hybrid.

Spiderwort flowers have a very short life, only a single day, but each plant will produce 20 or more flowers per stem. The petals quickly die after blooming. These are another of my top five or six favorite wildflowers.