A Bouquet Of Weeds

My bouquet of weeds - Photo by LadyDuck

@LadyDuck (472109)

Switzerland

April 18, 2016 7:38am CST

After two days of light rain, today the sun is back. As my lawn was largely overgrown, I decided that it was time to go out and mow. I have mowed the edges first, then, before cutting the middle, I took a break and I looked at the little wild flowers and the weeds mixed to the grass. Clover flowers, grass inflorescence, dandelions, buttercups, they were too nice to be cut with the grass. I have picked up several bouquets, that are now decorating my house. Here is the photo of one of the bouquets. Do you know the name of those small white flowers with green stripes? It's the first year that I see them in my garden.

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@WorDazza (15830)

• Manchester, England

18 Apr 16

Surely the concept of a weed is man made. In my opinion it matters not whether a plant is considered a weed due to some arbitrary man made designation. If it looks nice it looks nice.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

I agree, I do not see the reason why we should say that a rose is a flower and a dandelion is a weed. I like them both.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

@Fleura I do not know who said that, but it's beautiful.

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@Fleura (30541)

• United Kingdom

18 Apr 16

'A weed is just a plant in the wrong place' (can't remember who said that)

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

18 Apr 16

Your lawn must really have been overgrown if these were growing there! The way you have them arranged is delightful, they look really lovely. I don't know what the white flowers are either.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

Yes, my lawn had really overgrown. Until last week my hand was still not good enough to be able to wear garden gloves and use a mower.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

@jaboUK My hand is fine now, the skin is still a bit red, but this is not a problem. It happened 5 weeks ago, it took longer than I thought.

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

18 Apr 16

@LadyDuck I hope your hand is ok now Anna - these things do take a while to heal, don't they?

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

18 Apr 16

This does seem a novel use for weeds, although I would have simply mowed over them myself.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

18 Apr 16

@LadyDuck So does this mean that you are starting a Plant Equality movement?

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

@Asylum No, I am not for protecting movement, no matter for what, but I am sure that someone would be pleased to start one.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

I had not the heart to cut all those beautiful flowers, too many have been cut with the grass. I feel guilty.

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@Juliaacv (51488)

• Canada

18 Apr 16

Its a cute little bouquet, but I have not ever seen that little white flower, that was what struck my attention when I looked at the photo.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

They are nice, I was surprised to see those flowers in the lawn, I never saw them before.

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@DaddyEvil (137702)

• United States

18 Apr 16

Picture from Amazon.com

Uhm... Ornithogalum Nutans, maybe, Anna? At least that is what it looks like to me, anyway. Your bouquet is quite nice!

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

They are similar, but the leaves are different. I cannot find anything online. Thanks for taking the time to search.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

@DaddyEvil No, we do not have shooting stars here. I am still searching.

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@DaddyEvil (137702)

• United States

18 Apr 16

@LadyDuck You are welcome! I would have called it a Shooting Star if you had said you picked it out of my yard, but I have no clue if you have white Shooting Stars where you live. (I looked online for Shooting Stars, but everything I found were shades of pink and red.)

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@sgbrown (1638)

• United States

18 Apr 16

What a beautiful bouquet! I'm sorry I don't know the name of those pretty wildflowers. Three of my grandchildren were here day before yesterday and the two girls went out and picked flowers for their mom. The had several different kids of wildflowers and one child decided to pick one of my big iris for her. I wasn't really upset over it, there are plenty of them, but her mom made her cry over it. I was upset with her for making the little one cry!

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

I think that her Mom imagined that you were upset, poor little girl.

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@sgbrown (1638)

• United States

19 Apr 16

@LadyDuck I wasn't real happy, but it was not important enough to make poor little Kyra cry!

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@allknowing (137914)

• India

18 Apr 16

That's a neat arrangement. After all even roses were once wild flowers.

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@allknowing (137914)

• India

18 Apr 16

@LadyDuck I have brought in wild flowers and they have a place of importance in my garden.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

@allknowing I have been sad that many have been cut with the grass, but it was impossible to pick all of them up.

@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

You are right, every flower in the past has been a wild flowers and in my opinion all the flowers are beautiful.

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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)

• United States

18 Apr 16

Leave it to you to make weeds look beautiful! Sorry, I don't have a clue what those white ones are.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

I am searching, but I cannot find the name of those little flowers.

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

18 Apr 16

that is a lovely wildflower/field bouquet!

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

20 Apr 16

@Jessicalynnt I am trying to find a grass that does not grow too much because I also dislike a filed that looks like a golf course.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

19 Apr 16

I like everything that grow spontaneously. I always leave small areas of the garden where I do not cut the grass and do not pick up the weeds, they can also be nice.

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@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

19 Apr 16

@LadyDuck I actually dont like the look of trimmed grass, some day I want to replant with something that grows shaggy but doesnt look like a field, and will just let it go all natural

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@DianneN (247184)

• United States

18 Apr 16

I don't know the name of that weed. We have a new lawn and had our first application from a Green company to fertilize, control bugs, control weeds, etc. while we were still in Florida. The only weeds I expect to see are the wild flowers in the woods! Your bouquet is precious!

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

We are no more allowed to use weed control because they kill the bees. I use salt for the area where I do not care to kill the weeds. Now I will keep the lawn under control and the weeds will be invisible.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

@DianneN The salt kills the plants, it works like a herbicide. I also have the cat of the neighbor that comes to our garden all the day, I do not want to hurt him.

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@DianneN (247184)

• United States

18 Apr 16

@LadyDuck Our company is all natural. It prevents grubs in the lawn, but won't kill bees. Our lawn has to be safe, because Doodles goes out at least five times a day, and the grandkids play on it. What does salt do?

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317282)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

18 Apr 16

They're beautiful. I wish my weeds looked so nice.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

19 Apr 16

If you pick up some and arrange them, you will see that they can look nice.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

20 Apr 16

@just4him The dandelions have already turned into seeds, I am rushing to cut all of them or they will take over all the garden.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317282)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

19 Apr 16

@LadyDuck My weeds are thistles right now. However, I should be seeing dandelions soon. They will pop up all over the yard and seem to blanket it with gold.

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@Castlerock34 (2259)

• Minneapolis, Minnesota

18 Apr 16

What a nice collection you have here, I wish I could find that stuff in my yard. I would gladly display it in my house and I am sure my cats would love to eat them as well

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

Yes, your cat would eat them. I have to close all the windows because the kitty of our neighbor loves to come inside and chew on my plants.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

@Castlerock34 Yes, he does not break into every house, but he loves to come inside our house. He is cute.

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@Castlerock34 (2259)

• Minneapolis, Minnesota

18 Apr 16

@LadyDuck You have a cat that roams around breaking into peoples houses, too funny :-)

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@AnneEJ (4917)

• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec

18 Apr 16

A very nice bouquet of wild flowers. When they are blooming, I like to pick some when I go for my walk along the bike path and bring back to put on my table. I really like the clover. I don't know what the white flowers are.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

19 Apr 16

I remember that I loved to pick up the wild flowers when I was a kid, I still love them.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

20 Apr 16

@AnneEJ They add a nice spot until they do not go into seeds, the seeds goes everywhere. I try to cut the dandelions before they turn to seeds.

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@AnneEJ (4917)

• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec

19 Apr 16

@LadyDuck Today I saw the first dandelions of the season blooming. I know some think of them as weeds, but I think they add a nice spot of colour.

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@fishtiger58 (29820)

• Momence, Illinois

19 Apr 16

Beautiful wildflowers. I think I may have seen those white flowers before but not sure what they are called.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

20 Apr 16

I am pretty sure that I saw those little flowers when I was a kid and it was a long time I did not see them. I cannot remember the name, I will ask my Mom.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

20 Apr 16

@fishtiger58 Thank you, I would like to know what flowers are they.

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@fishtiger58 (29820)

• Momence, Illinois

20 Apr 16

@LadyDuck And I will ask my husband he might know, he knows the names of many flowers.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

18 Apr 16

That is a really nice bouquet of flowers, very pretty in a nice vase. I don't know what those flowers are.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

19 Apr 16

@LadyDuck Your Welcome irt is a pretty vase.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

19 Apr 16

Thank you, I like this small crystal vase, I have it since I was a little girl.

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@marguicha (223850)

• Chile

18 Apr 16

A beautiful bouquet! I hope they don´t wilt. Some wild flowers do.

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@marguicha (223850)

• Chile

18 Apr 16

@LadyDuck Wonderful!!!

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

18 Apr 16

I picked up a similar bouquet last week, they lasted 6 days before wilting.

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@SIMPLYD (90721)

• Philippines

19 Apr 16

That's a very nice bouquet . Are all those flowers , weeds ?

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

19 Apr 16

Yes, they are all considered weeds because they spread in the middle of the grass invading the lawn. I like them.

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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)

• United States

18 Apr 16

i've nary a clue what those'd be, ms. anna. what a beautiful bouquet 'n i'm so glad ya didn't jest mow those lovely flowers down. sure wish i'd me some'f those purty "weeds" growin' 'round here :D

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

19 Apr 16

Sometimes I get mad because there are too many dandelions and they spread everywhere, but some weeds are very nice.

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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)

• United States

19 Apr 16

@LadyDuck yes ma'am, some weeds'll sure take o'er a place. but some're jest so lovely 'n i keep many 'round 's a lil "nursery" fer the beneficial insects. 'course, i utilize those dandelions. teas, poultices 'n salads :D

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@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

18 Apr 16

It's looks beautiful Anna. Can you post the picture of your garden.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

19 Apr 16

I will post some pictures of my garden, now I am still in the process of cleaning after winter.

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@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

19 Apr 16

@LadyDuck That's OK

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@JESSY3236 (20039)

• United States

19 Apr 16

That's a beautiful bouquet. I'm horrible with names of flowers or plants.

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@LadyDuck (472109)

• Switzerland

19 Apr 16

I am not very good with the names of flowers, I forget most of them.

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