Karen, do not apologize for doubting. What I said was outside of your circle of knowledge, and I had yet to establish myself to you as any kind of plant expert. I am additionally motivated because of my own dogwoods in my overgrown back. And have been relying on "they look like dogwoods" because I had to find the books. There are red twigged and yellow twigged dogwood shrubs in garden centers because the new twigs provide winter interest and you have to keep pruning out the old growth so the new growth comes in colored.
The familiar flowering dogwood has 4 showy petals (Cornus florida) that are actually bracts. The true flowers are tiny and greenish white in the middle. Then there are dogwoods with flat-topped flower clusters like your photo, for example Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum). One key is the color of the fruits. And I might ask you more about the leaves.
In my dogwoods in the back, flowers are finished and I am watching for the fruits to mature and see what color they are and look more closely at their leaves. Pulled out the ID books on this. I had teachers at the NY Botanical Garden who took plant ID very seriously. After an argument of sorts over an ID with a friend, I decided to lighten up.
Am curious what AI program you are using for plant ID.
Have seen 3 different kinds of butterflies, bumblebees and one honeybee. The meadow is pretty labor intensive as the first clover bloom is over and needs to be cut back so it does not look messy. Have a lot of cinquefoil that I have let come in at natural height.
You are 100% right and I apologize for doubting! I didn’t know there was a silky dogwood. The leaves and flowers match that perfectly!! Thank you, I love it when I learn something!
I like it, but it does get a bit ‘finicky’ sometimes.You have a choice of camera or photo. So you can choose camera and hold your iPhone up to the plant, being sure there are no other plants too close by in the picture . Or, you can choose a photo that you already have in your collection to identify. If you are choosing camera and it only identifies a family of plants, start over and get closer.
Great post thanks for the snake pics. I’m thinking it is a rat snake. Maybe a black rat snake. Had one at the lake climb up a 12 foot pole and almost completely wipe out my martin colony that year. Looked similar to yours. Oh yes, fleabane for sure.
Looks like Fleabane , also a light lavender color. I believe , though Chamomile has a small flower, its pedals are slightly wider and the center slightly more raised.
The other is a geranium,
otherwise known as Carolina Cranesbill.
Sorry, I’ve got nothing for the bush. Are you using iSeek for ID?
Love the Bird’s foot , little yellow, pillows. This is one wildflower I always remember her name.Actually , Bird’s foot trefoil, a strange name for a cute little bloom. I don’t mind snake pics, but I’m most grateful we do not have big ones , swimming in the water, or at my doorstep. So I appreciate the photos
and will be happy to swim in the lake this afternoon without thinking,
Those snakes are big. Did enjoy looking. I used to have a big reaction to spiders and spider pictures but as I grow older, it is disappearing. Appreciate that you warned people.
Yes that is daisy fleabane, common and starting to bloom. Yes that is dogwood, many are shrubs and sold in garden centers. Though you have started me to think mine might be wild. I have similar ones out back, will try and ID them. Yes that is a perennial geranium, the parts that are left after blooming look similar to what I have in my flower beds. I am developing a meadow where my front lawn used to be. Mostly red clover, daisies, daisy fleabane, white clover. On the daisy fleabane cut it down manually so it would not look so wild as it did last year. Still flowering but at a lower height. Doing the same with goldenrod. Queen Anne's Lace starting to bloom.
Sharon, I have an area that is semi-wild too. I give it a high mow a few times a year and as you say everything comes back in slightly miniature versions that the bees, butterflies and other insects still find inviting. Oh and interesting about the shrub dogwood. All new to me. 😃
Who *isn’t* interested in robins eggs? 😊 what a thrilling video of undulating beauty 🐍
Lol - thank you Kara!
Karen, do not apologize for doubting. What I said was outside of your circle of knowledge, and I had yet to establish myself to you as any kind of plant expert. I am additionally motivated because of my own dogwoods in my overgrown back. And have been relying on "they look like dogwoods" because I had to find the books. There are red twigged and yellow twigged dogwood shrubs in garden centers because the new twigs provide winter interest and you have to keep pruning out the old growth so the new growth comes in colored.
I can rhapsodize about plants endlessly but I joke I can count the number of birds I can ID on two hands and have fingers left over.
I love plant people.
The familiar flowering dogwood has 4 showy petals (Cornus florida) that are actually bracts. The true flowers are tiny and greenish white in the middle. Then there are dogwoods with flat-topped flower clusters like your photo, for example Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum). One key is the color of the fruits. And I might ask you more about the leaves.
In my dogwoods in the back, flowers are finished and I am watching for the fruits to mature and see what color they are and look more closely at their leaves. Pulled out the ID books on this. I had teachers at the NY Botanical Garden who took plant ID very seriously. After an argument of sorts over an ID with a friend, I decided to lighten up.
Am curious what AI program you are using for plant ID.
Have seen 3 different kinds of butterflies, bumblebees and one honeybee. The meadow is pretty labor intensive as the first clover bloom is over and needs to be cut back so it does not look messy. Have a lot of cinquefoil that I have let come in at natural height.
You are 100% right and I apologize for doubting! I didn’t know there was a silky dogwood. The leaves and flowers match that perfectly!! Thank you, I love it when I learn something!
Well then I’m glad to introduce you.
I like it, but it does get a bit ‘finicky’ sometimes.You have a choice of camera or photo. So you can choose camera and hold your iPhone up to the plant, being sure there are no other plants too close by in the picture . Or, you can choose a photo that you already have in your collection to identify. If you are choosing camera and it only identifies a family of plants, start over and get closer.
Have fun!
Wow! That's a lot of nope ropes! 🐍
Nah, just a few. There are plenty of water snakes around the lake but they duck away from me if I so much as move.
That black one on the porch is gorgeous.
I suspect that’s the same snake who left a skin under my bush last fall.
What a magical place. Thanks for sharing your adventures in nature. I live in the canyons with lots of critters who consume my time too😻
Beautiful images Karen - flowers, butterflies, snakes and all. Especially like the Tree Swallow with their reflection - beautiful capture!
Thank you Neil
Love that bee nestled in his blue chicory! I am a sucker for chicory wherever it grows. Perhaps I was a bee in another life!?! Enjoyed this post!
I love it, thanks Sandy
Great post thanks for the snake pics. I’m thinking it is a rat snake. Maybe a black rat snake. Had one at the lake climb up a 12 foot pole and almost completely wipe out my martin colony that year. Looked similar to yours. Oh yes, fleabane for sure.
I had to look that up and I think you are right. I'm just so used to everyone calling them "black snakes". :) 12 foot pole! Yikes! poor martins!
I think Fleabane also. Chamomile has a lot of feathery leaves, although the flowers look very similar. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1025540851/german-chamomile-live-plant-seedling?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_e-home_and_living-outdoor_and_garden-planters_and_pots-indoor_planters&utm_custom1=_k_Cj0KCQjw4MSzBhC8ARIsAPFOuyU2AOSpQj4XLkTp8_IcytmHjO0Bx3dP5MRMHRjR8RChcgyJ5Xt963gaAvZ4EALw_wcB_k_&utm_content=go_1844702805_75381298771_346429641977_aud-2079782229734:pla-371220264397_c__1025540851_12768591&utm_custom2=1844702805&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4MSzBhC8ARIsAPFOuyU2AOSpQj4XLkTp8_IcytmHjO0Bx3dP5MRMHRjR8RChcgyJ5Xt963gaAvZ4EALw_wcB
Thank you Susi
Thanks for posting the snake video. Fascinating to see how she moves. Very elegant
Thank you Cali
Looks like Fleabane , also a light lavender color. I believe , though Chamomile has a small flower, its pedals are slightly wider and the center slightly more raised.
The other is a geranium,
otherwise known as Carolina Cranesbill.
Sorry, I’ve got nothing for the bush. Are you using iSeek for ID?
Love the Bird’s foot , little yellow, pillows. This is one wildflower I always remember her name.Actually , Bird’s foot trefoil, a strange name for a cute little bloom. I don’t mind snake pics, but I’m most grateful we do not have big ones , swimming in the water, or at my doorstep. So I appreciate the photos
and will be happy to swim in the lake this afternoon without thinking,
Thank you Lor! I haven't heard of iSeek before - I was just using the built in AI on iPhoto.
Those snakes are big. Did enjoy looking. I used to have a big reaction to spiders and spider pictures but as I grow older, it is disappearing. Appreciate that you warned people.
Thank you Sharon
Yes that is daisy fleabane, common and starting to bloom. Yes that is dogwood, many are shrubs and sold in garden centers. Though you have started me to think mine might be wild. I have similar ones out back, will try and ID them. Yes that is a perennial geranium, the parts that are left after blooming look similar to what I have in my flower beds. I am developing a meadow where my front lawn used to be. Mostly red clover, daisies, daisy fleabane, white clover. On the daisy fleabane cut it down manually so it would not look so wild as it did last year. Still flowering but at a lower height. Doing the same with goldenrod. Queen Anne's Lace starting to bloom.
Also - I love your meadow, that's so cool!
Thank you Sharon. I'm not convinced on the dogwood. Dogwood has flowers with four petals and this was totally different than that.
Sharon, I have an area that is semi-wild too. I give it a high mow a few times a year and as you say everything comes back in slightly miniature versions that the bees, butterflies and other insects still find inviting. Oh and interesting about the shrub dogwood. All new to me. 😃
I love it!